Category: Military

The PNP will ask the Makati regional trial court to allow the transfer of Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV from Camp Crame to the New Bilibid Prisons in Muntinlupa to ensure his safety, an official said yesterday.

Interior Undersecretary Marius Corpus said Trillanes should be joined in Muntinlupa by Brig, Gen. Danilo Lim and 34 others charged with rebellion for their participation in last week’s Manila Peninsula siege.

“We have studied the matter carefully and weighed the factors regarding the safety and security of the accused and decided that the best way to secure them while they are awaiting trial is to house them in Muntinlupa,” Corpus said.

by Ramon Farolan
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Just a few lines on the Peninsula takeover.

I do not know if this was a planned action on the part of Trillanes and company. If it was, it was poorly executed. From the way I saw things on television, it looked more like a spur-of-the-moment move, hoping to generate support from sympathizers and other sectors of society. This did not materialize.

But I can understand the frustrations of Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV and his fellow Magdalo officers. Their case has dragged on for more than four years with no end in sight. The saying goes that “justice delayed is justice denied.” So much for the rule of law.

Let me try to put things in their proper perspective. What Trillanes did may have been wrong but sometimes it is necessary to create situations that focus attention on continuing cases of grave injustice and a growing culture of impunity.

by Tetch Torres
Inquirer

The Department of Justice (DoJ) has approved the filing of a rebellion case against Senator Antonio Trillanes and 35 other civilian and military officers over the siege at the Manila Peninsula Hotel in Makati City last week.

In a 10-page resolution, the four-man panel of prosecutors, led by
Senior State Prosecutor Emmanuel Velasco, said that aside from Trillanes, the violation of Article 134 of the Revised Penal Code for Rebellion has been filed against former vice-president Teofisto Guingona Jr., Brigadier General Danilo Lim, Bishop Julio Labayen, Reverend Father Robert Reyes, Captain Gary Alejano, Captain Segundino Orfiano Jr., Lieutenant Senior Grades Manuel Cabochan and James Layug, Lieutenant Junior Grade Arturo Pascua Jr., 1st Lieutenant Eugene Peralta;

Lieutenant Andy Torrato, 1st Lieutenant Billy Pasua, 1st Lieutenant
Jonel Sangalan, ENS Armand Pontejos, lawyers J.V. Bautista and Yassir Gonzales, CPL Clecarde Dahan, Private First Class Juanito Jilbury, PFC Emmanuel Tirador;

The Philippine Military Academy in Baguio maintained a business-as-usual stance.

Captain Arlene Orejana-Trillanes, the senator’s wife and a member of PMA corps of professors, filed a leave of absence on the day of the siege.

But the leave was meant for the long weekend — Friday being Bonifacio Day — “so I hope no one makes the wrong conclusions,” said Major General Leopoldo Maligalig, PMA superintendent.

List of detainees (provided by the Philippine National Police)

1. Former Vice President Teofisto Guingona Jr.
2. Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV y Fuentes
3. Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim y de la Paz
4. Bishop Julio Labayen
5. Rev. Father Robert P. Reyes
6. Atty. J.V. Bautista
7. Atty. Argee Guevarra
8. Herman T. Laurel
9. Leonido Toledo Jr.
10. Evangeline Gatdula Mendoza
11. Jose A. Albert
12. Eduardo R. Castro
13. Ferdinand Sandoval
14. Myrna H. Buendia
15. Julio Ancheta
16. Estrella Guingona
17. Dominador Ireneo Rull Jr.
18. Maamor D. Lanto
19. Julius Mesa y Julliza
20. 1Lt. Billy Pascua y Salcedo
21. Lt. Andy Torrato y Gebilaguin
22. Ltsg. Manuel Cabochan y de Guzman
23. Lt. Eugene Louie Gonzales
24. Ltsg. James Arandia Layug
25. Romeo Solis y Campato
26. Romeo S. Dacles
27. Capt. Segundino Orfiano y Pidot Jr.
28. Roel Gaduin y Juliano
29. Rhonnmel Rivero y Lorete
30. Francisco Nemenzo
31. Julian Advincula y Lacoste (retired Navy captain)
32. Francisco Bosi y Narag
33. Leodor Dela Cruz y Giol
34. Sonny Madarang
35. Cezari Yassir T. Gonzales
36. Elizabeth Orteza Siguion Reyna
37. Francisco Penaflor
38. Ryan Custodio
39. Atty. Elsid Fajardo
40. Antonio Trillanes III y Fuentes
41.Cpl Clecarte Dahan y Danda
42. Pfc Juanito S. Jilbury
43. 1Lt Jonnel P. Sangalang
44. Capt Garry Alejano y Cajolo
45. Lt JG Arturo Pascua Jr.
46. Pfc Emmanuel Tirador
47. Ens Armand Pontejos y Garrido
48. Pfc German Linde Manuel
49. Edgardo Tulaylay y Viana
50. Rey A. Linaac

Thank you all for your concern.

I was released 10:30 p.m. with Malaya Makati reporter Azchel Hachero, my blog trainee Jerome Layug, and more than 20 other journalists who were brought to Camp Bagong Diwa to be processed.

Some were finger-printed and told to undergo drug test. Our lawyers were not allowed to enter the camp. It’s a good thing the Abs-cBN assisted us. We were told to just give nothing more than our name and information on our ID.

Treating us like common criminals was simply condemnable.