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Drawing strength from each other

Published by Ellen on April 2, 2007

Wives, children and gandchildren of the detained Marines and Scout Rangers were at the Supreme Court yesterday to give moral support to each other when Atty Rolando Cipriano, lawyer for Maj. Gen. Renato Miranda; Atty. Vicente Verdadero, lawyer for Brig. Gen. Danny Lim, Atty. Vicente Caoile, lawyer for Col. Armando Bañez; and Atty. Dante Xenon Atienza, lawyer for Maj. Jose Leomar Doctolero and Capt. Wiliam Upano, filed the petition for certiorari, prohibition and habeas corpus in connection with the detention and court martial of the 28 military officers.

They, too, are victims of the injustice being perperated on their husbands, fathers, and grandfathers.

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Lim, Miranda ask SC to stop court martial

Published by Ellen on April 2, 2007

by Gigi de Vera

Military officials tagged in last year’s failed coup plot against President Arroyo yesterday asked the Supreme Court to order their release from detention and to stop the court martial proceedings against them.

Marine Major Gen. Renato Miranda and Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim, Army First Scout Ranger Regiment commander, filed a petition for certiorari, prohibition and habeas corpus before the SC against AFP chief Hermogenes Esperon Jr. and the Special General Court Martial No. 2 (SGCM2), which ordered their detention for alleged violation of the Articles of War.

PMA ‘mistahs’ cannot campaign for Trillanes

Published by Ellen on March 25, 2007

Classmates of Genuine Opposition senatorial bet Lt. (sg) Antonio Trillanes IV in the Philippine Military Academy who are still in active service yesterday said they cannot support their “mistah.”

“We are prohibited from doing that. We might be charged with electioneering because we are still in the active service,” said Capt. Edmund Mendoza, president of PMA Class `95.

“We cannot support him as a class; may be just personal,” he added.

Satur’s transfer to Leyte aborted on mid-air

Published by Ellen on March 19, 2007

By Raymond Africa in Malaya

A chartered plane carrying Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo to Leyte yesterday turned around over Masbate island after the police received a fax transmission from the judge who had ordered his arrest allowing his continued detention at the Manila Police headquarters.

Judge Ephem S. Abando of branch 18 of the Leyte regional trial court early in the morning said in a radio interview he had agreed to an oral representation of Ocampo’s lawyers that their client’s appearance be deferred until after the Supreme Court hearing on Friday on a petition to stop service of the arrest warrant.

The police, however, said they needed more than a voice over the radio to stop the transfer of Ocampo.

Update on Satur

Published by Ellen on March 19, 2007

Early this morning, before 5 a.m., PNP officers forcibly took out Bayan Muna Partylist Rep. Satur Ocampo from the Manila Police District and brought to the Manila Domestic Airport. They want to bring him to Hilongos, Leyte.

ABS-CBN reported that Satur refused to take a military helicopter to Leyte as originally planned by the PNP.

Satur missed the 6 a.m. flight to Tacloban and is now at the airport waiting for the 10 a.m. flight.

A better man

Published by Ellen on March 18, 2007

Satur Ocampo, Bayan Muna partylist representative, by showing up more than a week after an arrest warrant for him was issued and submitting himself to the jurisdiction of the court, has shown the Filipino people and the world his respect for the rule of law.

He showed that he is a better person than his accusers, especially AFP chief Hermogenes Esperon.

Ocampo exposed a skill by Esperon known to the public only now: grave-digging. The AFP chief can surely can put it to good use when Gloria Arroyo is ousted from her stolen power and he goes down with her.

Tumatandang paurong

Published by Ellen on March 17, 2007

Tumatandang paurong itong si AFP Chief Hermogenes Esperon.

Sinabi niya sa kanyang talumpati sa Manila Overseas Press Club noong Huwebes na kinakailangan ibalik ang Anti-subsersion law na ipinawalang bisa noong 1992.

Ipinakikita ni Esperon kung gaano kakitid ang kanyang pag-iisip. Utak-pulbura talaga.

Lalong tumitibay ang akusasyon na ang military sa ilalim ni Esperon ang may kagagawan ng patayan ng mga miyembro ng progresibong organisasyon at mga journalists na bumabatikos kay Gloria Arroyo.

Welcome intervention

Published by Ellen on March 15, 2007

On-the-run Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo, a subject of Gloria Arroyo’s political purge, is on YouTube appealing to the international community who have expressed alarm over the human rights situation in the Philippines to pressure the Arroyo administration to stop the unabated repression and the killings.

Ang palaka

Published by Ellen on March 14, 2007

Nakakagalit ang ginawa ng administrasyong Arroyo na pagpapatay sa mga sinususpetsahan nilang kalaban nila.

Ganoon din ang pagpakalat ng military sa mga lugar ng mahihirap at sa mga paaralan sa Metro Manila.

Ngunit ang nakakabahala ay ang parang pagsawalang kibo ng karamihan sa atin. Mas nakakabahala pa ang pagtanggap kuno ng ilang residente ng pagkalat ng ma military sa kanilang kapaligiran.

Trillanes’ statement on denial for media access

Published by Ellen on March 12, 2007

This is one of the items in my accumulated mail. Trillanes issued this last Saturday:

Last Wednesday, I was informed of the denial of my motion to grant reporters and other media practitioners access to me at my place of detention at the Marine Brig, Marine Base at Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. I will not deny that I am greatly disappointed by the Court’s ruling.

I believe with great faith that my motion was fair and reasonable. I am not asking that I be allowed to go out of my place of detention to campaign. I know my place and I will never ask for anything which would be unreasonable.

I am simply asking that the reporters and media practitioners who wish to interview me be allowed to visit me at the Marine Brig. There are no laws, rules or regulations which will be broken; no public interest will be prejudiced; no government expense incurred; and no security issues. I, therefore, cannot understand why such a simple request was denied by the Honorable Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Makati.

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