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Pulutan

Published by Ellen on October 27, 2010

Breaking news: Makati RTC postpones promulgation of Magdalo coupd’etat case.

Sa mga nagpasabi sa may-akda na sana may tagalog na bersyun ang “Pulutan” na cookbook ng dalawang Magdalo na opisyal, wish granted na. Nagpalabas na ang Anvil Publishing ng “Pulutan-Mula sa kusina ng mga sundalo.”

Pwede nang bilhin sa lahat na sangay ng National Book Stores.

Tuwang-tuwa sina dating Ensign Elmer Cruz at Emerson Rosales sa pagtangkilik sa English na bersyon ng kanilang cookbook na inilabas noong Hulyo 2007 nang sila ay nakakulong pa sa Fort San Felipe sa Cavite.

Apat na taon ding nakulong sina Elmer at Emerson dahil sa kanilang partisipasyon sa tinatawag na Oakwood mutiny kung saan nanindigan sila laban sa korapsyun at panloloko ni Gloria Arroyo noong Hulyo 26, 2003.

Further Mistakes of MS Word or more Plagiarism from Justice Del Castillo?

Published by Ellen on October 26, 2010

Holding the UP Law Faculty in Contempt Would Be a Grave Mistake

by Evan Criddle and Evan Fox-Decent

We are writing to lend support to the University of Philippine’s College of Law, which now faces a very serious charge of contempt from the Philippine Supreme Court (PSC). If the members of the College are held in contempt, they face the loss of their bar licenses and with that the loss of their ability to teach and practice law.
Criddle is one of those whose work was plagiarized by del Castillo.

Read the whole article here Opinio Juris

by Harry Roque

In the earlier case of Ang Ladlad, (GR No. 190582, April 8, 2010) Justice Del Castillo appeared to have committed plagiarism as well. Our study is only preliminary but the exigencies of the situation have compelled us to make this public.

In the Ang Ladlad decision allowed a gay rights group to run in the party-list elections, and was released 20 days earlier than the Vinuya decision. The ponente here is also Justice Del Castillo.

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The relevant passages are as follows:

The rise of a Filipino star conductor

Published by Ellen on October 25, 2010

by Pablo A. Tariman VERA Files Mark Nov. 13 (Saturday) for Gerald Salonga’s concert with the FILharmoniKA at the Philamlife Theatre. Gerard Salonga is emerging…

Ang pangu-ngopya ay pagnanakaw

Published by Ellen on October 24, 2010

Mariano del castillo — Del Castillo with his benefactor

Ito ngayon ang kumakalat na joke: “Binawi ng Post Office ang pinakahuling labas nila na mga stamp. Kasi mga litrato pala ng Supreme Court justices. At ang dinuduraan ay mga litrato ng mga justices.”

Ito ay galing sa Facebook ni Ferrum Mann.

Ganyan na ngayon ang tingin ng taumbayan sa mga justices ng Supreme Court lalo na sa kanilang desisyon na idismis ang isyu tungkol sa pangungupya ng isa nilang kasamahan si Associate Justice Mariano C. del Castillo sa ibang desisyon ng mga banyagang abogado at ipinasa niyang kanya. Ang krimen ay tinatawag na “plagiarism.”

Ang plagiarism ay pagnanakaw. Kinukuha mo ang ideya ng ibang tao at inaangkin mong iyo. Di ba klarong pagnanakaw?

SC vs UP law and those who believe cheating is wrong

Published by Ellen on October 23, 2010

I have been away for vacation in a place where internet access was difficult. I have not dwelt on this important issue which has been discussed lengthily in this blog but under the topic of Morong 45!. I’m writing about the subject for my column tomorrow but meanwhile I’m opening a thread on this with the searing dissenting opinion of Justice Lourdes Sereno and the UP Law school faculty who are facing sanction by the Supreme Court for not criticizing plagiarism in the High Court.

Justice Sereno’s dissenting opinion:

What is black can be called “white” but it cannot turn white by the mere calling. The unfortunate ruling of the majority Decision that no plagiarism was committed stems from its failure to distinguish between the determination of the objective, factual existence of plagiarism in the Vinuya decision[1] and the determination of the liability that results from a finding of plagiarism. Specifically, it made “malicious intent”, which heretofore had not been relevant to a finding of plagiarism, an essential element.

The majority Decision will thus stand against the overwhelming conventions on what constitutes plagiarism. In doing so, the Decision has created unimaginable problems for Philippine academia, which will from now on have to find a disciplinary response to plagiarism committed by students and researchers on the justification of the majority Decision.

Bagong imbestigasyon ang hinihingi ni Lacson

Published by Ellen on October 23, 2010

Hindi humihingi ang mga abogado ni Sen. Panfilo Lacson ng special treatment sa kanilang kliyente sa kanilang gustong magkaroon ng panibagong imbestigasyon sa kasong pagpatay sa public relations man na si Bubby Dacer at ang kanyang driver na si Emmanuel Corbito.

Ang hinihingi lang ni Lacson ay maayos na pagpatupad ng batas. Hindi naman lingid sa lahat kung paano at kung bakit gusto talaga ni Gloria Arroyo at ng kanyang asawang si Mike si Lacson. Sa lahat naman kasi na kritiko ni Arroyo si Lacson ang pinakadelikado dahil matinik magkahalungkat ng baho ng mag-asawang naglapastangan ng bansa ng siyam
na taon.

Siyempre hindi mapatawad ni Mike Arroyo si Lacson sa pagbulgar na alias Jose Pidal pala siya. Nabulgar na rin tuloy ang tungkol kay Vicky Toh.

Discovering Antique’s beautiful heritage

Published by Ellen on October 21, 2010

There is never a lack of something to discover in Antique, my province.

I arrived in San Jose, the capital town, yesterday for the Binirayan
conference on culture and heritage organized by the Datu Lubay Center at the Pinnacle Suites.

Checking in at Pinnacle Suites was a pleasant surprise. It’s a boutique hotel, clean, tastefully furnished with rooms more spacious than other San Jose hotels. And surprise, it has wifi!

It is owned by the Liao family who also owns Susana Marketing that sells construction and housing materials.

Nanay Tansing’s simple wish

Published by Ellen on October 20, 2010

(I have posted my Abante column on this topic earlier. This is the one I wrote for Malaya.)

I got this letter from a friend in Maguindanao. This relates the visit of South Upi Councilor Linda Erese to the mother of Melchor Fulgencio, the 52 year old construction worker and member of the CAFGU, the civilian unit of the military assisting them in its anti-insurgency drive.

Fulgencio has confessed to the crime of raping Florence (not her real name) the nurse. Because of this confession, Philippine National Police Chief Bacalzo declared the case solved. Florence has regained consciousness but she couldn’t remember anything of the heinous crime done to her.

Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, who heads the task force to look into this deplorable incident contradicted Bacalzo’s pronouncement and said she will loo into the circumstance of Fulgencio’s “confession.”

Morong 45 na!

Published by Ellen on October 19, 2010

May nanganak na naman kahapon ang isa sa mga health workers na kabilang sa Morong 43 na ngayon ay nakakulong pa rin sa Camp Bagong Diwa sa Bicutan.

Nanganak kahapon si Ma. Mercedes Castro sa Philippine General Hospital. Maselan ang kanyang pagpanganak kaya sa pamagitan ng caesarean section. Kaya kahit sila ay nagdurusa sa kulungan, Masaya sila sa bagong buhay na naisilang.

Noong Hulyo, nanganak rin si Judilyn Oliveros at hanggang ngayon ay naka-hospital arrest pa rin siya.

The gall of Navera

Published by Ellen on October 17, 2010

The temerity of Juan Pedro Navera,senior state prosecutor, to complain about the decision of President Aquino to grant amnesty to some 300 military officers and soldiers that stood up against Gloria Arroyo show that Justice Secretary Leila de Lima is presiding over an organization, many of whose personnel have still a mindset of impunity that characterized the Arroyo administration.

This is a serious challenge to President Aquino’s reform agenda especially in the area of anti-corruption. This is as problematic as the issue with an Arroyo loyalists-dominated Supreme Court.

A newspaper report quoted Navera as saying that his seven years of hard work to convict the Magdalo officers and soldiers have come to nought with the issuance of the President of Proclamation 50 giving amnesty to military officers who were allegedly involved the July 2003 Oakwood mutiny, the reported plan to withdraw support from Arroyo following the “Hello Garci” expose in February 2006 and the Manila Peninsula seige.

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