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Colonel cited for contempt and ejected by court martial

Published by Ellen on January 16, 2009

segumalian

by Victor Reyes

Malaya
Marine Lt. Col. Achilles Segumalian, one of 28 officers being tried for their alleged attempt to overthrow President Arroyo in February 2006, was cited for direct contempt, taken out of the court by military custodians, barred from participating in yesterday’s resumption of the court martial proceedings, and brought back to his cell at the Intelligence Service of the AFP inside Camp Aguinaldo.

Prior to that, Segumalian had confronted prosecution lawyer Col. Jose Feliciano Loy who had been engaged in a heated debate with defense lawyer Vicente Verdadero over the summoning of prosecution witnesses.

Segumalian told Loy not to shout at Verdadero and let him finish presenting his point. Loy replied it was Segumalian who should stop shouting. When Loy asked the court to cite Segumalian in contempt of court, Segumalian went to Loy and angrily pointed his finger at him.

Giving ammo to drug syndicates

Published by Ellen on January 15, 2009

CA orders PDEA to present “Alabang Boys”

Drilon: Gonzalez wrong about Marcelino secondment

Marcelino appointment covered by AFP regulation: AFP

Blame Arroyo for Marcelino appointment

Only in the Philippines.

Imagine a justice secretary giving drug syndicates ammunition to use against law enforcers. The drug lords must be rejoicing.

In his anger towards Maj. Ferdinand Marcelino, who dared talk back to him at a hearing in the House of Representatives, Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez said the Marine officer’s secondment at the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency is unconstitutional. Thus, all the operations conducted by Marcelino could be rendered invalid.

RaulGon: No room for soldiers in PDEA

Published by Ellen on January 14, 2009

Sees all Marcelino-led anti-drug operations as illegal

by Evangeline de Vera

Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez yesterday cast doubt on anti-drug operations conducted by Maj. Ferdinand Marcelino, head of the
Special Enforcement Services of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, saying the Marines officer is not authorized to hold any civilian position, being still in active military duty.

Gonzalez said a constitutional provision could in effect invalidate the operations conducted by Marcelino, considering that his appointment to the PDEA is unconstitutional.

Gaza should concern us

Published by Ellen on January 14, 2009

gaza
I plead “guilty” to not having paid attention to atrocities in the Gaza strip in the Middle East.

I know that our own problems here should not be an excuse to be oblivious to the inhumanities being perpetrated on other people in other parts of the world.. We should join hands in condemning lawlessness and injustice, wherever they are committed. They have no place in a civilized world.

Harry Roque, professor of Public International Law at the UP College of Law and at the Philippine Judicial Academy and chairman of the Center for International Law, enlightens us with the following commentary:

Anak ng droga

Published by Ellen on January 14, 2009

Ang pagtatalaga ni Gloria Arroyo sa sarili bilang anti-drugs czar, o pangkalahatang hepe sa laban sa ilegal na droga ay nagpapakita ng pagka-inutil ng kanyang administrasyon.

Halata namang gimik lang para maniobra nila at mawala ang isyu sa media at sa isipan ng mga tao. Wala sa priority ni Gloria na masugpo ang ilegal na droga na sumisira ng buhay ng maraming Filipino, karamihan ay mga kabataan. Ang priority ni Arroyo ngayon ay hindi malaglag sa kanyang nakaw na trono.

Ano ang kanyang utos bilang anti-drug czar? Tumigil sa pagsasalita sa media ang mga opisyal ng Department of Justice sa pangunguna ni Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez at ang mga taga Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency sa pangunguna ni Director General Dionisio Santiago at Maj. Ferdinand Marcelino, hepe ng Special Enforcement Service ng PDEA.

NBI Clears Gonzalez in “Alabang Boys” scandal

Published by Ellen on January 13, 2009

Related story: Arroyo names herself drug czar Watch video of interview with Maj. Marcelino: http://www.verafiles.org/index.php/vera-video/165-marcelin-denies-snubbing-nbi

Operasyon laban kay Puno at Yano

Published by Ellen on January 12, 2009

Arroyo protects Gonzalez; Classmates of Marcelino among those detained in Tanay support him

Published by Ellen on January 12, 2009

To deflect the public’s outrage over the reported bribery in the justice department and involvement of justice officials involvement officials in illegal drugs, Gloria Arroyo ordered that prosecutors involved in the dismissal of cases against the “Alabang Boys” be investigated.

But, she in effect, cleared Gonzalez.

Prosecutor’s son airs side

Published by Ellen on January 12, 2009

Philip Kimpo, son of State Prosecutor Philip I. Kimpo, sent me his letter to Philippine Star. It’s important that we listen to both sides so,…

The right connections

Published by Ellen on January 11, 2009

Several names have come up as the connections that the parents of Richard Brodett, one of the suspects in the September 2008 Ayala Alabang drug buy bust, tapped to free him and his two friends, Jorge Joseph and Joseph Tecson.

Officials of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said the lobbying came loaded with multi-million peso offers.

It did not matter if one was in or out of the government as long as he was willing to say the word like former Navotas Rep. Ricky Sandoval.

Golf, supposedly a game of honorable men, provided an important link in this despicable affair that that further ravaged the people’s faith in the justice system. PDEA director general Dionisio Santiago said Sandoval, aside from being a townmate, is a golfing buddy. Sandoval, on the other hand, said that it was through golf that he met Butch Brodett, the father of Richard.

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