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“Military asset” in Ces Drilon kidnapping surrenders

Published by Ellen on June 14, 2008

From Inquirer: Ces is well, laughing – Indanan mayor

The man believed to have a hand in the kidnapping in Sulu province of three mediamen and a university professor has surrendered to authorities.

In an interview with radio dzBB’s Benjie Liwanag in Sulu on Saturday, Major Gen. Juancho Sabban said the man identified as Juamil “Mameng” Biyaw went down the mountains and “voluntarily surrendered.”

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Biyaw said that on June 7, he and his “boss” Dinampo, picked up Drilon’s group from the SSC Hostel in Jolo, Sulu. He said they went to Timbangan, a village in the province’s Indanan town. The group was on board a yellow Tamaraw jeep.

Sadista

Published by Ellen on June 14, 2008

May pagka-sadista yata itong si Gloria Arroyo.

Ang sadista ay isang taong masaya kapag nahihirapan ang ibang tao. Ano kaya ang pakiramdam niya sa nakita niyang kahaba-haba ng pila ng mga tao na kumukubra ng P500 na binabalik sa kanila sa kanyang “Pantawid kuryente: katas ng VAT program”

Pinagyayabang niya ang pagbabalik niya ng P500 sa mga pamilya na ang kunsumo sa kuryente ay hindi lumalampas sa 100 kilowatt hours (siguro mga P700 ang bill). Minsanan lang ito.Aaabot sa dalawang bilyon ito kasi mga apat na milyon ang mga pamilya na ganoon kababa ang kuryente. Ang tawag nga sa kanila ay “lifeline consumers.”

Angelina Jolie: A Woman in Full

Published by Ellen on June 13, 2008

I’m a great fan Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. The July issue of Vanity Fair features her in an article by Rich Cohen. I’m linking full article here.

It’s an established fact. Some women can’t stand being pregnant, getting big and bloated, and hauling around a giant stomach, and some women, for reasons probably understood by Darwin, love it. That Angelina Jolie is one of the latter can be seen in any of the thousands of pictures of the actress—who was, after all, impregnated by Brad Pitt, which is like being impregnated by a future man or a star child—that began to proliferate in the celebrity weeklies and supermarket tabloids in the spring of 2008, by which time Jolie, who is carrying twins, had bellied out like a sail.

Miranda’s proposal to Yano

Published by Ellen on June 12, 2008

AFP chief Alexander Yano breezed through the powerful and oftentimes irrational Commission on Appointments last Wednesday.

With his confirmation, Yano is now expected to sort out the mess that his predecessor, Hermogenes Esperon has burdened the armed forces with, especially the cases of the detained officers who did not steal any money from the government but simply made a stand to stop the degradation of the armed forces.

Driver claims military agent, not Abus seized Drilon team

Published by Ellen on June 12, 2008

By Julie Alipala
Mindanao Bureau

Breaking news: Angelo Valderrama, Ces’ assistant cameraman was released Thursday night.

GMA 7: Ces cried for help

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines — The hired driver of television reporter Ces Drilon and her crew has claimed to police that a known “military agent” and not members of the Abu Sayyaf extremist group abducted the ABS-CBN team, the Sulu police chief said Thursday.

Senior Superintendent Julasirim Kasim, Sulu police director, said driver Maramma Hasim, the man hired by Drilon and her team to chauffer for them in Maimbung on the day of their disappearance, claimed that one Juamil “Maming” Biyaw was the “missing link” to knowing who was behind the abduction.

Two marines kidnapped

Published by Ellen on June 12, 2008

Update: MILF leader frees two Marines in Basilan More of this in comments section below.

On the heels of the kidnapping of broadcaster Ces Drilon and her team, the Philipine Navy reported that two marines were abducted last Tuesday, June 10, in Al Barkha, Basilan by MILF followers.

The marine were identified as Corporals Jessie Duatin and Bernie Alcabasa .

The Philippine Navy identified their abductors as MILF Commander Malat Sulaiman alias Long Masud.

Is JI into Cess kidnapping?

Published by Ellen on June 12, 2008

With ABS-CBN keeping mum on the progress of efforts to free broadcaster Ces Drilon and her team, all sorts of speculations arise. Some maybe true, some may be just rumors. Police reports say Ces and three others are in the custody of Abu Sayyaf commander Albader Parad.

Philippine Star has additional info which is interesting. Albader Parad’s group is together with with Jemaah Islamiya bomb expert Zulkifli Bin Hir, a Malaysian.Zulkifli has a $5 million price in his head put up by the United States government.

Here is Philippine Star’s story:

Ces, TV crew in JI custody

By Roel Pareño

Zamboanga City – A Malaysian Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) bomb expert with a $5-million bounty on his head is holding broadcast journalist Ces Oreña-Drilon and her two cameramen in a remote jungle base of the Abu Sayyaf in Sulu, military sources said yesterday.

Yano orders probe of violations of rights of detained ‘plotters’

Published by Ellen on June 12, 2008

by Victor Reyes
Malaya

Armed Forces chief Lt. Gen. Alexander Yano has created a board that will look into allegations of violation of the rights of military officers detained for alleged involvement in a power grab attempt in February 2006.

The board of inquiry held its first meeting yesterday in Camp Aguinaldo with the wives of some of the detainees in attendance. It is headed by Lt. Gen. Ferdinand Bocobo, AFP inspector general, and includes as member Lt. Col. Benedicto Jose, chief of the AFP Human Rights Office.

Tiwala kay Yano

Published by Ellen on June 11, 2008

Marami ang nadismaya sa pag-plead guilty ng 11 na Magdalo officers noong Martes sa paglabag ng Article of War no. 96, Conduct Unbecoming of an Officer and Gentleman.

Dahil wala silang media access, hindi nila masyado mapaliwanag ang kanilang desisyon. ngunit sa pagkakilala ko sa kanila, hindi nila ibebenta and kanilang paninindigan at hindi ko naman sila narinig na nag-affirm ng loyalty kay Gloria Arroyo.

Sa institusyon ng military, oo. Sa bayan oo. Hindi naman pag-aari ni Arroyo ang institusyon at ang bayan.

Praying for safe return of Ces and team

Published by Ellen on June 10, 2008

Update: ABS-CBN rules out ransom

Rep.Roilo Golez yesterday called on those who cherish freedom and peace “to pray for the safety and life of Ces Drilon and all other who are under involuntary and hostile custody. Let’s pray that God will enlighten and soften the hearts and minds of their captors.”

Ces and her crew, cameraman Jimmy Encarnacion and assistant cameraman Angel Valderama, together with peace advocate Octavio Dinampo, a professor at the Mindanao State University were abducted armed men in Maimbung, Sulu Sunday. Police reports say the kidnappers were members of the bandit group, Abu Sayyaf.

ABS-CBN appeals to colleagues in media to exercise “utmost consideration for the safety of our news team.”

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