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Harassing Josie

A case against former Transportation and Communications secretary Josie Lichauco dismissed by the Ombudsman eight years ago has been resurrected by the Supreme Court.
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It’s strange. Could it have something to do with the fact that Josie Lichauco is in the forefront in the search for truth in the 2004 elections and justice for the Filipino people?

Lichauco, who has an unblemished record as a public servant, is one of the complainants in the second impeachment complaint against Arroyo.

Bawal magsabi ng totoo

Pinaggalitan si Ambassador Francis Al Bichara ng Department of Foreign Affairs dahil sinabi niya na kaya mabagal ang evacuation ng mga OFW mula Lebanon dahil kinukulang sila ng pera.

Siyempre magagalit talaga ang DFA at Malacañang dahil sinabi ito ni Bichara, isang araw matapos magyabang si Gloria Arroyo sa kanyang state-of-the nation address na “May pera na… may pera tayo”.

Itong pagmamayagpag ni Arroyo na “May pera tayo” ay kasama sa kanyang propaganda na magaling siyang pangulo kaya raw “may pera na tayo.”

Target:lawyers

Neri Colmenares, Codal convenor and spokesperson and Tonyo Cruz,media officer of Counsel for the Defense of Liberties bring to the public’s attention another disturbing trend as documented in FROM FACTS TO ACTION,(click here) a report of the International Fact-Finding Mission on Attacks Against Filipino Lawyers which was undertaken by the Dutch Lawyers for Lawyers Foundation and with the participation of Lawyers Without Borders and the International Association of Democratic Lawyers.

FROM FACTS TO ACTION documents the fact-finding mission’s attempt to
gather information on the murders of legal professionals in the
Philippines.

To date, 10 judges and 15 lawyers (including a law student) have been
slain since 2001. Many of them were human rights lawyers and public
interest barristers.

BABALA SA TUKO

Itong tula ay gawa ni Bienvenido Lumbera, National Artist .

Binasa niya ito sa rally sa labas ng Batasan Pambansa habang ginu-glorya ni Gloria Arroyo ang taumbayan na pinalakpakan naman ng mga tsonggo sa Kongreso.

Tunay na National Artist si Bien dahil dama niya ang naramdaman ng taumbayan at hindi siya nangingiming ilabas sa pamamagitan ng kanyang pagsusulat. Siya ay isa sa mga nagsampa ng panglawang impeachment complaint laban kay Arroyo.

Roldan’s friend

Anti-crime crusader Tessie Ang-See was angry when I saw her on TV last Wednesday.

Ang-See, spokesperson for Citizens Against Crime, finds it incomprehensible that Judge Agnes Reyes-Carpio didn’t see the role of actor and former Quezon City representative Dennis Roldan (real name: Mitchell Y. Gumabao) as mastermind in the kidnapping of three-year old Kenshi Yu last year, in her decision the other day to grant bail to him.

Kidnap for ransom is a heinous crime and is supposed to be non-bailable but Roldan walked out from his detention cell yesterday after posting a P500,000 bail bond.