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Lozada’s conviction stresses urgency of whistleblowers law

Published by Ellen on August 28, 2016

Jun Lozada in a Palm Sunday mass. File photo
Jun Lozada in a Palm Sunday mass. File photo
At this time of his life, it’s his faith in God that keeps Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada Jr. going.

The government has failed him. The country’s justice system turned against him. Many “friends” have abandoned him after they have used him for their agenda.

After his conviction to six to ten years in prison by the Sandiganbayan last week in the case involving the lease of idle lands when he was president of the Philippine Foreign Corporation, a teary-eyed Lozada said the decision was difficult to take but he is holding on to faith in God: “I once said before, eight years ago, one of the lessons I learned is that the opposite of fear is courage. In reality, the opposite of fear is faith. So I’m holding on to faith in God.”

Sister Mary John Mananzan, one of those who have consistently helped Lozada and his family all throughout Jun’s eight- year ordeal deal, said the case would not have materialized if he did not testify in the aborted corruption-tainted $329.5 million national broadband project with the Chinese firm, ZTE Corp.

“I’m sure of it. All the cases against him came out after he became witness. If it was really his crime, why wasn’t he charged when he was with PFC?” she asked.

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Okay ba para senador si Jun Lozada?

Published by Ellen on June 24, 2012

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Sa survey ng Pulse Asia ng mga tsansa ng mga gustong tumakbo para senador sa 2013, nakasama ang pangalan ni Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada,Jr., ang star witness sa $329 NBN/ZTE deal.

Pang 32-40 ang kanyang ranking. Sa mga 1,200 na tinanong, 56 percent ay kilala si Lozada. At 5.8 per cent sa mga tinanong ay boboto sa kanya.

Medyo malayo sa Magic 12 na kinabibilangan halos ng mga re-electionist o pangalan ng mga kilalang pulitiko. Ngunit pwede pa naman trabahuhin dahil may 11 na buwan pa bago eleksyun.

Kahit na isinama ang kanyang pangalan sa pagpipilian, hindi naman talaga kasi sa isip ng mga tao na tatakbo siya para Senado dahil wala naman siyang sinabing interesado siya.

Dati kasi, noong 2010, inisip niya noon tumakbo. Gusto niya noon independent kasama ang ilang kandidato na ayaw sumali sa tradisyunal na partido katulad ng Liberal Party at Nacionalista Party.

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Unang assignment ni Ambassador Pacquaio

Published by Ellen on May 13, 2009

Ayan, may assignment na si Ambassador for Peace and Understanding Manny Pacquaio.

Sa interview ni Judge Jorge Emmanuel Lorredo sa ANC, tinatawagan niya ang champion na boksingero na pumunta sa hearing ng kasong perjury na isinampa ni Mike Defensor laban kay Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada sa Mayo 28 sa Manila Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 26.

“Nanawagan ako kay Pacquiao na pumunta siya sa May 28 sa courtroom ko, I will allow him to talk to Mike Defensor and Jun Lozada,” sabi niya.

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Lorredo claims Palace wants him out of Lozada case

Published by Ellen on May 13, 2009

From Abs-CbnNEWS.com

lorredo Controversial Manila court judge Jorge Emmanuel Lorredo revealed Wednesday that someone from Malacañang is trying to persuade him to inhibit himself from the perjury case of NBN-ZTE star witness Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada.

“Kahit anong pressure ng Malacañang sa akin, hindi ako mag-inhibit (Malacañang cannot pressure me to inhibit),” Lorredo, presiding judge of the Manila Metropolitan Trial Court (MTC) Branch 26, said in an exclusive interview with ABS-CBN News.

Lorredo said that his refusal to inhibit from the case is also meant to protect his fellow magistrates at the Manila MTC.

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Nakakahawa rin ang katapangan

Published by Ellen on May 6, 2009

Update: Judge Lorredo allowed Lozada to be under Senate custody.

Kung nakakahawa ang masama, ganuun din ang kabutihan at katapangan. Nanindigan si Jun Lozada. At ito, nakita rin natin na naninindigan ang judge na humahawak ng kanyang kaso, si Judge Jorge Emmanuel Lorredo.

Dinala sa Medical Center Manila si Lozada noong Martes ng gabi dahil sa dehyration. Mabuti na rin daw ang lagay niya ngayon.

Naka-schedule siyang i- arraign sa sala ni Judge Jorge Emmanuel Lorredo ngayong araw at 8:30 ng umaga. Bago niyan magkakaroon ng pagdarasal. Sabi ni Lorredo sa kanyang pambihirang order na maaring sumali ang mga iba’t-ibang grupo na sumusuporta kay Lozada sa morning prayers . Sabi pa niya gusto ng Supreme Court na simulan ang sesyon sa korte ng pagdarasal.

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Making a statement

Published by Ellen on April 30, 2009

Check out Lito Banayo’s column in Malaya: ‘Baligtad na ang mundo’

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Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada, a star witness in the $329 mil-lion NBN/ZTE deal, could have easily posted P6,000 bail in the perjury case filed by Gloria Arroyo’s former chief of staff, Mike Defensor to avoid arrest.

But he did not, as a sign of protest. “This is the only way I can mount a protest that is not against the law,” he said.

Lozada is now confined in a small room, non-airconditioned at the second floor of the Manila Police headquarters on UN Avenue. Judge Emmanuel Lorredo of the Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 26 who issued the arrest warrant suddenly went on leave yesterday so the arraignment was re-scheduled on May 7.

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Jun Lozada one year after

Published by Ellen on February 4, 2009

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Photos taken after the mass last Thursday at La Salle Greenhills:

1. Jun with wife Violet and son
2. With supporters, Juana change and Dante Madriaga
3. Jun with sisters Oye, Carmen and friend Pong Querubin

by VERA Files

One year after he survived abduction by a team led by an officer of the Philippine National Police, the tables are turned on Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada, one of the star witnesses in the aborted $329.5 million national broadband project with the Chinese firm, ZTE Corp.

Lozada is in danger of going to jail for the charges of perjury and graft filed against him by persons involved in his Feb. 5, 2008 abduction upon his arrival from Hongkong after he tried avoiding to testify before the Senate investigation on the reported overpriced telecommunication project.

He is embroiled in a theft case filed by a woman he swore he never met in his whole life.

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