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The insecurity is showing NO HOLDS BARRED Armida Siguion-Reyna 02/19/2010

Friday, February 19, 2010


The insecurity is showing


NO HOLDS BARRED
Armida Siguion-Reyna
02/19/2010

So by now we have heard that the detained senator and the soldiers charged with rebellion in what is now generally remembered as “the Manila Pen incident,” if not “the Nov. 29 affair,” have been granted temporary bail. Nope, they’re not out yet, as bail costs P200,000, out of reach for the average sundalo. “Too much,” noted lawyer Ernesto Francisco Jr., “way above reach.”

But their morale is high, I hear, and all of them: Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV; Liberal Party senatorial candidate Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim; Captain Gary Alejano; Lt. s/gs Eugene Gonzalez, James Layug, Manuel Cabochan and Andy Torrato; Lt. j.g. Arturo Pascua jr.; Captain Segundino Orfiano Jr.; 1st Lt. Billy Pascua; Cpl. Clecarte Dahan; Privates First Class Juanito Jilbury, Emmanuel Tirador, German Linde, Julius Mesa, Cesari Yasser Gonzales; 2nd Lt. Jonnell Sangalan and Ensign Armand Pontejos.... MORE


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