Court Orders Hospital Detention for Morong 43 Mom, Newborn
Published on August 28, 2010
After initially denying the petition for temporary release of Morong 43 mother Carina Judilyn Oliveros, the court, in deciding on the appeal filed by Oliveros’s counsel, ordered her and her son’s transfer to a hospital where she would be detained for a period of three months.
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By RONALYN V. OLEA
Bulatlat.com
MANILA — After denying the petition filed by Morong 43 mother Carina Judilyn Oliveros for temporary release on recognizance for humanitarian grounds, the local court ordered that she and her newborn son be transferred to a hospital.
Oliveros is one of the 43 health workers arrested on Feb. 6 in Morong, Rizal. The 43 were charged with illegal possession of firearms and explosives. They were detained at Camp Capinpin in Tanay, Rizal before being transferred to a detention facility at Camp Bagong Diwa in Bicutan.
Oliveros gave birth by cesarean section to her first child last July 22 at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH). On Aug. 18, the jail guards hauled Oliveros, together with her son, back to jail,. Presiding Judge Gina F. Cenit-Escoto of the Morong Regional Trial Court Branch 78 ordered the transfer, saying that there is no basis to grant the petition for temporary release filed on Oliveros’s behalf by her counsels.
The mother and child joined the rest of the Morong 43 women detainees in an overcrowded, damp and poorly ventilated detention cell where rats, bed mites and other insects are found.... MORE
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