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YEARENDER: Elusive peace, stalled GPH-NDFP talks
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
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The regime tightens control of dissent AN OUTSIDERS VIEW Ken Fuller 01/03/2012
The regime tightens control of dissent
AN OUTSIDERS VIEW |
Ken Fuller |
In the early hours of Nov. 30, some 1,400 members of the regime’s security forces moved upon a much smaller group of protesters who had been camped in the grounds of a major provincial city’s administrative center.
Despite repeated claims regarding the peaceful nature of their protest, one group of demonstrators found itself swiftly surrounded by armed police officers in paramilitary garb while another team used knives to open tents, forcibly ejecting the occupants and destroying whatever property they found inside. The tent acting as a medical center did not escape the attackers’ attention; one witness says that this was soon reduced to “shreds,” its remains thrown across the park along with other property forcibly taken from the demonstrators..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20120103com5.html
Obama signs controversial defense bill (w/ Video)
Obama signs controversial defense bill (w/ Video)
US President Barack Obama has put pen to paper on a $662 billion
defense bill despite serious reservations from critics over the proposed
handling of terror suspects. The bill also brought into effect a new
round of strict sanctions against Iran.
Some provisions of the bill raise serious concerns among human rights
advocates, who argue that they could allow indefinite detention and
interrogation of any American citizen suspected to be linked to
terrorism. They say it would deny US citizens legal rights protected by
the Constitution..... MORE
Source: RT.com
URL: http://rt.com/news/obama-signs-defense-bill-087/
‘Infidel Santa’ killed in Tajikistan
‘Infidel Santa’ killed in Tajikistan
A young man dressed up as Father Frost, the Russian counterpart of Santa Claus, has been brutally killed in Tajikistan. The assailants reportedly shouted “infidel” as they stabbed him to death.The tragedy unfolded in the capital, Dushanbe, on Sunday night. Parviz Davlatbekov put on a traditional Father Frost costume to visit his friends and celebrate New Year with them. But before reaching his destination, the 24-year-old encountered a group of youths who beat him up and stabbed him. He died in hospital shortly after..... MORE
Source: RT.com
URL: http://rt.com/news/infidel-santa-killed-tajikistan-133/
Palparan ordered by court to surrender
Palparan ordered by court to surrender
“If he is not guilty, why does he hide? He has to have the courage to face the truth.” – Mrs. Concepcion Empeño
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Bulatlat.com
MALOLOS, Bulacan – As long as retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan Jr. remains at large, he could not seek relief from the court.
This was the decision of Judge Teodora Gonzales of the Bulacan Regional Trial Court Branch 14 in today’s hearing on the charges filed against Palparan and three other personnel of the Philippine Army in connection with the disappearance of two University of the Philippines (UP) students Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan.
Palparan, through his lawyer Narzal Mallares , filed an omnibus motion for preliminary investigation to quash the warrant of arrest and hold departure order issued against him for kidnapping and illegal detention charges.
“He has to surrender. The motion he filed cannot be acted upon,” Gonzales said during today’s hearing.
Members of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) who are serving as private prosecutors in the case welcomed the judge’s ruling. “He [Palparan] cannot have his cake and eat it too while trifling with the judicial and legal process,” the NUPL said in a text message.
Speaking to members of the media shortly after the hearing, Mrs. Erlinda Cadapan, mother of Sherlyn, said she was aghast that Palparan has not come out.
Mrs. Cadapan and Mrs. Concepcion Empeño, mother of Karen, have been searching for their daughters since the two were abducted, along with farmer Manuel Merino, on June 26, 2006 in Hagonoy, Bulacan.
Mrs. Empeño reiterated the call for Palparan to come out. “If he is not guilty, why does he hide? He has to have the courage to face the truth.”
Asked about the whereabouts of Palparan, Mallares said he has not communicated with his client the past few days. “We discussed the advantages and disadvantages of coming out. He has the final decision. The general feels he is being attacked personally,” Mallares said.
Mallares also slammed public statements against Palparan. “If the case is already in court, they should stop issuing statements that are not true. He is still presumed innocent until proven guilty.”
“He [Palparan] remains confident that he would obtain justice. We must see the good things he did for the country as a courageous soldier. He only served the country.
Accusations against him are mere speculations and without any basis,” Mallares said..... MORE
Source: Bulatlat.com
URL: http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/01/02/palparan-ordered-by-court-to-surrender/
PALpak NO HOLDS BARRED Armida Siguion-Reyna 01/03/2012
PALpak
NO HOLDS BARRED |
Armida Siguion-Reyna |
The word is Tagalog slang for sloppy work or performance, says an online dictionary under bansa.org. That the first three letters collectively make the acronym for Philippine Airlines isn’t mere coincidence. Palpak is, and palpak will be, there’s no other airline now palpak-er than PAL.
Time was when the family would not go anywhere, unless on PAL. My husband Sig was lawyer for the company, and he took such great pride in it, we flew PAL to wherever, whenever there was traveling to be done, whether for business or pleasure. There were free trips and discounts, but we paid for the most part. In those days you never presumed the freebies were for the asking, so came the day when Sig was no longer lawyering for them, we continued to patronize PAL and kept track of friends we’d made in PAL, like Pat Waln in Los Angeles and Nardoni in Italy, whose first name I forget, but whose face I still see in my head..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20120103com4.html
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House to Senate: Deny CJ’s plea, convict Corona By Gerry Baldo and Angie M. Rosales 01/03/2012
2ND IMPEACH CASE VS SC’S DEL CASTILLO PURSUED
House to Senate: Deny CJ’s plea, convict Corona
By Gerry Baldo and Angie M. Rosales 01/03/2012The House prosecution panel in the impeachment case against Chief Justice Renato Corona yesterday asked the Senate Impeachment Court to deny the respondent’s petition to dismiss the case and to convict the CJ.
At the same time, the House will be pursuing the impeachment case against a second SC Justice which would fill up all of the time of the Senate, should the complaint be filed while the trial of Corona goes on..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20120103hed1.html
Double-whammy greets Arroyo for new year By Gerry Baldo and Jason Faustino 01/03/2012
Double-whammy greets Arroyo for new year
By Gerry Baldo and Jason Faustino 01/03/2012When it rains, it pours, particularly on former president Gloria Arroyo who aside from receiving another graft charge yesterday for an exotic offense called illegal frequencies trading, has also in a strange stroke of luck, had her three graft charges earlier filed by the Ombudsman raffled off to the Sandiganbayan’s Fourth Division headed by Associate Justice Gregory Ong, an appointee of former President Joseph Estrada, who was toppled by an elite people power revolution that brought her the presidency in a silver platter in 2001.
Ong, the chairman of Fourth Division, nevertheless, said the cases against Mrs. Arroyo in connection with the botched $329 million National Broadband Network (NBN) deal with China’s Zhongxing Telecommunication Equipment (ZTE) Corp. will be treated just like any other ordinary case. Two other graft cases were consolidated in the same court because they were related..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20120103hed2.html
MILF sees little hope for 2012 peace pact By Mario J. Mallari 01/03/2012
MILF sees little hope for 2012 peace pact
By Mario J. Mallari 01/03/2012The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is not “very optimistic” about the prospect of striking a peace agreement with the Aquino administration within the year as what the government has projected earlier.
MILF chief negotiator Mohegher Iqbal said that while the MILF has noted political will in the administration of President Aquino, the main contention remains to be on how much power the national government is willing to give the Bangsamoro people under the proposed sub-state..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20120103hed5.html
De Lima removes NBI ‘assets’ By Benjamin B. Pulta 01/03/2012
De Lima removes NBI ‘assets’
By Benjamin B. Pulta 01/03/2012Armed non-organic personnel in the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)have been removed from the service by Justice Secretary Leila de Lima as she warned the men are fast becoming “private armies” by individuals.
De Lima said that she revoked the authority given by the NBI to persons who were neither organic nor confidential agents of the Bureau following the incident involving Japanese national Noriyo Ohara who was detained by NBI agents..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20120103nat1.html
VP Binay tasks NHA to accelerate housing aid to ‘Sendong’ victims 01/03/2012
VP Binay tasks NHA to accelerate housing aid to ‘Sendong’ victims
01/03/2012Vice President and Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) Chairman Jejomar Binay tasked the National Housing Authority (NHA), through its General Manager lawyer Chito Cruz, to accelerate provision of housing assistance to families affected by typhoon Sendong in Cagayan de Oro, Iligan and Dumaguete.
The NHA is coordinating with concerned local government units (LGUs) as well as other government and private sector organizations on plans to provide housing assistance to affected families..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20120103nat3.html
VP Binay’s Web site hacked By Michaela P. del Callar 01/03/2012
VP Binay’s Web site hacked
By Michaela P. del Callar 01/03/2012Unknown hackers broke into the Web site of Vice President Jejomar Binay on Sunday but inflicted no serious damage to it, claiming they did it out of “growing passion of concern to intensify information security in the Philippines.”
It was the second time since June 2011 that the Vice President’s official homepage was infiltrated by hackers and the first breach of cyber security to hit the government this year.
A group calling themselves PrivateX posted a message on the defaced Web site calling for more urgent measures to protect government Web sites as “occupants of the West are still on the move and in no such time, Manila, will be the center of unethical activities in Asia.”.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/metro/20120103met3.html
Lawmaker asks NBI to track down behind Ramgen, girlfriend sex video uploader By Angie M. Rosales 01/03/2012
Lawmaker asks NBI to track down behind Ramgen, girlfriend sex video uploader
By Angie M. Rosales 01/03/2012Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. yesterday asked the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to hunt down the culprits behind the uploading in the Internet of the latest sex video which happened to feature his slain half-brother and his girlfriend.
The lawmaker wanted the NBI to immediately conduct an investigation to effect the arrest and prosecution of those behind the dissemination in cyberspace of the said video and prevent reproduction of the material by the public..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/metro/20120103met1.html
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