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Noynoy’s ex-security aide in hiding, says LP bet out to silence him By Charlie V. Manalo 04/23/2010

Friday, April 23, 2010

Noynoy’s ex-security aide in hiding, says LP bet out to silence him


By Charlie V. Manalo
04/23/2010

The man who took the bullet for Liberal Party (LP) standard-bearer Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino at the height of the 1987 failed coup attempt is said to have gone to ground following his charges that his former boss is hunting him down in an apparent attempt to “silence” him.

Joseph Galleta, a member of the so-called “Yellow Army,” has secured himself and his family after he was informed that Aquino was looking for him to prevent him from disclosing in public that after saving the LP bet’s life on Aug. 28, 1987, he was neglected and was dropped like a hot potato by Noynoy and the Aquino-Cojuangcos.

Members of the Yellow Army were former security men of Hacienda Luisita who were brought to Malacañang and operated under the command of the Presidential Escort Unit.

A neighbor of Galleta, requesting anonymity, revealed that Noynoy’s former security aide became “the subject of a manhunt” after he started talking against Aquino, particularly his ordeal following that fateful morning that completely changed his life.... MORE  

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