Live streaming of press conference by Morong 43 immediately after their release from jail on Friday, Dec. 17.
Month: December 2010
Illegally Arrested and Detained for 10 Months, ‘Morong 43’ Are Finally Free
By RONALYN V. OLEA
and ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
BREAKING NEWS (Updated: 11:05 pm: Twenty-three female detainees have been released): Relatives and supporters of the political prisoners had been waiting for days for this moment to come, a week after President Benigno S. Aquino III ordered the dropping of charges against them. On Friday, they trooped to the court in Morong town in Rizal for the court’s release order and then, by nightfall, to Camp Bagong Diwa, where they waited for the authorities to free the detainees who had been jailed there for most of the past 10 months.
Relatives, Supporters to Continue Vigil Until Issuance of Release Order for Morong 43 (PR)
Media Release December 17, 2010 Their relatives as well as thousands of people from the world over await in anticipation the 43 health workers as they are expected to be released from Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City today. Seven days after Philippine President Benigno Aquino III first publicly declared the withdrawal of all cases…
Sad ‘Croc’: Son Longed to Reunite with ‘Morong 43’ Mom
By MARYA SALAMAT
Egoy, the son of Dr. Merry Mia-Clamor, one of the “Morong 43” detainees, had hoped to see his mother watch him perform during his school’s annual presentation. But despite an order from the president, Dr. Clamor and the others remain in jail as of this writing.
Int’l Rights Group to Aquino: Probe Mistreatment of Detainees
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“Aquino should promptly order a criminal investigation into the allegations of torture and ill-treatment in military custody,” the New York-based Human Rights Watch said, reacting to President Aquino’s order to drop charges against the Morong 43.
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Looking Forward: The GRP-NDFP Peace Talks
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com Contrary to skeptics’ views, there are objective conditions that auger positively for the upcoming resumption of formal peace talks between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), the revolutionary alliance that includes the Communist Party…
Luis V. Teodoro | Two Elections
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com Elections this November took place in two countries that are geographically far apart, and have practically nothing in common. But the results were in both cases as expected, although due to widely different reasons. In the case of the national elections — the first…
CenPEG | SC Ruling on the Truth Commission: A Dead-end?
By taking the slower tack of forming a truth body, the pursuit of accountability with respect to the crimes of graft and corruption linking the previous regime has been entrusted to the constraints and weaknesses of the country’s justice system. By the Policy Study, Publication, and Advocacy (PSPA) Center for People Empowerment in Governance December…
No Legal Assistance Provided to OFW ‘Clarissa’ (PR)
Press Statement December 13, 2010 This is a rejoinder to the statement issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs on December 11 with a heading “Phl Embassy in Riyadh Assisted Fully OFW Repatriated from Riyadh”. To put the records straight: Migrante-Al Khobar directly provided assistance to OFW “Clarissa” who has been raped and was jailed…
KMU Welcomes First Congressional Hearing on Wage Hike Bill (PR)
Press Statement 11 December 2010 Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno welcomed today the House Committee on Labor’s scheduling of a hearing on a bill seeking a substantial wage increase for private-sector workers. House Bill 375, filed by Anakpawis Rep. Rafael Mariano, is set for a hearing on December 15 by the House Committee on Labor…
1st PBC-NPA Disarms 10th ID-AFP Davao Patrol Base Without a Shot Fired (PR)
Press Statement 11 December 2010 Army corporal and Cafgu minor surrendered and immediately released unharmed Without firing a single shot, the 1st Pulang Bagani Company-New People’s Army successfully overran the patrol base of the Bahani Long Range Platoon (BLRP) under the 1003rd Brigade-10th Infantry Division-AFP in sitio Damilag, Barangay Mapula, Paquibato District December 9 Thursday.…