Bulatlat Contributors | Oct 28, 2006
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Rights Body to Initiate Contempt Raps vs Military for Failing to Produce Morong 43
Rights Body to Initiate Contempt Raps vs Military for Failing to Produce Morong 43

By RONALYN V. OLEA and
ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
The CHR will not renege on its mandate under the Constitution. You have been testing our patience,” Leila de Lima said. "We will initiate the appropriate contempt orders," she added.
More Doctors Join PGH Protest Despite Warnings, Threats
More Doctors Join PGH Protest Despite Warnings, Threats

By MARYA SALAMAT
A hundred doctors and medical professors on mass leave in UP-PGH (University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital), supported by UP and PGH employees, defied last Monday a memo issued by the ‘de-facto’ PGH director Dr. Enrique Domingo and a warning raised by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) Chairman Francisco T. Duque III against their joining “disruptive” protest actions and taking part in mass leaves.
Crisis Worsens at PGH as Topnotch Doctors, Medical Professors Go on Mass Leave
Crisis Worsens at PGH as Topnotch Doctors, Medical Professors Go on Mass Leave

By MARYA SALAMAT
The crisis at the Philippine General Hospital worsened last week as 75 of the hospital's topnotch and highly qualified doctors and medical professors went on mass leave starting March 29 to express “anger and dismay over the oppression and dubious removal from office” of the hospital's director, Dr. Jose Gonzales. They said, however, that they would still respond to emergency or life-threatening cases.
Video: In Isla Puting Bato, Hope Springs Amid Despair
Video: In Isla Puting Bato, Hope Springs Amid Despair

Hope Springs on Isla Puting Bato
Military Accused of Harassing Kin of Morong 43 to Force NPA Admission
Military Accused of Harassing Kin of Morong 43 to Force NPA Admission

By RONALYN V. OLEA
Five of the Morong 43 who admitted to being rebels were tortured, their families harassed, according to relatives. The children of one of the detainees have allegedly disappeared, according to their grandmother.
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