The dismissal was due to the failure of the prosecution to bring before the court the complainants of the nearly 30-year-old case.
QC court junks one of 2 charges in Tiamzons’ pre-trial
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Lawyers’ group slams transfer of Tiamzon couple’s hearing to ‘police fortress’
“To continue the judicial proceedings inside a police fortress under very hostile conditions and atmosphere, and beyond open scrutiny is inconsistent with the minimum requirements of due process.”
The neoliberal bane and the 3Ps (Peace talks, People’s pope, People’s war)
BLOOD RUSH By SARAH RAYMUNDO The liberal tide that once set apart emergent capitalism from feudalism’s obsolescence is now a plague that threatens all living systems. Neoliberalism aims to prolong capitalism’s lease on lives and labor by converting what the latter identifies as last frontiers into its own likeness. And it does this through the…
Political prisoners start 7-day fast
As of Nov. 30, there are 491 political prisoners in the country, based on Karapatan data. Of these, 220 were arrested under President Aquino’s term. There are 53 ailing prisoners, 43 female prisoners, 42 elderly, and six minors.
Related story | Police officer rejected as ‘expert witness’ in Leyte mass grave case
Police officer rejected as ‘expert witness’ in Leyte mass grave case
During cross examination, the police officer who examined the skeletons of the alleged victims admitted that he arrived at the arrived at the crime scene at least 10 days after the digging at the massacre site began. Those who exhumed the remains, he added, may also be soldiers.
Manila court postpones arraignment of Tiamzon couple
Lawyers of the accused filed a motion for reconsideration after Judge Thelma Bunye-Medina of Branch 32 had denied their earlier motion to quash information and to dismiss the case.
Tiamzon couple: ‘Aquino’s Charter Change a poison to the nation’
“Cha-Cha aiming to extend the term of Aquino and to disempower the Supreme Court poses an immediate threat while economic Cha-Cha poses long-term threats to the welfare of the nation.”
Tiamzon couple appeals decision denying their motion to dismiss case
Citing several Supreme Court decisions, the lawyers argued that the charge of rebellion proscribes the filing of other offenses committed in furtherance of or in connection with rebellion.
Benito and Wilma | Portrait of two revolutionaries
Not like other personalities from the revolutionary Left such as Prof. Jose Maria Sison. Luis Jalandoni, Coni Ledesma, Fidel Agcaoili, and the late Tony Zumel, Wilma Austria and Benito Tiamzon were never thrust in the limelight, at least before their March 22 arrest. For the general public and the media, they are enigmatic.
Who are they? What is their background? What shaped them to become revolutionaries? How are they as a couple? How do they think and what are their thoughts about the country?
Benito and Wilma | A story of love and revolution
Their relationship was tempered by difficulties, hardships, living with risks, and the ups and downs of waging a revolution.
Wilma Austria, a woman, a student of history, a patriot, a revolutionary
“Why should one stop when a lot has to be done to attain radical change not only for Filipinos but for other exploited and oppressed peoples as well?”