By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – It has been five years but Wilfredo Ramos could still remember the face of one of those who took Karen Empeño, Sherlyn Cadapan and Manuel Merino on June 26, 2006. During the second hearing of the preliminary investigation on the criminal complaint filed by the mothers of the…
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DOJ starts probe of criminal complaints filed against soldiers linked to abduction of UP students
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Tension filled the room as the Department of Justice (DOJ) started its preliminary investigation on the complaints filed in by the relatives of two missing University of the Philippines (UP) students and a farmer against officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Col. Jovito Palparan Jr. faces…
Jovito ‘The Butcher’ Palparan Asked to Stop Dirty Job in Mindanao
To meddle in the electoral race the US-Arroyo regime once again let loose its most rabid attack dog, retired AFP Gen. Jovito “The Butcher” Palparan, ruthless architect of political killings in the country, and his band of killers-for-hire. Jovito Palparan is sowing his brand of terror in Mindanao to help quell the popular protest movement…
‘Philippine Military Has Its Own Abu Ghraib’
In protest rally Friday in front of Nica building, human-rights groups denounce the continuing use of torture. They likewise commemorate the third year of the disappearance of UP students Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño. Edita Burgos says the promotion of three officials linked to the abduction of her son Jonas will encourage more atrocities.
Palparan in Congress: Spending People’s Money Against the People
The recent statement of Gen. Jovito Palparan to revive the Republic Act No. 1700 or the Anti-Subversion Law in order to stop progressive party-list representatives from using their Priority Development Assistance Funds (PDAF) for the New People’s Army (NPA) is added proof that General Palparan does not deserve to be a representative of the poor…
Disqualification Case Filed vs. Palparan
BY CHARMAINE P. LIRIO Bulatlat Leaders of progressive party-list groups and families of victims of extra-judicial killings filed today a petition for quo warranto before the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal (HRET), seeking to disqualify Retired Major Gen. Jovito Palparan from becoming a representative. In an interview with Bulatlat, Anakpawis Rep. Rafael Mariano said Palparan…
Kin, Supporters Mark 2nd Year of Jonas’s Abduction
BY JUAN ANGELO A. HONGO AND MARIANNE B. MIRAMBEL Bulatlat To mark the second year anniversary of his abduction, family members, friends and supporters of activist Jonas Burgos gathered today in a mass at Camp Agunaldo’s Gate 1. Jonas, son of the late press freedom hero Jose Burgos, a farmer and an advocate of human…
Palparan’s Place is in Jailhouse, Not House of Representatives, NY Rights Group Says
BY BULATLAT NEW YORK — A local group here advocating human rights in the Philippines has expressed outrage at retired Army Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan, Jr.’s impending entry into the Philippine House of Representatives this week. The New York Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines (NYCHRP) stated the move “will surely result in more…
Blood Trail: Tracing the Terror Behind the Torture
The clock struck twelve. The brothers snuck out of a safehouse in Pangasinan where they were allegedly detained by elements from the 24th Infantry Battalion and hurried towards the highway. Unlike their previous attempt to flee, this time they succeeded. Raymond and Reynaldo Manalo, two farmers from Bulacan, are among the few victims of enforced…
‘Credible Polls in N. Ecija Impossible’ – Foreign Observers
Outside the room in the narrow corridor, soldiers armed with M-16s watched as people peered through the glass window. An armored personnel carrier (APC), its machine guns aimed skyward, was parked at a corner facing the hall inside the compound. BY ABNER BOLOS Gitnang Luzon News Service (GLNS) Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 15…