Ni CHRISTOPHER RIVERA Jovito Palparan Isang pangalang kinamumuhian Ng mga biktima ng kanyang kalupitan At sagad-sagaring kahayupan Pinaslang ang laksa-laksang lumalaban Pinadukot at pinahirapan sina Empeño at Cadapan Sa kanyang kampanyang kontra-komunista Takot ang inihahasik sa madla Anti-komunista Sagad-sagaring pasista Pinapurihan ni Gloria Binansagang “bayani” sa SONA Sa pagreretiro sa serbisyo Pinasok ang Kongreso Inasinta…
“Is the military totally bereft of even an iota of morality? Don’t they heed persons in authority?”
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO On the fringes Bulatlat.com MALOLOS, Bulacan – Having earned a reputation for being both loquacious and boisterous, my relatives, friends, colleagues, and even sources are very much curious on how I manage to keep a straight face whenever I cover issues of human rights violations, especially during hearings against a…
Evidently scared of getting physically harmed, he was brought to court handcuffed, wearing a combat helmet while closely secured by Philippine Army soldiers he once commanded. A few hours later he was taken out of the court, his head bowed in gloom. The court convicted him for kidnapping with serious illegal detention and sentenced him…
Joint Decision dated Sept 17,2018 vs. Palparan, 2 others by Bulatlat Multimedia on Scribd Above is the historic 31-page decision penned by Judge Alexander Tamayo that found retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan and two other military officials, Col. Felipe Anotado and Staff Sgt. Edgardo Osorio guilty beyond reasonable doubt on the kidnapping and serious illegal…
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MALOLOS, Bulacan – Quiet sobs were heard during the hearing here in Malolos as the mothers of disappeared university students hugged each other – their tears were both in jubilation over the conviction of retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan and two other military officials and the longing…
How the promulgation will go on Monday, Sept. 17, matters to the Filipino people especially in light of the widespread, gross, and brutal killings under President Rodrigo Duterte, who virtually promised to absolve involved erring state security officers, particularly the police.
“In fact, these people continue to harass my family. They keep on telling my sibling that I would no longer be able to set foot in their community ever again.”
“They are using public funds to finance the phalanx of soldiers and police to provide security detail to Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan. That money should have been spent somewhere else.”
“This case was filed in 2008 and it is only now that it is progressing. But I am not completely happy, with the absence of all accused Cafgu members, and the fact that Palparan is not yet back at the Bulacan provincial jail.” — — torture victim Raymond Manalo
“The long arm of the law, tardy as it may be, has caught up with him.”