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FROM THE STANDS By Domini M. Torrevillas The Philippine Star Current broadsheets reported that President Aquino wants a dialogue in resolving the Philippine China dispute over the Spratlys. But he also expressed the Philippine position during the visit of Chinese defense minister Liang Guanglie, that the group of Spratlys islands called “Nansha” belongs to the Philippines. It was also reported that he expressed a possible Read More …
CITIZEN Y By Yoly Villanueva-Ong The Philippine Star It’s one for the books! A breed of jailbirds so “special”, they fly in and out of their coop whenever they feel like it. They also party with their girlfriends, live-out, disappear, run for office and of course, go to a dentist in Makati. This specie is also found in equally fecund habitation like Indonesia, India, Mexico Read More …
SOPHIA DEDACE GMA News (Updated 2:14 p.m.) Convicted killer Jose Antonio Leviste, in explaining his unauthorized “vacation” from the New Bilibid Prison last week before an investigating panel, on Monday said former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo had promised to grant him executive clemency. But Leviste said the offer was withdrawn because of “political reasons” that he did not enumerate. “My executive clemency has been pending for Read More …
PerryScope by Perry Diaz The recent “prison break” scandal at the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) brought to the forefront of debate the issue of perks and privileges enjoyed by a select number of prisoners at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinglupa City. It’s common knowledge that at NBP – or “Munti” as it is commonly known – there are prisoners who have “living-out” status. Read More …
Editorial Manila Standard Today Dismay, when not followed by action, is just too lame a word for a chief executive. President Benigno Aquino III says he made prisons director Ernesto Diokno know how dismayed he was that former Batangas Governor Antonio Leviste, convicted for the killing of his longtime aide, was able to gallivant outside his prison cell. Leviste, in a hearing Monday, said his Read More …
Back Channel By Alejandro del Rosario Manila Standard Today News of the escapade of former Batangas Governor Antonio Leviste, a convicted killer serving a six-to-12- year prison term is really nothing new under our flawed penal system The Bureau of Corrections is a misnomer. It is a government bureau itself in need of corrections when you hear other horror stories of drug trafficking, prostitutes plying Read More …
“Heads will roll!” How many times did we hear this line before? Mr. President, it’s time for you to walk the talk, fire Diokno! — PERRY DIAZ Aquino grills prisons director over wandering ex-governor by Joyce Pangco Panares and Rey E. Requejo Manila Standard Today PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III on Thursday summoned his prisons director and demanded he explain how former Batangas Governor Antonio Leviste, Read More …