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Source: BusinessWorld BILLS AIMED at bolstering the fight against “dirty” money will be fast-tracked by the Senate, a senior official said, in a bid to avoid the imposition of sanctions by the international financial community. “[T]he chamber hopes to pass [the] AMLA (Anti-Money Laundering Act) amendments and the Terrorist Financing Suppression Act before Congress [goes on recess] on June 8,” said Renato N. Bantug, Jr., Read More …
A Cup O’ Kapeng Barako By Jesse Jose The plot thickens. And as it thickens, it sickens. The murder of Trayvon Martin continues to dominate the headlines of newspapers and talk shows of America’s mainstream media. Until justice is had and the killer is behind bars, locked away for good, I think this trend will continue. It should and it must. Otherwise, it’s a mockery of justice. Two Read More …
AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR By William M. Esposo The Philippine Star PNP (Philippine National Police) spokesman, Chief Superintendent Agrimero Cruz, had assessed that the ease with which criminals commit murders these days could be the result of the deterioration of the moral standard in our country. Cruz was referring more to the audacity and harshness of criminals today. In general terms, crime stats show Read More …
A Cup O’ Kapeng Barako By Jesse Jose Only in Florida! Y’all know the story, right? It began as the talk of the town in Sanford, Florida. Now, it has become the talk of the town in every state of the United States of America. Talk heads on CNN, FOX News, ABS, CBS and MSNBC are all talking their heads off about it. Even President Obama had Read More …
ON DISTANT SHORE By Val G. Abelgas On Friday, March 2, another journalist was shot and wounded by two motorcycle-riding gunmen outside his home in Iloilo City in the latest attacks on media men in the country. The victim, Fernando Gabio, who hosts the “Mr. Expose” program on Radyo Mo Nationwide, was lucky he was hit only in the leg and survived. So far, 10 Read More …
Telltale Signs By Rodel E. Rodis The families of Bubby Dacer and Emmanuel Corbito have been waiting for justice for more than 11 years since November 24, 2000 when operatives of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force (PAOCTF), then under the command of Gen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson, abducted, tortured and executed Dacer and Corbito. Their families may take comfort in the news this past week Read More …
Human Face By Ma. Ceres P. Doyo Philippine Daily Inquirer The Philippine Daily Inquirer’s Jan. 12 banner story: “Pestaño case not suicide but murder” (by Lelia B. Salaverria). The lead paragraph: “Agreeing with the parents of Navy Ensign Philip Pestaño that he did not kill himself 16 years ago, the Office of the Ombudsman reversed itself and filed murder charges against 10 Navy officers in Read More …
Back Channel By Alejandro del Rosario Manila Standard Today It’s been months since the strange case of Japanese national Norio Ohara broke out and made headlines. This piece is a follow-up to an earlier column that had raised questions that are still unanswered. Ohara’s story has all the signs of skullduggery in three key government agencies which are supposed to safeguard our national security. Ohara Read More …
10 Navy officers face raps in ensign’s slay By Leila Salaverria Philippine Daily Inquirer NEW EVIDENCE The Office of the Ombudsman reversed itself and filed charges against 10 Navy officers in the Sandiganbayan Wednesday for the murder of Navy Ensign Philip Pestaño 16 years ago. Agreeing with the parents of Navy Ensign Philip Pestaño that he did not kill himself 16 years ago, the Office Read More …
By Edu Punay The Philippine Star A woman stands in front of ‘wanted’ posters of former Army Maj.Gen. Jovito Palparan in Quezon City yesterday. MANILA, Philippines – Retired Army Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan Jr. has asked the Malolos City Regional Trial Court to recall the arrest warrant and hold-departure order issued against him. This developed as the government offered a P500,000 reward for information leading Read More …