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Commentary By Perry Diaz Last December 14, 2012, Carlos Celdran, a popular Manila tour guide, was convicted by Branch 4 of the Metropolitan Trial Court of Manila of the crime of “Offending the Religious Feelings” under Article 133 of the Penal Code. Celdran’s conviction was for disrupting an ecumenical service at the Manila Cathedral in September 2010 in protest of the Catholic Church’s opposition to Read More …
By MARK MERUEÑAS GMA News (Updated 12:39 a.m., 29 January 2013) – A Manila court has found Manila tour guide and RH advocate Carlos Celdran guilty of “offending religious feelings” for disrupting an ecumenical service at the Manila Cathedral in September 2010 in protest of the Catholic Church’s opposition to the then Reproductive Health bill. Celdran, then dressed as national hero Jose Rizal, held up Read More …
By Fernan Marasigan Business Mirror THE first panel of investigators of the Ombudsman had dismissed for lack of proof the plunder complaint against former President Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo and her co-accused in connection with the alleged misuse of the P366 million of confidential and intelligence fund of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO). Thus, there were two versions of the resolution, called the Somido Resolution Read More …
By Ellen Tordesillas Malaya The media community in Cagayan de Oro. Photo from Froilan Gallardo’s FB The 2009 Maguindanao massacre and the sad fact that justice continues to elude the victims were foremost in the minds of the delegates to the 9th Spectrum Fellowship National Campus Journalism conference held at Mambukal resort in Negros Occidental. The Spectrum is the official student media corps of the Read More …
Fr. Shay Cullen’s columns are published in The Manila Times, in publications in Ireland, the UK, Hong Kong, and on-line) There is a great hunger in the world. It is a hunger for justice. There is a famine of justice and they who hunger and thirst for it are rarely satisfied. But on 26 April, 2012, a historical landmark judgment at the International Criminal Court Read More …
By Edu Punay The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines – Retired Army Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan can no longer leave the country after a Malolos City regional trial court (RTC) in Bulacan issued yesterday a hold departure order (HDO) against him following his indictment for the disappearance of University of the Philippines student activists Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño in 2006. Justice Secretary Leila de Lima Read More …
VIEWPOINTS By Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz The Daily Tribune In these interesting as well as disturbing times, it could be in order for the Filipinos in particular, to know or recall, to remember or observe the following objective realities about the nature and implications of justice: Justice is for everyone or for nobody at all. Perfect! Justice knows no party. Great! Justice is the only Read More …
Corporate Watch By Amelia H.C. Ylagan BusinessWorld “Maguindanao massacre trial could take 55,000 years,” a front page headline screamed for the intended shock effect. In simple arithmetic on convoluted logic, private prosecutor Harry Roque computed 196 defendants facing 57 cases each equals 11,172 cases, times 5 years trial per case equals 55,000 years. Stop the salivating — defendants and lawyers may not live for 20 Read More …
AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR By William M. Esposo The Philippine Star Our society is stuck with an “Exemption to the rule” mindset. Given the opportunity, many Filipinos would rather be accorded the right to be exempted from the rule than be compelled to follow it. Seen as an elite privilege, even the bottom rank in our socio-economic ladder would like to savor the cheap Read More …
By Jess Diaz The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines – Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s husband yesterday protested the decision of the police to deny her access to a mobile phone or computer once she is transferred to the Veterans Memorial Center (VMMC) in Quezon City. “Why is the government trying to isolate and cut off CGMA’s (Rep. Arroyo’s) communication line with the outside world as if Read More …