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Frankly Speaking By Frank Wenceslao When Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) chairman Andy Bautista was reported he’d conduct preliminary investigation of Imee Marcos’ reported bank account in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), a haven of hot money of foreign leaders who looted national treasuries, a Pamusa supporter in Manila sent me newspaper clippings with a note to expect PCGG’s abolition soon. Bautista has shown Read More …
PerryScope By Perry Diaz From the get-go of the Sabah incident, President Benigno “P-Noy” Aquino III appeared to be too accommodating to Malaysia. Recently, a news account reported that P-Noy was bent on extraditing Sultan Jamalul Kiram III and his Tausug followers to Malaysia despite the absence of an extradition treaty between the two countries. The news report attributed the story to Justice Secretary Leila Read More …
By Benjamin B. Pulta and Angie M. Rosales The Daily Tribune DoJ chief feeds Sulu Sultan to Malaysian wolves Not only is President Aquino not providing any protection to Sultan Jamalul Kiram lll’s fighters in Malaysia, but he is also bent on extraditing the Sultan and his Tausug followers to Malayisa, as its authorities have asked, despite there being no extradition treaty between the two Read More …
AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR By William M. Esposo The Philippine Star The March 2 early afternoon press conference at Malacanang Palace revealed hitherto unknown contacts between the President Benigno S. Aquino III (P-Noy) government and Sultan Jamalul Kiram and his family. Per Cabinet Secretary Rene Almendras, immediately after the Sabah crisis started, Secretaries Ronald Llamas (Political Adviser) and CP Garcia (National Security Adviser) touched Read More …
By Edu Punay The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines – The government is considering bringing the territorial claim of the Sultanate of Sulu over Sabah before an international tribunal even as the standoff between followers of Sultan Jamalul Kiram III and Malaysian authorities came to a bloody end yesterday. Justice Secretary Leila de Lima confirmed the Department of Justice (DOJ) is studying the option of bringing Read More …
By Benjamin B. Pulta The Daily Tribune A minor victory of sorts was achieved by the petitioners against the Cybercrime Prevention Act when an indefinite extension was handed down yesterday by the Supreme Court (SC) on the four-month restraining order it had earlier issued suspending the implementation of the controversial Republic Act No. 10175 or Cybercrime law. At the end of yesterday’s en banc session, Read More …
By Ina Reformina ABS-CBN News MANILA, Philippines – Justice Secretary Leila De Lima believes freedom of information is a crucial tool in the promotion of transparency and prevention of corruption. Speaking at the 5th Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (Gopac) Global Conference here in Manila, De Lima said that a well-informed and empowered citizenry can effectively and meaningfully participate in good governance. “Freedom of Read More …
By Edu Punay and Arnell Ozaeta The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is looking into the possibility that a battle over jueteng turf was the motive for the killing of 13 men in Atimonan, Quezon last Jan. 6. Reports published earlier and attributed to security sources said rival camps battling for control of jueteng operations in Southern Luzon triggered Read More …
By Belly M. Otordoz Correspondent and Fatima Cielo B. Cancel Reporter The Manila Times Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Thursday said that she believes that the January 6 incident in Atimonan, Quezon was not a shootout. “It’s anything but a shootout . . . Not a shootout, definitely,” de Lima, who earlier heard the narration of two persons who witnesses the incident, said. The Read More …
By Florante S. Solmerin Manila Standard Today National Police chief Alan Purisima on Friday said he will abolish the counter-intelligence office of Supt. Hansel Marantan for accomplishing nothing and plunging the police organization into another controversy. Thirteen people were killed in Atimonan, Quezon, in a supposed encounter on Jan. 6 between a group of policemen and soldiers led by Marantan and people they claimed were Read More …