BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Government critics from various political persuasions have condemned the arrest this afternoon of National Broadband Network (NBN) star witness Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada. Lozada was arrested in connection with the July 4, 2008 perjury case filed against him by former Presidential Chief of Staff Mike Defensor. He had testified under oath,…
Month: April 2009
Philippine Gov’t Report before UN Body vs Torture Questioned – Rights Group
BY RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat The Philippine government’s second periodic report to the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) was ‘bombarded’ with questions, human rights network Philippine UPR Watch said. The 27-member Philippine government delegation, headed by Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, presented its report, April 28, to the 42nd session of the UNCAT in Geneva,…
Resolution Opposing Palparan Appointment to Any Gov’t Post Back to Square One
BY ANNA KRISTINA P. VIRTUSIO Bulatlat The resolution opposing the appointment of retired Gen. Jovito Palparan S. Jr. to any government post is back to square one. The House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability has referred House Resolution No. 999 back to the House Committee on Rules in the preliminary determination of referrals…
Slideshow: Kin, Supporters Mark 2nd Year of Jonas’s Abduction
Kin, Friends Mark 2nd Year of Jonas Abduction
Video: With Lewd and Loud Music, Military Drowns Out Calls for Justice, Prayers for Jonas Burgos
Lewd Music Drowns Out Calls for Justice
Document: Petition for Quo Warranto Vs. Jovito Palparan
Republic of the Philippines HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL Quezon City DR. REYNALDO LESACA, JR., CRISTINA PALABAY, RENATO M. REYES, JR., ERLINDA CADAPAN, ANTONIO FLORES, JOSELITO USTAREZ Petitioners, HRET CASE NO. ________ – versus – FOR: Quo Warranto MAJOR GEN. JOVITO S. PALPARAN, JR. (Ret.), Respondent. x————————————————————x “However, it is not enough for the candidate…
Disqualification Case Filed vs. Palparan
BY CHARMAINE P. LIRIO Bulatlat Leaders of progressive party-list groups and families of victims of extra-judicial killings filed today a petition for quo warranto before the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal (HRET), seeking to disqualify Retired Major Gen. Jovito Palparan from becoming a representative. In an interview with Bulatlat, Anakpawis Rep. Rafael Mariano said Palparan…
Torture Survivors Recount Ordeal Before UN Body
Victims of torture under the Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo administration traveled all the way to Geneva, Switzerland to tell their stories of torture during the 42nd Session of the United Nations Committee Against Torture (UNCAT).
Kin, Supporters Mark 2nd Year of Jonas’s Abduction
BY JUAN ANGELO A. HONGO AND MARIANNE B. MIRAMBEL Bulatlat To mark the second year anniversary of his abduction, family members, friends and supporters of activist Jonas Burgos gathered today in a mass at Camp Agunaldo’s Gate 1. Jonas, son of the late press freedom hero Jose Burgos, a farmer and an advocate of human…
3 New Progressive Party List Reps Take their Oath
BY RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat Three activists have joined the progressive party-list bloc in Congress as they took their oath this morning before Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio. By virtue of the recent Supreme Court decision on the party-list system, lawyer Neri Javier Colmenares of Bayan Muna, Joel Maglunsod of Anakpawis and Raymond Palatino of…
Activists Wield Cyberspace vs. Palparan
BY RONALYN OLEA Bulatlat Activists and supporters have wielded the cyberspace in their campaign against retired Major Gen. Jovito Palparan Jr. As of 10:13 pm on April 26, 2009, more than 1,000 people on the popular social networking site Facebook have joined the cause “Palparan should be in jail, not in Congress nor any other…