MANILA — Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casi?o today challenged the military’s commander
for the National Capital Region to present a written and explicit
order from the President authorizing deployment of soldiers in Metro
Manila and for what purpose.
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MANILA — ?The military desperately fumbles with their alibis for they cannot explain why they killed a nine-year old girl. After saying she is a combatant, the AFP points its finger on the father. In dire attempts to cover up their crime, the helpless military cannot even get its own story straight.?
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MANILA — Anakpawis Representative and political detainee Crispin Beltran today reiterated his call for court martial against Army Brig. Gen. Carlos Holganza and elements of the 101st Infantry Brigade which he commands. Holganza and soldiers of the 101 st IB are responsible for the brutal slay of nine-year old Grecil Buya in Compostela Valley.
MANILA -- Residents of various Metro Manila communities together with the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan and Karapatan faced off with the Armed Forces of the Philippines National Capital Region Command in…
By Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno
Supreme Court
(Delivered on April 18, 2007 on the occasion of the conferment of the
honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by the University of the East.)
?Tomorrow begins in the East,? trumpets the motto of this venerable
institution of learning. In his last moments in Bagumbayan, our national
hero Jose Rizal stared at tomorrow in the eye, veered his bullet-riddled
body to the right and fell lifeless on the ground ?face turned towards
the rising sun in the east. From the cradle to the grave, Rizal
consecrated his life to fight for the human rights of our people.
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