The revelations of Police Master Sgt. Jose Jay Senario on how Calbayog City Mayor Ronaldo Aquino was framed for illegal drug raps by his political rival with the help of PNP officers before he was ambushed and assassinated paints a dire picture of the extent...
...political persecution has reached under the Duterte Administration.
I cannot avoid comparing my fate with that of Aquino, since like me he was framed and made a subject of bogus drug charges.
At least I am still alive. Aquino was not so fortunate. Failing to get rid of him through a frame-up, his enemies with the help of PNP officers simply chose to kill him.
Hindi na nakakagulat ang ganitong mga expose’. Like the “nanlaban” narrative, concocted drug raps against targeted personalities, including political opponents, are a common feature of Duterte’s war on drugs. My own situation is the gravest example of case fabrication.
I look forward to the day when those who took part in this despicable project reveal the truth, and that any one or some of the prosecution witnesses against me come forward to confess, just like Sgt. Senario, on how they were forced and intimidated by Duterte’s henchmen...
...like former DOJ Sec. Aguirre, SOLGEN Calida, PAO Chief Acosta, Sandra Cam, and other officials hiding in the shadows, to fabricate drug charges against me.
In relation to this, I laud the decision of the Court of Appeals to finally rule on the unconstitutionality of Duterte’s so-called drug lists of political personalities involved in the illegal drug business, when it granted the habeas data petition of Leyte Cong. Vicente Veloso.
It is about time the drug watchlists are exposed for what they are, as unconstitutional and illegal instruments for witch hunts and for intimidating politicians and even ordinary individuals who refuse to bend the knee to Duterte.
Indeed, if the government has hard evidence against politicians, then it should just file a case instead of including them in a drug list that endangers their life and that of their families.
These lists are per se a violation of the human rights of individuals to be secure in their own person at all times, and to be free from government intrusion other than through legal searches and seizures...
...including the filing of proper bonafide cases in court, and not fabricated ones which is what was done in my case.
Although the CA decision came too late to protect the reputation and the life of Mayor Aquino, at least it could now be used to protect the life of Cong. Veloso. This also serves as a wake-up call to the judiciary.
Their inaction in the past four years on cases of human rights violations in the course of Duterte’s drug war has already cost so many lives.
It is already time to shake off the cloak of madness thrown over the heads of our judges and justices in this war on drugs, and see it for what it really is.
It is nothing but a tyrant’s instrument of fear, the fear of being targeted as drug offenders or drug personalities and summarily executed by his death squads, like Mayor Aquino, or politically persecuted by his minions, like me.
I strongly condemn the NPA rebels’ action that led to the death of civilians Kieth Absalon & Nolven Absalon in Masbate City.
Whether deliberate or inadvertent, armed actions that led to the death of non-combatants and civilians are a crime under our penal law and a violation of international humanitarian law.
Pinakita sa akin ng staff ko yung Posts ni Raffy Lerma tungkol sa dalawang kinse anyos ang pinatay sa Tondo nitong nakaraan. Lamog ang katawan sa tortyur, binalot sa packaging tape at itinapon sa Manila Bay.
Ang isa sa mga biktima inukitan pa ng smiley ang katawan. Kasuklam-suklam na krimen!
Hindi simpleng mamamatay-tao ang makakagawa ng ganito. Kampon ng demonyo at ng mga umuudyok na pumatay sa ngalan ng 3 to 6 months ang ganitong pamamaslang. This is a crime that cries out to heaven for justice!
I thank the Almighty God for my continued good health and high spirit.
From the known results of the executive check-up (CT Scan, various Ultrasound, Pap Smear, X-Ray, ECG, 2D Echo, Mammogram, Colonoscopy, etc.) during my 24-hour medical furlough, I suffer from no serious or alarming health condition.
I just have to watch my diet and do regular exercise to stay healthy.
Ang tindi n'yo naman talaga diyan sa Malacañang. Isasalubong ninyo sa taumbayan sa bagong taon anomalya agad. Give the people a break, or at least have an iota of shame! Sobrang-sobra ng kabuktutan 'yan. [1]
The PSG would not, at their own peril, inoculate themselves an untested COVID-19 vaccine, much less an unauthorized and illegal one, without the approval or explicit order from the President. [2]
This is nothing but another of Duterte’s shameless and arbitrary use of executive power, and like the rest, so corrupt and deleterious to the public interest. [3]
The PSG should remember that their loyalty should be to the Constitution and not to Duterte. He may be your Commander-in-Chief but he is neither your king nor emperor. The law is supreme, not Duterte's whims.
When state agents place their loyalty on a man and turn a blind eye to his corrupt and criminal ways, they become nothing more than lapdogs of a mafioso who tramples on the law just to get what he wants. Wake up, and stop being the Presidential Smuggling Group!
To the AFP and the PNP, I ask this: Kung ganitong nababahiran ang reputasyon ninyo dahil sa mga baluktot na utos, kapritso at iligal na gawain ni Duterte, nagugulat pa ba kayo kung bakit parami nang parami ang mga kritiko at dismayado sa inyong institusyon at sa gobyerno?
Dispatch from Crame No. 999: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the 7 Billion budget cut on the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) [1]
I am thoroughly disappointed and dismayed upon hearing that a Senate colleague had pushed for and succeeded in slashing ₱7billion from the 4Ps program. This cut will affect around 300k families that were anticipated to “graduate” from the program before the pandemic arrived. [2]
Nakapanlulumo at napakabigat sa kalooban na malaman ito lalo’t alam natin na ang ayudang dala ng 4Ps ay isa sa mga pinaka-inaasahan ng milyun-milyon nating mga kababayang naghihikahos sa buhay na lalo pang hinagupit ng kahirapan dahil sa pandemya. [3]