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Friday, February 23, 2007 |
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Officers encouraged
killings–Melo report |
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By Sam Mediavilla, Reporter
Officers of the Armed Forces of
the Philippines allowed, tolerated and even encouraged political
assassinations, according to the Melo Commission.
The Melo report, released a day
after a UN special rapporteur’s harsh critique on extrajudicial
killings, warned that the government could not sit back and ignore
the mounting murders.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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True believer not
of the military elite
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When Philippine Army general
Jovito Palparan retired from the military last year the communist
New People’s Army (NPA) said he was a “dead man walking.”
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AFP, DOJ slam two
reports on executions
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Malacañang has vowed to staunch
the killings of militants in the country. But on Thursday the Armed
Forces and officials of other executive branch agencies slammed
separate reports by the Melo Commission...
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Melo, too, rejects
AFP’s leftist purge scenario
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The military officer reviled for
encouraging the killings of Filipino militants told the Melo
Commission the deaths of activists had nothing to do with a New
People’s Army (NPA) purge.
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People Power now
just a memory
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The 21st anniversary of People
Power went virtually unnoticed in the Philippines Thursday—a far
cry from February 22, 1986, when more than a million Filipinos
packed the streets of the capital...
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Independent body
needed to solve slays
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Only a civilian investigative
agency, “independent of and not under the command, control, or
influence of the Armed Forces,” will be able to give justice to
hundreds of victims of extrajudicial killings...
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Devanadera is new
Sol-Gen
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PRESIDENT Arroyo has appointed
Government Corporate Counsel Agnes Devanadera to the position of
solicitor general, replacing Antonio Eduardo Nachura who was
appointed to the Supreme Court.
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GMA vows passage
of cheap drugs bill
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President Arroyo on Thursday
vowed to compete with international drug companies in an attempt to
expand low-cost medicine program of the government.
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Jordan seeks
stronger ties with RP
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Open commerce and tourism are
potential areas of growth and amity between Jordan and the
Philippines, Jordan Parliament Member Marwan Sultan, chairman of the
Committee on Freedom and Human Rights...
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