PBS Rerun: Sunday October 20, 2013
http://www.pbs.org/pov/giveuptomorrow/photo_gallery_background.php
About Francisco "Paco" Llarrañaga, a Spanish-Filipino convicted of raping and murdering two sisters in the southern province of Cebu with seven others.
Chiong sisters: Marijoy & Jacqueline
Llarrañaga Family in happier times
Paco's sister Mimi
Thelma Chiong, victims' mother
Jacqueline & Marijoy
Filmmakers Marty Syjuco and Michael Collins
Paco, 35, languishing in prison in Spain:
He says, "If you need to give up, give up tomorrow but don't give up today."
Paco's mother visiting him in Spain
Parents of Paco - His father a Spanish citizen and his mother Margarita is related to the Osmenas
Spain-Philippines Treaty to transfer Paco in a Spanish prison
PBS POV Rerun July 20, 2014
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D'Bionic, I got the photos and infos but I forgot to get your California address. Thanks for the balita.
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The latest performance from the Dancing Inmates of Cebu maximum-security prison in the Philippines .
Not only is it a wonderful performance, but it illustrates in a powerful way what is possible when a strong positive intention is introduced to a very negative environment. The focus on dance has resulted in an enlivened, peaceful environment and increased self-esteem on the part of the inmates.
Not only is it a wonderful performance, but it illustrates in a powerful way what is possible when a strong positive intention is introduced to a very negative environment. The focus on dance has resulted in an enlivened, peaceful environment and increased self-esteem on the part of the inmates.
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ON DISTANT SHORE
By Val G. Abelgas
It should not surprise us anymore that despite the difficulties of the past few years, the Filipinos remain as optimistic as ever of the coming year. Hope springs eternal for Filipinos as shown by a recent survey by both Pulse Asia and the Social Weather Station that showed 89% or nearly nine of ten Filipinos face the coming year with hope.
The same percentage of Filipinos showed the same optimism about the coming year in 2009, which was slightly lower than in the three previous years — 91% in 2006 and 2007, and 92% in 2008.
Hope surveys had customarily been at high levels, starting at 87% when the SWS first polled about hope in December 2000, and 88% in December 2001. In December 2002, New Year hope reached a record high of 95 percent before declining to 90 percent in December 2003. It slumped to 81 percent at the end of December 2004, but rebounded to 85 percent in 2005 and to 91 percent in 2006.
Except for that period following the Garci cheating scandal in 2004 when street protests nearly toppled Gloria Macapagal Arroyo from Malacanang, Filipinos have been traditionally hopeful of the coming year.
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‘We cling to God for our last hope’
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia – “Kumakapit nalang po kami ngayon sa Panginoon. Siya nalamang po ang pag asa namin (We are clinging for our last hope to God),” cried Ricelia Santiago, 56, mother of 27-year-old overseas contract worker (OFW) and cancer patient John Nino, now bed-ridden at the Vancouver General Hospital.
Santiago, a housekeeper from Marilao, Bulacan, arrived in Canada last December 12 on a temporary visa. Her husband, Alfredo, a driver in the Philippines, arrived here last October 28.
“Naniniwala pa rin kami na may miracle ang Diyos (We still believe in the miracle of God),” remarked Santiago, her voice shaking.
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Why promised change hasn’t come
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I’m amused. President Aquino is pleading with media to refrain from intruding into his love life. But here comes Kris, his blabbermouth of a sister, telling everybody that her brother has found a new love, stockbroker Len Lopez of the Lopez clan.
Kris says that even as her brother wants to keep his personal life away from media, he has introduced Lopez to his sisters. She is so thin and so elegant, like Kim Chiu, according to Kris.
With a sister like Kris who cannot keep a secret, how can the President even hope to keep his personal life a secret? Indeed being President has a trade-off—he is undoubtedly public property!
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President Aquino is about to end his first six months in office. Sadly, he has not gotten rid of albatrosses around his neck. These people have not helped his pursuit of change at all. They have displayed utter incompetence yet remain glued to their posts. They have no delicadeza [...]
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Ex-general won’t admit guilt if only to avail of amnesty
By Christian V. Esguerra
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines―A key participant in one of the failed efforts to unseat then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has rejected the idea of having to admit guilt if only to avail himself of President Benigno Aquino III’s amnesty proclamation.
Former Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim Saturday said admitting guilt would make it appear that Mr. Aquino was “exonerating” his predecessor of the purported abuses that gave rise to the failed uprisings against her.
“If an apology would be required, what would happen to the things that we all fought for? What about [the] ‘Hello Garci’ [election fraud scandal] and the other anomalies under the previous administration?” he told the Inquirer by phone.
Lim was among the military officers who declared withdrawal of support from Arroyo in 2006. He also joined fellow rebel officer Antonio Trillanes IV, now a senator, in a court walkout that led to the 2007 siege of the Peninsula Manila hotel [...]
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Cabinet revamp
SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH
By Ernesto M. Maceda
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It was unchristian for President Aquino to announce on Christmas eve a Cabinet revamp in January. Thirty Cabinet rank officials will be sleepless and uneasy for the next few weeks.
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DFA Sec. Alberto Romulo has expressed a wish to be chairman of the Commission on Audit (COA). Former Ambassador to the US Albert del Rosario is in line to be the next DFA Secretary.
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Our Christmas wish for Vice President Jejomar Binay: That he is finally [...]
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The secretive plea bargain
Sounding Board
By Fr. Joaquin G. Bernas, S.J.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia
THE REPORT about the plea bargain struck by former Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia with his prosecutors must have shaken the officials of the Office of the Ombudsman. When the gag order came from the Sandiganbayan, there was obvious jubilation among the three officials of the Ombudsman’s office who announced the gag in a press conference. Why the jubilation?
The little that has filtered out about the bargain has created shock waves in the Metro Manila community. The President was furious. The military establishment expressed extreme disappointment. Former Ombudsman Simeon Marcelo declared it illegal. If the filtered report was meant to be a trial balloon, the prosecutors should get the message if they are not dense.
But what is causing the commotion? From the little that has come out in media there does seem to be legitimate cause for people to be infuriated. Garcia was charged with the crime of plunder for illegally amassing some P300 million. The minimum amount for the crime of plunder is only P50 million. It seems that Garcia will be allowed to escape the penalty for plunder by pleading guilty, not to plunder, but to indirect bribery in the amount of about one-sixth of the plunder charge against him.
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GOTCHA
By Jarius Bondoc
The Philippine Star
She wanted back the $100,000 smuggled cash, seized from her sons in Dec. 2003 by US authorities at the San Francisco airport. In addition to a four-page handwritten statement (see Gotcha, 22 Dec. 2010), the wife of Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia swore by a four-page typewritten one. The aim was to convince the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement that she and Garcia, as Philippine military comptroller, owned the huge amount. In the process, she disclosed more of their plunder of Philippine state funds. Following is the second statement, verbatim:
“I, Clarita D. Garcia, date of birth December 3, 1950, swear that the following statements are true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
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DURING THE last six months, the Supreme Court has had an overdose of painful criticisms for its many stressful actions, like its TRO on the impeachment of the Ombudsman, its decisions on plagiarism and on the Truth Commission, and its acquittal of Hubert Webb. Essentially, as the primus inter pares, Chief Justice Renato C. Corona bears the major part of this crucible. On his shoulders lies the heavy burden of transforming the Court and changing the public perception of its independence. Fortunately for him, longevity is on his side.
Stabilize judicial thought. Verily, he will enjoy the longest term since 1961 as the nation’s head magistrate. In the 110-year history of the Court, only three chief justices had terms longer than his: Cayetano S. Arellano, our very first chief justice who served for 19 years (1901 to 1920); Ramon Q. Avanceña (1924 to 1941); and Ricardo M. Paras (1951 to 1961). All the rest served for less than eight years.
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Undermining P-Noy, with a lot of help from his friends
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By William M. Esposo
The Philippine Star
Always fear more the enemy from within is a lesson any diligent student of history will know. They would have noted that empires, kingdoms and governments had fallen mainly because of internal weaknesses, conflicts and concealed enemies.
Well, it’s the Christmas season so let’s be kinder. Let’s not call them enemies of President Noynoy Aquino III (P-Noy). Let’s be Christians and call them instead as ‘some friends’ of P-Noy.
Let me narrate to you this recent case of how ‘some friends’ of P-Noy put him in a very embarrassing and potentially politically costly situation. This recent development happened in the vote rich province of Pangasinan.
In the Presidential election of 2010, Pangasinan was a critical area in the delivery of the Ilocano and Pangasinense vote. With over 1.1 million votes, the province was a battle ground of necessity. The incumbent Governor, Amado Espino Jr., belonged to the then administration party of Lakas-NUCD – not because it catered to his preference, but because of political convenience.
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