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                    [Title] => 'High-profile' pol to intervene in Vizconde case
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Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) chief Persida Rueda Acosta said yesterday a “high-profile” personality will intervene in the Vizconde massacre case, which is currently on appeal at the Supreme Court.

[DatePublished] => 2011-01-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 447755 [Title] => 'Ochoco knows more than Valerio on Ninoy slay' [Summary] =>

One of the soldiers convicted of killing former senator Benigno Aquino Jr. and Rolando Galman recently granted clemency by President Arroyo said former Aviation Security Command (Avsecom) deputy chief Col. Romeo Ochoco knows more than Air Force captain Felipe Valerio does about the possible brains behind Aquino’s slaying.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1673868 [AuthorName] => Reinir Padua [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 442959 [Title] => 23 years after [Summary] =>

For people in many countries I have visited, the most famous — or notorious — Filipinos seem to be Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 354408 [Title] => Noynoy contented with fate of ‘mastermind’ in father’s killing [Summary] => Tarlac Rep. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III said he is already contented with what happened to the "mastermind" of his father’s assassination 23 years ago.

Aquino, however, declined to identify who was the mastermind but earlier expressed his belief that the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos was involved.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 304231 [Title] => Sandiganbayan issues arrest warrant for former PAF captain in Aquino-Galman case [Summary] => The Sandiganbayan ordered the arrest of a former Air Force officer implicated in the 1983 assassination of former senator Benigno Aquino Jr. and Rolando Galman.

In issuing an alias warrant of arrest, the Sandiganbayan’s Third Division allowed the petition filed by Public Attorney Office (PAO) to effect the arrest of former Air Force Capt. Felipe Valerio who is among those charged in the 22-year-old double murder case but who was able to flee the country before the conviction of the 15 accused soldiers.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097368 [AuthorName] => Mike Frialde [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 287281 [Title] => Crime and punishment [Summary] => It was a favorite refrain of the Aquino administration: justice first before reconciliation.

That was how post-EDSA Philippines was supposed to deal with the Marcos forces and the atrocities of the dictatorship. The same principle was applied to the military officers who launched coup attempt after coup attempt, setting back every effort at economic recovery.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 262036 [Title] => EDITORIAL - The truth, this time? [Summary] => As if on cue, soldiers serving double life terms for the so-called crime of the century have once again offered to tell the truth about the murders of former Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr. and Rolando Galman. This has become an annual ritual in the commemoration of Aquino’s assassination 21 years ago today.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 260187 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Same old story [Summary] => If the soldiers convicted of murdering Benigno Aquino Jr. and Rolando Galman have a revelation for the nation, they would have given it a long time ago. Yet after 21 years and four changes of administration, the soldiers have not amended their stories, even if it could have meant possible release from incarceration. It was Galman who assassinated Aquino, the soldiers insist, and they were too low in the military pecking order to know who ordered the hit.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 259977 [Title] => Release of Aquino, Galman killers denied [Summary] => Two former soldiers convicted of killing former senator Benigno Aquino Jr. and Rolando Galman will have to remain in jail despite their petition citing they were eligible for release.

In a one-page resolution dated July 20 and released yesterday, the Supreme Court denied "for lack of merit" the letter-petition of Romeo Bautista and Arnulfo Artates addressed to Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr., who endorsed it to the court en banc.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 218465 [Title] => Ninoy soldiers’ children seek justice [Summary] => The masterminds of the Aquino assassination were never brought to justice. The Aquino family has moved on, and the Marcos family has returned from exile in Hawaii.

Meanwhile, the soldiers convicted of the double murder are losing whatever sliver of opportunity they have to share their lives with their families.

With each day that they spend at the New Bilibid Prisons’ maximum security compound, their grip on hope slips.
[DatePublished] => 2003-08-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620721 [AuthorName] => Nikko Dizon [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
BENIGNO AQUINO JR. AND ROLANDO GALMAN
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                    [ArticleID] => 645326
                    [Title] => 'High-profile' pol to intervene in Vizconde case
                    [Summary] => 

Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) chief Persida Rueda Acosta said yesterday a “high-profile” personality will intervene in the Vizconde massacre case, which is currently on appeal at the Supreme Court.

[DatePublished] => 2011-01-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 447755 [Title] => 'Ochoco knows more than Valerio on Ninoy slay' [Summary] =>

One of the soldiers convicted of killing former senator Benigno Aquino Jr. and Rolando Galman recently granted clemency by President Arroyo said former Aviation Security Command (Avsecom) deputy chief Col. Romeo Ochoco knows more than Air Force captain Felipe Valerio does about the possible brains behind Aquino’s slaying.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1673868 [AuthorName] => Reinir Padua [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 442959 [Title] => 23 years after [Summary] =>

For people in many countries I have visited, the most famous — or notorious — Filipinos seem to be Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 354408 [Title] => Noynoy contented with fate of ‘mastermind’ in father’s killing [Summary] => Tarlac Rep. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III said he is already contented with what happened to the "mastermind" of his father’s assassination 23 years ago.

Aquino, however, declined to identify who was the mastermind but earlier expressed his belief that the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos was involved.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 304231 [Title] => Sandiganbayan issues arrest warrant for former PAF captain in Aquino-Galman case [Summary] => The Sandiganbayan ordered the arrest of a former Air Force officer implicated in the 1983 assassination of former senator Benigno Aquino Jr. and Rolando Galman.

In issuing an alias warrant of arrest, the Sandiganbayan’s Third Division allowed the petition filed by Public Attorney Office (PAO) to effect the arrest of former Air Force Capt. Felipe Valerio who is among those charged in the 22-year-old double murder case but who was able to flee the country before the conviction of the 15 accused soldiers.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097368 [AuthorName] => Mike Frialde [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 287281 [Title] => Crime and punishment [Summary] => It was a favorite refrain of the Aquino administration: justice first before reconciliation.

That was how post-EDSA Philippines was supposed to deal with the Marcos forces and the atrocities of the dictatorship. The same principle was applied to the military officers who launched coup attempt after coup attempt, setting back every effort at economic recovery.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 262036 [Title] => EDITORIAL - The truth, this time? [Summary] => As if on cue, soldiers serving double life terms for the so-called crime of the century have once again offered to tell the truth about the murders of former Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr. and Rolando Galman. This has become an annual ritual in the commemoration of Aquino’s assassination 21 years ago today.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 260187 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Same old story [Summary] => If the soldiers convicted of murdering Benigno Aquino Jr. and Rolando Galman have a revelation for the nation, they would have given it a long time ago. Yet after 21 years and four changes of administration, the soldiers have not amended their stories, even if it could have meant possible release from incarceration. It was Galman who assassinated Aquino, the soldiers insist, and they were too low in the military pecking order to know who ordered the hit.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 259977 [Title] => Release of Aquino, Galman killers denied [Summary] => Two former soldiers convicted of killing former senator Benigno Aquino Jr. and Rolando Galman will have to remain in jail despite their petition citing they were eligible for release.

In a one-page resolution dated July 20 and released yesterday, the Supreme Court denied "for lack of merit" the letter-petition of Romeo Bautista and Arnulfo Artates addressed to Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr., who endorsed it to the court en banc.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 218465 [Title] => Ninoy soldiers’ children seek justice [Summary] => The masterminds of the Aquino assassination were never brought to justice. The Aquino family has moved on, and the Marcos family has returned from exile in Hawaii.

Meanwhile, the soldiers convicted of the double murder are losing whatever sliver of opportunity they have to share their lives with their families.

With each day that they spend at the New Bilibid Prisons’ maximum security compound, their grip on hope slips.
[DatePublished] => 2003-08-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620721 [AuthorName] => Nikko Dizon [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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