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                    [Summary] => Six years after being convicted for conspiracy to commit murder, two brothers and co-accused of controversial priest killer Norberto Manero were released from the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) in Muntinlupa yesterday. 


Edilberto and Elpidio Manero were released after serving their sentences for the murder of Italian priest Tullio Favali, the Department of Justice announced yesterday.

The Manero brothers were convicted in 1997 of conspiracy to commit Favali’s murder with Norberto in 1985.
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The younger Manero, in an interview by Catholic station dxND in Kidapawan City last week, said he is optimistic of getting a pardon soon.
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President Estrada has revoked the pardon he granted to priest-killer Norberto Manero Jr. following a revelation that the convict had another criminal charge pending against him.

The cancellation of the pardon as well as the commutation of sentence that opened the door for clemency was ordered by the President based on a recommendation of the Board of Pardons and Parole (BPP).

Manero, a leader of a paramilitary anti-insurgency unit in South Cotabato, was convicted in 1987 for killing Italian priest Tullio Favali. Manero has denied eating Favali's brain. [DatePublished] => 2000-03-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1297981 [AuthorName] => Efren Danao [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 94820 [Title] => Zamora not yet off the hook; CBCP calls for resignation [Summary] =>

The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) scored President Estrada for retaining Executive Secretary Ronaldo Zamora despite the latter's admission of responsibility for the grant of executive clemency to convicted priest-killer Norberto Manero Jr.

This developed as clamor mounted for the ouster or resignation of Zamora over the Manero fiasco.

In another development, President Estrada gave assurance that Zamora is not yet off the hook in the Manero controversy pending outcome of an inquiry by a three-member fact-finding body into the case.

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A priest who stood as prosecution witness in the 1985 murder of Italian priest Fr. Tullio Favali in Tulunan, North Cotabato appealed yesterday to President Estrada to recall the pardon granted to one of Favali's killers, Norberto Manero.

Fr. Peter Jeremiah, who claimed he was the Manero brothers' first target for liquidation, made the appeal during a courtesy call on the President at Malacañang. He was accompanied by Bishop Romulo Valles of the Diocese of Kidapawan in North Cotabato and Fenny Tatad, wife of Sen. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 94739 [Title] => Favali Slay Convict Says: We should be the ones released, notManero [Summary] =>

ABUYOG, Leyte - News about the conditional pardon granted to Norberto Manero Jr. upset 53-year-old Efren Pleñago, a fellow convict in the 1995 killing of Italian priest Fr. Tulio Favali.

"It hurts us that Manero was granted freedom. We should have been the ones freed, not him," Pleñago said in Tagalog in an interview with The STAR at the Leyte Regional Prison Center here.

Now Pleñago himself is appealing to Malacañang to pardon him, too. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1206050 [AuthorName] => by Ulysses Torres Sabuco [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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                    [Summary] => Six years after being convicted for conspiracy to commit murder, two brothers and co-accused of controversial priest killer Norberto Manero were released from the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) in Muntinlupa yesterday. 


Edilberto and Elpidio Manero were released after serving their sentences for the murder of Italian priest Tullio Favali, the Department of Justice announced yesterday.

The Manero brothers were convicted in 1997 of conspiracy to commit Favali’s murder with Norberto in 1985.
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The younger Manero, in an interview by Catholic station dxND in Kidapawan City last week, said he is optimistic of getting a pardon soon.
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President Estrada has revoked the pardon he granted to priest-killer Norberto Manero Jr. following a revelation that the convict had another criminal charge pending against him.

The cancellation of the pardon as well as the commutation of sentence that opened the door for clemency was ordered by the President based on a recommendation of the Board of Pardons and Parole (BPP).

Manero, a leader of a paramilitary anti-insurgency unit in South Cotabato, was convicted in 1987 for killing Italian priest Tullio Favali. Manero has denied eating Favali's brain. [DatePublished] => 2000-03-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1297981 [AuthorName] => Efren Danao [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 94820 [Title] => Zamora not yet off the hook; CBCP calls for resignation [Summary] =>

The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) scored President Estrada for retaining Executive Secretary Ronaldo Zamora despite the latter's admission of responsibility for the grant of executive clemency to convicted priest-killer Norberto Manero Jr.

This developed as clamor mounted for the ouster or resignation of Zamora over the Manero fiasco.

In another development, President Estrada gave assurance that Zamora is not yet off the hook in the Manero controversy pending outcome of an inquiry by a three-member fact-finding body into the case.

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A priest who stood as prosecution witness in the 1985 murder of Italian priest Fr. Tullio Favali in Tulunan, North Cotabato appealed yesterday to President Estrada to recall the pardon granted to one of Favali's killers, Norberto Manero.

Fr. Peter Jeremiah, who claimed he was the Manero brothers' first target for liquidation, made the appeal during a courtesy call on the President at Malacañang. He was accompanied by Bishop Romulo Valles of the Diocese of Kidapawan in North Cotabato and Fenny Tatad, wife of Sen. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 94739 [Title] => Favali Slay Convict Says: We should be the ones released, notManero [Summary] =>

ABUYOG, Leyte - News about the conditional pardon granted to Norberto Manero Jr. upset 53-year-old Efren Pleñago, a fellow convict in the 1995 killing of Italian priest Fr. Tulio Favali.

"It hurts us that Manero was granted freedom. We should have been the ones freed, not him," Pleñago said in Tagalog in an interview with The STAR at the Leyte Regional Prison Center here.

Now Pleñago himself is appealing to Malacañang to pardon him, too. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1206050 [AuthorName] => by Ulysses Torres Sabuco [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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By Mike Frialde | January 26, 2008 - 12:00am
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