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Sa  pakighinabi sa Banat News kaniya kagahapon miangkon kining kaniadto pa gisuportahan na sa ilang grupo ang kalihukan sa vigilante apan kutob ra sa "moral support" aron mahurot ang tanang mga badlungon sa katilingban.


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In a press statement, Mañalac said "it looks like an influence peddler" was behind all this, and that the three convicts — Francisco Juan "Paco" Larrañaga and brothers James Andrew and James Anthony Uy — should be "given another chance to obtain their liberty." 


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Larrañaga plea for pardon denied

By Edu Punay | March 20, 2013 - 12:00am

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has denied the plea for pardon of Francisco Juan “Paco” Larrañaga, one of the seven men convicted for the rape-slay of sisters Marijoy and Jacqueline Chiong.

Nation

Larranaga ibiniyahe na sa Spain

October 7, 2009 - 12:00am

Nakaalis na ng bansa ang convicted rapist na si Francisco Juan “Paco” Larranaga matapos na aprubahan ng Department of Justice na ilipat sa penal facility sa Spain at doon ipagpatuloy ang natitirang life...

Bansa

Commit a crime, fly to Spain!

By Korina Sanchez | September 7, 2009 - 12:00am

Another high-profile crime is brought to the limelight because of its convicted rapist being given a reprieve of sorts by the Arroyo administration.

Freeman Opinion

Paco and Noynoy are fruits of great trees

By Jerry Tundag | September 7, 2009 - 12:00am

By now, almost everyone must have heard about the latest developments concerning Francisco Juan "Paco" Larrañaga, one of seven young men meted life sentences in connection with the 1997 abduction,...

Freeman Opinion

CAV suporta sa vigilante

By Edwin Ian Melecio | June 8, 2006 - 12:00am

Dayag nga namahayag si Crusade Against Violence national vice president Thelma Chiong nga dako ang ilang pagsuporta sa mga vigilante dinhi sa Sugbo. Sa pakighinabi sa Banat News kaniya kagahapon miangkon kining...

Banat Balita

‘Miscarriage of justice’ in Chiong rape-slay case?

November 18, 2005 - 12:00am

CEBU — "There was a miscarriage of justice." Thus said assistant regional state prosecutor Vicente Mañalac over the handling of the celebrated rape-slay case of the Chiong sisters. In a press...

Nation

Tommy O accepts nephew’s death sentence

February 6, 2004 - 12:00am

CEBU CITY — "Whatever statement I make, it will not make a difference to what will happen. Nothing that I say or do can change anything." Thus said Mayor Tomas Osmeña in reaction to the fate...

Nation