Interesting happenings at Philippine courts

Sometimes, you could not believe your senses when upon waking up you are greeted by news like these:

Lauro Vizconde pleads to the whole nation to help him find the real killers after the acquittal of Webb and six others.

Supreme Court clears Webb, 6 others in Vizconde massacre.  After 15 years of serving sentence at the National Bilibid Prison, Hubert Webb, a son of a former senator, was released because the Supreme Court found the evidence insufficient, for failure of the prosecution to prove their guilt beyond reasonable doubt. Webb and others were proven guilty by the lower courts of murdering the Vizcondes: Estrellita, the mother; Carmela, 18 who was raped before being killed; and Jennifer, 7.

Imelda Marcos gets back Leyte mansion, thanks to SC.  The Supreme Court returns to Imelda a beachfront mansion in Leyte which is believed to be part of the Marcos loot and was seized after the popular revolt. The property has 17-room mansion, a golf course, swimming pool, cottages and a pavilion. Moreover, the Sandiganbayan also rejected the government's ownership of a 25-hectare lot and mansion of the Marcoses in Cabuyao, Laguna.

The comfort women during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines still waiting for justice

Impeach raps filed vs SC justive over 'plagiarism'.  A Supreme Court justice, Associate Justice Mariano del Castillo, is accused of plagiarizing his ruling on the case of comfort women. An Akbayan representative to the Congress said- This plagiarism is a very clear example of dishonesty as a system that is being tolerated by the SC.

Miriam: PNoy's legal team inadequate in legal education.  The frank Senator Miriam Santiago again questions the competence of the legal team of President Aquino after Malacanang's EO 1 was rejected by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional. 

The infamous Hayden camera

Court dismisses case vs Kho.  Hayden Kho was accused of violating RA 9262 (Anti-Violence against Women and Children Law) after his steamy sex videos with several women went viral on the internet. The case was dismissed because the mere act of videotaping their sex act—even without the actress’ knowledge and consent—could not be considered a violation of R. A. 9262.

BE NOT AFRAID SENATOR!

Meanwhile, another fugitive of the law in the Philippines who could not be found and remains very elusive is Senator Panfilo Lacson. 

WHAT'S GOING ON?



Comfort women pic grabbed from Ellen Tordesillas website
Vizconde supporters pic from FTP-Yahoo!
Ping Lason pic from mang1pinoy.wordpress.com

My bad: drinking in public despite the liquor ban

I admit I have been bad without me noticing how bad I was.

Last October 25 at past one in the morning, I went to Doy's (Borja Street, Tagbilaran City, a few meters from Brewpoint; telephone 038.501.8724), and had my first bottle of Below Zero Red Horse in Bohol. I drunk all four bottles straight all in the honor of below zero beers in Tagbilaran. They were free, courtesy of Doy's owner.

Doy's is the best place to have videoke with friends in the comfort of their private rooms. I was so comfortable that I publicly challenged the law. Honest, this is not for the free beers I got from there.

On the eve of the Barangay Elections last Monday, I also raised a bottle of San Mig Light right infront of police officers at the Acacia de Bubu, the new place to have barbecue in Tagbilaran. They did not noticed and seemed not to care. Maybe because I am surrounded by beautiful ladies?

I only noticed my transgression with law when I finished all the beers.

Kampai!

 Kampai! Me raising a beer right infront of the police.

See those officers at the back? The girl infront is our picture-taker Chin-chin.

Another bottle for the elections!

Another Exploits of Bayani Fernando

In a move to be noticed as a presidential wannabe for the next elections, Bayani Fernando (yes, that publicity whore who is pimping himself even in some remote areas in the Philippines) is telling people in Quirino province (that's way way out of MMDA reach) that 80% of Philippine laws are useless. "Eight of 10 laws created by legislative bodies, from the Senate to the barangay level, are useless because these are not being implemented at all", the Yahoo!/Philstar news told us.

Well- I agree with Fernando this time. He said in that news report that "every Filipino should subscribe to a strict adherence to law and order as a way of establishing a just and orderly society." So profound and yet I don't know if the Filipino people would understand what is strict adherence to law. He runs the MMDA and surely Fernando would be having a really hard time brainwashing Pinoys.

His insistence that "the incorporation of these two values (order and discipline) in the pursuit of any profession is the only way that we can transform Filipinos to become productive and responsible citizens of the country" is a good challenge. He should start with MMDA now.

I hope Fernando was not only babbling or else his early electioneering would become as what he called "failed engineering."

I would not vote for him. Still.

Photo used without permission from politicaljunkie.blogspot.com