The Manalo brothers continue to fight for justice as Bulacan court acquitted retired major Jovito Palparan over the kidnapping and illegal detention charges.
The case of Manalo brothers
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At Ground Level | Two similar killings, two decades apart
In the early 2000s, government soldiers brutally killed a couple, Expedito and Manuela Albarillo, in a surprise attack on their home in San Teodoro, Mindoro Oriental. Their bodies, mutilated by the intense gunfire, were dragged out of their house by the perpetrators, later identified as Philippine Army soldiers commanded by then Col. Jovito Palparan Jr.
Timeline: Search for Justice for Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño
From #BulatlatArchives, know what happened since the abduction of UP students Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño until the trial of retired Gen. Jovito Palparan Jr.
Bulacan court denies Palparan petition to reopen kidnapping case for plea bargaining
A Bulacan court has denied over lack of merit the petition of convicted retired general Jovito Palparan to reopen the charges against him for plea bargaining, a court procedure where the accused would plead guilty to a lesser offense.
Court urged to hold Palparan, Badoy, SMNI in contempt
Human rights lawyers said that Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan Jr. enjoys special privileges and is being given special treatment while serving his sentence for the crimes of which he has been convicted and being detained to answer for his other crimes.
Lawyers hit ‘special privileges given to Palparan, the Butcher’
“One injustice over another.”
After Palparan, Gloria Arroyo should be next – rights defenders
“The recent conviction of Palparan is a reminder to everyone that evil will never ever triumph.”
Guilty
By DEE AYROSO
Martin’s emo-Motion
No special treatment | Groups want Palparan in regular jail
“With boundless hope and bated breath, may justice find its place amidst tragedy and the many lives that have been snatched, futures destroyed and agonizing years that have passed.”– Edre Olalia, National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers
The Trail of Blood: Following Army Gen. Jovito Palparan Jr.
A look at the previous Bulatlat.com stories — the earliest were written in 2003 — show that Palparan has left a trail of blood in areas where he had been assigned – Southern Tagalog, Central Luzon and Eastern Visayas.