By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat.com Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV and his colleagues who participated in the Oakwood mutiny and who later stood their ground amid offers of the previous administration to sacrifice their principles in exchange for their freedom would finally be released, most probably before Christmas. Rightfully so, because their only ‘crime’ was their…
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Luis V. Teodoro | Deranged
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com On July 10, or less than two weeks into his presidency, Benigno Aquino III told the Department of Justice to review the coup charges, which he described as “unjust,” against former Navy lieutenant and now Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. The order was interpreted at…
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | On Amnesty and Other Intriguing Questions
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com The debate on whether President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s amnesty proclamation for soldiers who had rebelled against the government of Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is justified begs for more clarity. A confirmed putschist, retired colonel Rex Robles, twitted Senator Joker Arroyo, a political ally of Mrs. Arroyo…