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OCTOBER 24, 2006
LATEST NEWSPAPER REPORT:
October 23, 2006
EITB 24
Inmate
of Basque origin leaves death row
August 2, 2006
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August 2, 2006
Sun Star Cebu
2
of Chiong convicts 'can apply for parole'
August 1, 2006
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August 1, 2006 Sun
Star Cebu
SC
reduces death sentence of Chiong 6 accused
June 7, 2006
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June
7, 2006 Philippine
Daily Inquirer
Death penalty dead
June
7, 2006 Philippine
Star
Congress
OKs repeal of death penalty law
May 30, 2006
You be the Judge!
14) SEPTEMBER
22, 1998 HEARING
(comments and observations
from the webmaster to follow)
May 28, 2006
LATEST NEWSPAPER REPORT:
May
27, 2006 Sun
Star Cebu
Papers for Chiong 5 readied
April 20, 2006
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April
20, 2006 Philippine Daily Inquirer
Mother of 2 women raped and killed vows to fight on
LATEST OPINION REPORT:
April 20, 2006, Sun Star Cebu
Death
penalty debate by Bong O. Wenceslao
April 19, 2006
LATEST NEWSPAPER REPORT:
April 19, 2006
Philippine Daily Inquirer
No
pardon, no parole, no way...
April 19, 2006
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Spain
lauds Arroyo for commuting death sentences
April 19, 2006
Sun Star Cebu
Death penalty is "justice served'
April 18, 2006
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April 18, 2006
Sun Star Cebu
'No-death'
policy to benefit Chiong 5
April
12, 2006
You be the Judge!
14) SEPTEMBER
21, 1998 HEARING
(with comments and observations
from the webmaster)
THREE
MORE PROSECUTION WITNESSES WERE PRESENTED DURING
THIS HEARING. THE FIRST WITNESS WAS MANUEL RODRIGUEZ, THE ALLEGED PHOTOGRAPHER.
THE
SECOND WAS THE EMBALMER, DIONISIO ENAD. AND THE THIRD, A POLICE OFFICER, SPO1
ANTONIO
SABAL, JR.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE ACCUSED WERE STILL NOT BEING REPRESENTED BY LAWYERS OF
THEIR
OWN CHOICE. IF THEY WERE, ANY LAWYER WOULD HAVE PUNCTURED THEIR TESTIMONIES
FULL OF
HOLES. THE COURT APPOINTED PUBLIC DEFENSE LAWYERS, KNOWING THAT THEY WERE NOT THE
CHOICE OF THE ACCUSED, DID NOT ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN THE DELIBERATIONS.
December 17, 2005
LATEST NEWSPAPER REPORT:
November 26, 2005 New Scientist
Innocents
die as DNA goes untested
December
1, 2005
LATEST NEWSPAPER REPORT:
November 30, 2005 Philippine
Daily Inquirer
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT- Pimentel:
It's a dead law, it's time to kill it
December 1, 2005 Sun
Star Cebu
EU
drive vs. death penalty revives Chiong case rift
December 1, 2005 Cebu Daily News
EU
seeks death penalty abolition, not pardon of
Chiong rape-slay convict
December 1, 2005 Cebu Daily News
EU:
'Abolish death penalty'
LATEST
OPINIONS:
December 1, 2005, Daily Tribune
BLURBAL
THRUSTS BY LOUIE LOGARTA
Latin charm saves.Larrañaga's neck
November
28, 2005
LATEST NEWSPAPER REPORT:
November 28, 2005 Philippine Daily
Inquirer
Crime
victims score De Venecia’s meddling in case
November
27, 2005
LATEST NEWSPAPER REPORT:
November 27, 2005 Philippine Daily Inquirer
'Punish
Larrañaga but not with death'
November 26, 2005
LATEST NEWSPAPER REPORT:
November 26, 2005 Philippine Daily Inquirer
No
execution for.Larrañaga while Arroyo is president
November 25, 2005
LATEST NEWSPAPER REPORT:
November 25, 2005 Cebu daily News
COMMUTED TO LIFE James Andrew Uy
was a minor when crime was committed, OSG says
November 25, 2005 Cebu daily News
Thelma
Chiong writes President on Spanish minister's comment
November 24, 2005, Cebu Daily News
Editorial
Cartoon: President's Intervention
November 25, 2005, Cebu Daily News
Editorial
Cartoon: Proving Paco's Innocence
November
24, 2005
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November 24, 2005 Cebu daily News
PARDON
PACO? European Parliament pressures
President
Arroyo.
November
23, 2005
LATEST NEWSPAPER REPORT:
November 15, 2005 Cebu
Daily News
'Too
late the hero' - Chiong
November 15, 2005 Cebu
Daily News
Uy
lawyer: Divine justice
November 16, 2005 Sun
Star Cebu
Ex-CIDG
chief belies claim of former cop on Paco case
November 21, 2005 Think
Spain
Philippine's
president to try and save.condemned Spanish man
November 23, 2005 Sun
Star Cebu
Chiong
not surprised by reports GMA will save Paco from death
November 23, 2005 Cebu
Daily News
GMA
WON'T LET PACO DIE
November 23, 2005 Cebu
daily News
Spanish
TV documentary says Paco 'innocent'
November
16, 2005
LATEST NEWSPAPER REPORT:
November
16, 2005 The Freeman
Fiscal
Mañalac believes "Miscarriage of justice"
November 15, 2005
LATEST NEWSPAPER REPORT:
November 15, 2005 Cebu
Daily News
Retired
Cop Confesses
November 15, 2005 Sun
Star Cebu
Hope
for Paco
October 17, 2005
You be the Judge!
14) SEPTEMBER
17, 1998 HEARING
(with comments and observations
from the webmaster)
FOR THE ELEVENTH TIME, A
PROSECUTION WITNESS WAS AGAIN
PRESENTED IN COURT WITH THE ACCUSED NOT REPRESENTED WITH LAWYERS OF
THEIR OWN CHOICE.
THE ACTING CHIEF-OF-POLICE OF THE TOWN WHERE AN UNIDENTIFIED DEAD BODY OF
A LADY WAS
FOUND, WAS PRESENTED BY PROS. GALANIDA. HE WAS NOT CROSS-EXAMINED BY
ANY DEFENSE
LAWYER.
September
25, 2005
LATEST NEWSPAPER REPORT:
September
25, 2005 Cebu
Daily News
Lawmaker ask SC: Review
Chiong Case
September 24, 2005
You be the Judge!
13)
SEPTEMBER 16, 1998 HEARING (with comments and
observations
from the webmaster) AT
THE CONTINUATION OF THE TRIAL TODAY, PRIVATE PROSECUTOR
ATTY. JOSHUA DACUMOS CONDUCTED DIRECT EXAMINATION ON PROSECUTION
WITNESSES, MARIO
MIÑOZA AND MANUEL CAMINGAO, BOTH OF WHICH ARE TRICYCLE DRIVERS BY
OCCUPATION.
September 19, 2005
You be the Judge!
12)
SEPTEMBER 15, 1998 HEARING (with comments and
observations
from the webmaster) A GOOD
PORTION OF TODAY'S HEARING IS AGAIN DEVOTED TO THE
OLD ISSUE OF THE ACCUSED NOT BEING REPRESENTED BY LAWYERS OF THEIR OWN
CHOICE.
TWO MORE WITNESSES TESTIFIED IN THE SAME CONDITIONS, MAKING AS OF TODAY,
EIGHT
PROSECUTION WITNESSES PRESENTED IN COURT WITHOUT BEING CROSS-EXAMINED BY
THE
DEFENSE.
THE SAME STYLE AND MANNER OF TESTIMONIES AS OF THE PREVIOUS WITNESSES
CONTINUES.
September 7, 2005
You be the Judge!
11)
SEPTEMBER 14, 1998 HEARING. (With Comments
and observations
from the webmaster) DAY
FIVE (5) AND STILL THE ACCUSED ARE NOT REPRESENTED WITH
LAWYERS OF THEIR OWN CHOICE.
IN THIS HEARING, JUDGE OCAMPO SPENDS A GOOD TIME OF THE AFTERNOON
DISCUSSING
AGAIN ABOUT THE WALK OUT OF THE DEFENSE LAWYERS AND ABOUT ATTY.
ARMOVIT.
TWO WITNESSES ARE PRESENTED. THE
FIRST, A RENT-A-CAR DRIVER BENJAMIN COLINA,
AND THE SECOND, A BUS DISPATCHER AND ROLLING STORE OWNER, MIGUEL VERGARA.
August 28, 2005
August 11, 2005, Daily Tribune
BLURBAL
THRUSTS BY LOUIE LOGARTA
Prodigal children
August 26, 2005
You be the Judge!
10)
SEPTEMBER 10, 1998 HEARING. (With Comments
and observations
from the webmaster) DAY
FOUR (4) AND STILL THE ACCUSED ARE NOT REPRESENTED WITH
LAWYERS OF THEIR OWN CHOICE.
IN THIS HEARING, JUDGE OCAMPO ORDERS THE PRIVATE PROSECUTOR TO REPRESENT
HIM AT
THE HEARING FILED BY DEFENSE LAWYER ARMOVIT AT THE COURT OF APPEALS,
PRAYING THAT
JUDGE OCAMPO INHIBIT HIMSELF FROM FURTHER HEARING THE CASE.
AYALA SECURITY GUARD WILLIARD REDOBLES TESTIFIES.
August 23, 2005
OPINIONS!
August 23, 2005, The Manila Times
MISSION
IMPOSSIBLE BY MARIT STINUS-REMONDE
Revisiting the Chiong murders
August 19, 2005
LATEST NEWSPAPER REPORT:
August, 2005, METRO MAGAZINE
A tale of two mothers
August 14, 2005
You be the Judge!
10)
SEPTEMBER 8, 1998 HEARING. (With Comments
and observations
from the webmaster) DAY
THREE (3) OF THE TRIAL WITH THE ACCUSED STILL NOT BEING
REPRESENTED WITH LAWYERS OF THEIR OWN CHOICE.
IN THIS HEARING, JUDGE OCAMPO TRIES TO JUSTIFY HIS EARLIER DECISION TO
SACRIFICE THE
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT OF THE ACCUSED TO A FAIR TRIAL FOR THE SUPREME
COURT'S ADMINISTRATIVE
ORDER FOR A MANDATORY, CONTINUOUS TRIAL.
THE
PROSECUTION WITNESS PRESENTED THIS TIME, ROLANDO DACILLO, WHO UNKNOWN TO
THE
COURT AT THAT TIME, WAS, AND STILL IS, A POLICE ASSET.
ALSO,
A PATTERN ON HOW WITNESSES ARE TESTIFYING AGAINST SOME OF THE WITNESSES IS
BEGINNING TO EMERGE.
August 13, 2005
You be the Judge!
9)
SEPTEMBER 7, 1998 HEARING. (With Comments
and observations
from the webmaster added.) DAY
TWO (2) OF THE TRIAL WHEREIN THE ACCUSED ARE NOT
BEING REPRESENTED WITH LAWYERS OF THEIR OWN CHOICE. THEIR COURT-APPOINTED LAWYERS
HARDLY SAID ANYTHING DURING THE COURSE OF THE TRIAL.
MISS ANN KONAHAP TESTIFIES SEEING THE CHIONG SISTERS TALKING TO LARRAÑAGA AND AZNAR
AT THE AYALA CENTER. AND LIKE SHEILA SINGSON, SHE ALSO FAILS TO MENTION ABOUT THE HEAVY
RAINS THAT NIGHT.
August 12, 2005
OPINIONS!
August 11, 2005, BusinessWorld
CALLING
A SPADE BY SOLITA C. MONSOD
Two different crimes, same results
August 11, 2005, Daily Tribune
BLURBAL
THRUSTS BY LOUIE LOGARTA
A familiar ring
August
11, 2005
You be the Judge!
4)
UPDATES ON AUGUST 18, 1998 HEARING. Comments
and observations
from the webmaster is added. THE
VICTIMS' MOTHER, THELMA CHIONG IS PRESENTED
FOR DIRECT-EXAMINATION BY THE PROSECUTION.
SAYS PACO THREATENED MARIJOY A MONTH BEFORE HER DAUGHTERS WERE ABDUCTED. ALSO,
IMPLICATES
AZNAR AND ADLAWAN, BY SAYING THAT SHE KNEW THE THREE SUSPECTS AROUND 1993
WHEN
THE TRIO BROUGHT MARIJOY HOME FROM SCHOOL A COUPLE OF TIMES.
August
8, 2005
You be the Judge!
8) SEPTEMBER
3, 1998 HEARING (with comments and
observations from
the webmaster) JUDGE
OCAMPO INSISTS TO CONTINUE THE TRIAL OVER THE PROTESTATIONS
OF THE ACCUSED THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE LAWYERS OF THEIR OWN
CHOICE.
SHEILA SINGSON, A CO-EMPLOYEE OF JACQUELINE CHIONG TESTIFIES SEEING PACO
APPROACHING
MARIJOY AT THE AYALA CENTER.
August
5, 2005
You be the Judge!
7) AUGUST 24, 1998 HEARING
DEFENSE LAWYERS FILES MOTION TO
INHIBIT
AGAINST JUDGE OCAMPO. THE JUSTICE DECLINES, FORCING THE LAWYERS TO
WITHDRAW EN MASSE FROM THE CASES. THE JUDGE THEN CITES ALL OF THEM
FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT AND ORDERS THEM JAILED.
LATEST
OPINION MAKER:
August 4, 2005, BusinessWorld
CALLING
A SPADE BY SOLITA C. MONSOD
Justice denied?
August 1, 2005
You be the Judge!
6)
AUGUST 20, 1998 HEARING
STAR WITNESS DAVIDSON
RUSIA IS CROSS-EXAMINED
AFTER WHICH JUDGE ORDERS END OF CROSS-EXAMINATION OF THIS WITNESS OVER THE STRONG
OBJECTIONS OF THE DEFENSE LAWYERS.
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