CA junks Ampatuan plea on hospital confinement
The Court of Appeals announced on Tuesday that it has affirmed its decision rejecting the plea of murder convict and former Autonomous Region on Muslim Mindanao Governor Datu Zaldy Ampatuan for hospital confinement. In a resolution dated 11 April 2023 but was only released Tuesday, the CA’s Former Seventeenth Division (Special Division of Five) denied Ampatuan’ motion for reconsideration of its decision issued last 4 July 2022 upholding the ruling issued by the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City Branch 221 denying the petitioner’s urgent motion to be transferred from the New Bilibid Prisons to a hospital at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Ampatuan’s camp previously claimed that he was vulnerable to contracting Covid-19 while inside the NBP due to his delicate condition, having suffered stroke on three different occasions. He added that he was also suffering from hypertension, diabetes and chronic atrial fibrillation. However, the request was denied by the trial court, saying that the NBP has its own facility where he could receive proper medical treatment, if necessary and was upheld by the CA in a seven-page decision issued on 20 July 2022. The appellate court stressed that Ampatuan failed to justify how the “clear and present danger” rule applies to his case considering that the issues he raised neither involved the freedom of expression nor of religion. It noted that the petition was filed by Ampatuan when general community quarantine was still being implemented due to high Covid-19 infections and vaccines against the virus were not yet available. The CA pointed out that the number of Covid-19 have significantly gone down following the roll-out of the vaccination program by the government in March 2021. “These developments are based on and affirmed by official statements of the government and are also of public knowledge of which judicial notice may be taken. And while the Court in the case at bar is called upon to make a determination of whether respondent judge acted with grave abuse of discretion in issuing the assailed order, these events and developments have supervened, thereby rendering the reliefs prayed for moot,” the CA ruled. The post CA junks Ampatuan plea on hospital confinement appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
SC allows UN expert to act as friend of the court in Maria Ressa s cyber libel plea
Irene Khan, United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur for freedom of expression and opinion, has been allowed by the Supreme Court (SC) to sit as an "amicus curiae" to the court in the appeal for the cyber libel case of Rappler.com chief executive officer Maria Ressa and former researcher Reynaldo Santos......»»
Al-Shifa Hospital raid one of the single largest operations in the war: Israeli military sources
Israeli military sources have hailed the weeklong raid on Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza as one of the most successful operations in the ongoing conflict with.....»»
King Charles toddled in robe to see Kate Middleton inside the hospital they both recovered from surgeries
King Charles was recently spotted paying a visit to his daughter-in-law Kate Middleton at the London Clinic, where both of them were recovering from surgeries......»»
Guns, ammo seized in Maguindanao del Sur
Four caliber .45 pistols and bullets for various guns were seized from a suspected gunrunner in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur on Friday......»»
Illegal firearms, ammunition dealer in Maguindanao del Sur busted
The police seized hundreds of rounds of ammunition of various calibers and four .45 caliber pistols from an illegal dealer, said to have peddled his merchandise to local terrorists, entrapped in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur on Friday......»»
Archbishop Emeritus Fernando Capalla: “I am ready to go”
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 07 January) – “I am ready to go.” In his homily during the requiem mass for Archbishop Emeritus Fernando Capalla, who died at shortly before 2 a.m. on Saturday, January 6, Davao Archbishop Romulo Valles said that when Capalla returned to his residence at the College Seminary Compound after his confinement […].....»»
5 dead as MILF groups clash in Maguindanao del Sur
Five persons were killed in a gunfight between two rival groups of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur on Monday......»»
4 more dead in another Moro vs Moro gunfight in Maguindanao del Sur
Four more members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front were killed in another gunfight with companions in the same group in Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao on Monday morning......»»
Teen sentenced to indefinite hospital confinement for GTA 6 hack – The Daily Guardia
UK Teenager Sentenced to Secure Hospital After Hacking Rockstar Games London, UK – A UK teenager who hacked into Rockstar Games and leaked footage from.....»»
Troops kill 11 extremists in clash in southern Philippines
MANILA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Philippine troops have killed 11 alleged members of Dawlah Islamiya, an Islamic militant group, in a 20-minute clash in southern Philippines, a military spokesperson said on Saturday. Lieutenant Colonel Dennis Almorato of the Philippine Army's Sixth Infantry Division said the troops killed the 11 suspected extremists in a clash after noontime on Friday in Datu Hoffer Ampatuan, a town i.....»»
Troops kill 11 extremists in clash in southern Philippines
MANILA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Philippine troops have killed 11 alleged members of Dawlah Islamiya, an Islamic militant group, in a 20-minute clash in southern Philippines, a military spokesperson said on Saturday. Lieutenant Colonel Dennis Almorato of the Philippine Army's Sixth Infantry Division said the troops killed the 11 suspected extremists in a clash after noontime on Friday in Datu Hoffer Ampatuan, a town i.....»»
News in Pictures | 14th year of Ampatuan Massacre mark with protest, candle lighting
Progressive media groups and campus journalists commemorate the 14th year of the Ampatuan massacre at the University of the Philippines, College of Mass Communication. The post News in Pictures | 14th year of Ampatuan Massacre mark with protest, candle lighting appeared first on Bulatlat......»»
Andal Ampatuan Jr. gets 210 years for graft
Convicted murderer Andal Ampatuan Jr. has been sentenced to a total of up to 210 years in prison for graft charges over a P238.3-million fuel supply deal. The ruling coincided with the 14th anniversary of the Maguindanao massacre that left 58 people, including 32 journalists, dead......»»
EDITORIAL - 200 years for graft
Fourteen years to the day 58 people were massacred in Maguindanao, the ringleader and mastermind, Andal Ampatuan Jr. was convicted yesterday, this time for 21 counts of graft, and sentenced to a total of up to 201 years in prison......»»
De Lima granted bail in third and last drug case
By: CMFR StaffPosted on: November 21, 2023, 11:48 am AFTER SIX YEARS, eight months and 21 days, Leila de Lima gained freedom after posting bail of PHP 300,000. Arrested and detained in February 2017, she spent nearly seven years in solitary confinement in Camp Crame-the national police headquarters-deprived of her political and civil rights, isolated from her family and friends, and prevented from.....»»
De Lima granted bail in third and last drug case
By: CMFR StaffPosted on: November 21, 2023, 11:48 am AFTER SIX YEARS, eight months and 21 days, Leila de Lima gained freedom after posting bail of PHP 300,000. Arrested and detained in February 2017, she spent nearly seven years in solitary confinement in Camp Crame-the national police headquarters-deprived of her political and civil rights, isolated from her family and friends, and prevented from.....»»
EDITORIAL - Mental health crisis
The pandemic lockdowns are over and full in-person classes resumed over a year ago. Prolonged forced confinement at home along with the loss of jobs and livelihoods amid COVID-19 restrictions swelled the ranks of people suffering from mental distress......»»
PhilHealth flagged over P500 million COVID-19 indemnity fund
The Commission on Audit has flagged the Philippine Health Insurance Corp.over the improper handling of the COVID-19 National Vaccine Indemnity Fund amounting to P500 million, intended for compensation in case of death, permanent disability or hospital confinement of individuals for any serious adverse effects of COVID vaccines......»»
‘Terrorist’ slain in encounter
An alleged terrorist was killed in an encounter with government security forces in Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur over the weekend......»»
Armed group attack displaces Maguindanao Norte families
General Santos City — At least 160 families and counting forcibly flee their homes at dawn Sunday as 200 armed group attacked a sitio in Barangay Labungan, Datu Odin Sinsuat Maguindanao del Norte. Barangay Labungan chairperson Murad Campong in an interview Monday disclosed that the armed group stormed Sitio Tubaran and indiscriminately shooting the houses of the affected civilians. He added that the attack resulted to the wounding of a civilian and carting away of numerous livestock from the residents. The suspects immediately fled after the incident. The village chairperson also disclosed that the terrified civilians trooped the barangay hall and sought the assistance of the local officials. The wounded civilian was immediately rushed to the hospital and aid from the local government unit of Datu Odin were distributed to the affected families. Campong, however, did not reveal who might be the perpetrators while local police authorities and members of the Philippine Army were already dispatched. Over at General Santos City, state troops from the 40th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army has scored a victory against Dawlah Islamiyah terrorist group in a chance encounter in Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur. The post Armed group attack displaces Maguindanao Norte families appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»