Navy Lieutenant (senior grade) Antonio Trillanes, the most visible leader of the officers and men who took over Makati
The coup next time
Month: July 2003
Philippines cracks down on backers of failed mutiny
(From Radio Singapore International‘s Interview with Prof. Teodoro)
Philippine police have arrested an aide of deposed former president Joseph Estrada as the government vowed to pursue the political backers of a failed military mutiny and limit the damage to the country’s image and economy.
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Lessons From Hong Kong
Official corruption being one of the biggest causes of the country
Soldiers and teachers
Military
Her father
I belong to the decades-old organization of former political prisoners which goes by the jaw-breaking name Samahan ng Mga Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensiyon at Para sa Amnestiya, or SELDA.
SELDA initiated the class action suit in Honolulu which over ten years ago won former political prisoners a .3 billion award to be sourced from the Marcos Estate.
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