Cops raid Daily Tribune office

what “return to those dark days of repression”? we are in those dark days of repression now!

[…] Following the president’s declaration yesterday morning, rallies through Edsa and other areas were met harshly by the police, with several organizers picked up for questioning. This morning, the office of the daily Tribune was raided, although the PNP spokesperson later told the media he had yet to receive an official report from the CIDG regarding the reported raid.   […]

“Gloria, please declare Martial Law to cleanse the country. It took a dictatorship to ruin the Philippines, it will take a dictatorship to fix it.”
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You may be right.

Notice how the middle class, a key component of EDSA 1’s success seems to be silent about the whole thing. Almost welcoming.

The opposition not only is dis-organized and selfish, but they are also tainted by the still present radical left. GMA after 20 years is finally addressing what Cory didn’t in 86. Eliminate the reds and their obsolete ideologies starting with Beltran and Ocampo. Industrial Age born Marxism is so 20th century. Nasa Knowledge Economy na tayo mga ‘pre!

Maybe when the smoke clears, we will finally have a legitimate and competent opposition instead of a fake alliance of Marcos Loyalists, Communists, senile old fogies, and political grandstanders.

so what’s wrong with the reds? if i recall they were the ones who continued the struggle against the dictatorship after the senate got paralyzed from the initial shock. it was satur, sison, rosales and countless other activists that got brutalized by the marcos regime because they stood up and fought everything that the marcos repression stood for.

Got two interpretations on this:

A prelude to martial law…

GMA is taunting the opposition, especially the left to stand up and show her what they’ve got… Afterwards, a justification will be made to impose martial law in the name of “social order…” Abangan ang iba pang pang-aabuso ng gobyerno sa ilalim ng “state of national emergency…”

A prelude to cha-cha…

With the evident excess the President is showing, she might be hinting the need for charter-change… And so if lawmakers claim there is a need to change provisions in the charter, madali na nilang maipapasok ang pagpapalit ng system of government to a parliamentary form… Beside, with what is happening, i personally is convinved we need to specifically state what are the powers and circumstances allowed for a President to exercise within the context of a national emergency… Also, we need to put a check and balance in this proclamation by putting the Congress’ imprimatur (a 1/2 vote both from the Senate and Lower House perhaps?) for the declaration of such a situation…

Being warned is being forearmed…

I am saddened to read here that there are so many who do not see the dangerous implications of this threat to press freedom.

I don’t agree most of the time with the Tribune’s take on the news. But I would defend their right to say what they want to say because that is the essence of a democracy, and because in doing so I also preserve my own rights and freedoms.

If I keep quiet now, while they are trying to muzzle the Tribune, who is to say that–in the future–I will be able to speak freely? There are things in every administration that have to be brought to light. The only way you can do this is through a free and vibrant press.

If the Tribune slandered anybody, the offended can always sue them in court. There is another punishment–readers can choose not to buy or read them. (Because of the way they treat stories, I generally don’t buy the Tribune.)

It is the market–the readers–that should be the final arbiter of what is credible or not, not some big brother (or little sister) in Malacañang.

Ke isara o hindi ang PCIJ, it will remain… Institution na siya… I just hope, dito sa sinusulat ko eh hindi ma-trace ng “mga mata” kung saan ako ngayon naka-pwesto… mwehehehehe!!!

As for the freedom of expression…

Delikado, but I still believe in the Filipinos’ love for democracy…

i wouldn’t be surprised if pcij will be next. saan pa ba papunta to? warrantless arrest (a 21 year old sedition case?) , raiding of media offices, banning of edsa 1 commemoration (killing the edsa spirit), etc.

still i can’t imagine that some smart guys here are even rejoicing for the declaration of the state of national emergency and even prodding for martila law! really took the wit out of me.

so, did the economy benefit from this overkill (as fvr said)? did glue-ria take that into consideration as she keeps on saying about the economy, stupid? truth is, hanging on to power is all that matters to her.

when the smoke clears, will there be somebody standing on the way? what remains will be as pen said, ate glue, tabako, deVenecia, chavit, all you tongressmen, mayors, governors and cum jueteng lords out there. unless they all commit mass suicide as what pen proposes. then we will have a legitimate and competent govt. and oposition.

O ano na ngayon ang gagawin niyo? Magpi-pipol power na naman? Why don’t you call a “people power” to surround the offices of the PCIJ to block the onslaught of any government personnel out to get you?

Too bad that P.P. is now dead in the water.

You can certainly use it now.

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i’m telling you naka monitor na itong blog site na ito… group of techies ppl on the internet are being hired isa yung friend ko dun..

jr_lad said,
February 25, 2006 @ 6:13 pm
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huwag kang mag-alala benignO. malapit na. ngayon it’s glue-ria vs destabilizers or coup plotters. tomorrow it will be glue-ria vs people of the phils. just watch. cannons and guns will certainly not stop it. the signs are there already.
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I’ve heard THAT before.

Remember 2005?

ha ha! 😀

primo, nakamonitor ba kamo?

kung ganoon….IBAGSAK ANG PEKENG REHIMENG ARROVO! BILANG NA ANG ARAW MO GLUE-RIA!

sana mabasa at maipaalam kaagad kay glue-ria para lalong atakehin.

benignO, mas matindi ang panic ni glue-ria ngayon. nawawala na ata sa pag-iisip. kung saan nagpipick-up na kamo ang ekonomiya tsaka nag-overkill kung si fvr pa. last year hindi ganito katindi ang response niya. siya pa ngayon ang nagtatawag pansin ng mga tao. itinaon pa sa edsa 1 celebration. or baka hostage na siya ng militar? ayaw na ring magpagamit ni fvr sa kanya. kaya ba siyang idepensa ni joe deVe?

Relax lang kayo nakakapagsulat pa rin kayo laban kay GMA di ba? So walang martial law don’t spook your selves too much.

Edsa 20/20: Betrayed

The Tribune may have been raided, but if GMA were, in fact, doing a Marcos, then the Inquirer wouldn’t even have been able to print the editorial I quoted above…

dirty tricks department operators got several problems;

first, they want to strike swiftly and without let-up on perceived enemies.
problem: they are so numerous and they cut across economic and ideological boundaries. kaya, it is the usual morning fare that ends promptly in jail: peoples orgs. personalities like beltran, et. al ( ho..hum, dont you guys have a more healthier imagination than that? you offered us nothing new in terms of excuse and choice of suspects)

well, okay you chose to cross swords with ms ninez cacho-olivares and her types… do you intend to sustain it? because if you cannot, and i believe you cannot, society matrons will make fun of you and ms ninez make a mincemeat out of your misguided loyalties. if only any of you, tried to check her history, you will realize that she actually made it a passion to throw punches whoever sits in malacanan-be it marcos, cory, fvr, or estrada. now, the present occupant is no better than its predecessors yet, you expect something sweet from her?

second, there is a fizzure. authoritarian success stories lies primarily on the unqualified support of the military and the business people. the former is doubtful and the latter is definitely not so ga-ga on GMA. it depends on how your boss ration the carrot amongst them. of course, your apologists will point out the support of Fed. of Fil-Chinese Chamber of Commerce, and Phil. Chamber of Commerce and Industry ( not a surprise, they did the same when Marcos declared martial law ).
but the independent businesses is now assembled in their respective war rooms. you think it is that easy?

third, some local government officials who shamelessly defended GMA last July finally (although at turtle’s pace) have collected their wits and defies GMA order to cancel rally permits. case in point, is davao city. the mayor in fact, issued special permits to interested groups to demo to their hearts content until may 30. similar move is expected from governor of samar.

fourth, the OFWs because of their sheer number and devotion to their chosen profession- they are more effective as ambassadors of their country than the pitiful Foreign Affairs Sec. Romulo- meekly defending a president gone mad, you have just draw the whole wide world watching your irresponsible political experiment.

finally, got PCIJ on the watchlist they say? he he… that will put mike defensor on a bind. let us see how fascist he could become and jail his peers at u.p. attention mike d., history is still on the making and unfolding, you still have the time to catch bus and make it home.

I am totally in support of Freedom of Speech, but if such freedom is used as tool detrimental to the securtiy of the states and the security of person, then the limit should be imposed by lawfull means. And who to judge what the lawfull means are? Under the law of the land. It maybe an overkill, or underkill, we don’t know yet. The Proclamation is a defensive move, a pre-emptive (ala George Bush), but if the danger is clear to the President, according to her judgement, then as a President (still) she has the power to Proclaim 1017. Let us wait and little while and see if she really into cleaning up the mess or just trying to get out of her own mess. I’m not privy to the intellegence and evidence the Pres. have in proclaming the State of Emergency, so I’ll keep the attitude of wait and see.

[…] DAILY Tribune publisher Ninez Cacho-Olivarez wrote this after police raided the Tribune office at half past midnight today.  The publisher’s note will appear in the paper’s Feb. 26 issue. Martial law […]

There are many ways how to practice bloodless people power (and you do not even have to go to EDSA) to bring down the government of GMA and not be identified with any factions be it left or extreme right.

SUPREME SACRIFICE:

Since GMA will not make any sacrifice (even in her dreams or nightmare), Filipino people should do the supreme sacrifice themselves by forcing all international businessman to widthdraw their investment in the Philippines (I said all and that includes Chinese, Taiwanese, Americans, etc.)

How to do it is as simple as abc;

a. Forced foreign owned corporations to close down their factory and withdraw their investments by not reporting to work or by disturbing or affecting their operations.

b. Ask your relative working overseas not to send the money to the bank owned by the government or banks with close association with the government to drain our foreign reserves and bring to halt the operation of the present govenment.

c. Do not keep your money in the banks (specially government owned) to forced them to bankruptcy.

d. Buy only the food that is necessary and keep tighten your belt because you are doing an extreme sacrifice in behalf of GMA.

e. Do not buy products from the cronies or companies associated with the government such as San Miguel Corporation of Danding, Pyramid Business of Mike Depindot’s wife nd his new business, and others.

f. Pray hard that one day GMA will be paralize, stroke or have a heart attack, accidentally shot by her bodyguard, push by Mike Arrovo in the 5th floor, die on her sleep and other brutal way of death that she only to blame for.

g. Do not pay even a cent to your taxes to force the police and military into hunger for there is no more money in the government due to widthdrawal of investors, bankruptcy of the banks etc.

h. Lobby or even rally to foreign governments not to support or lend anymore money to GMA government to forced her police and military to breakdown.

i. All government employees should not report to work and let GMA and police and military to stare at themselves the whole day everyday until they develop serious cataract in their eyes.

j. Start planting camote in your backyard, do not listen or watch televisions, use phone and mobilephone, do not use electricity or ever pay your bills to forced these companies into bankruptcy.

k. If the police will arrest you for not paying your bills, do not resist them and instead ask them to bring also your wife, kids, mother and father so that they will feed all inside the jail.

l. Important thing is do not lost hope with what you do because in doing extreme sacrifice will make you more stronger spiritually, morally and emotionally.

m. Those OFWs or pinoys living abroad, write to your host government, participate in Blogs and Online Forums and condems GMA government so that she will exposed even in the remotest place on earth.

This is a bloodless way of bringing down the illigitimate GMA government peacefully without going to EDSA.

I will assure you in 1 to 2 months time, GMA will go down in shame and if she is still standing tall, then expect our country to be at par with military ruled Myanmar in terms of human right violations, killings, hunger and living under chain of poverty which I think our supreme sacrifice are not enough and noticed by our Creator.

lumalabas na talaga ang sama ng loob ng mga tao dito… 😀

NAGTATAKA AKO lang po!! I have been reading blogs here for a long time already. WHy is it that now there has been a sudden surge of PRO_GLORIA blogs here……he…he…. just asking!!!

I am greatly concerned about people saying that what Gloria is doing is going to be good for us. That she must continue, and would even be correct if She declare MARTIAL LAW. ARE YOU SERIOUS!! DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SAYING!!

Kung may mga tao para na tulad nyo, then we have no chance as a nation. We should pack our things and go somewhere else……

IF ALL YOUR SAYING WILL COME, IF YOU REALLY WANT GLORIA TO CLEANSE US AND BE OUR SAVIOR!!!!….. MAY GOD HELP THIS NATION……. WE ARE NOW THE NEW SODOM AND GOMORRAH…. MAY GOD FORGIVE US ALL…..

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That is what happened before the martial law. While arrests were being made, while Congress was being padlocked, while the government was taking over media establishments, people waited.

‘NAGTATAKA AKO lang po!! I have been reading blogs here for a long time already. WHy is it that now there has been a sudden surge of PRO_GLORIA blogs here……he…he…. just asking!!!’

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Horrors! Balanced views on PCIJ’s blog! What’s this country coming to?

Tsinoy, can we also invite the thousands of SMC employees to join the great business boycott? GMA ang target but millions of employees can be written off as collateral casualties when the economy goes to hell.

I’m hoping to find more brilliant and less hair-brained ideas here. Please lang…for the country’s sake.

Let’s cut back on the drama here. We’re in the 21st century with new media, the internet, and SMS. No one can truly quell journalistc freedom in this day and age. Get real. The sky is not falling.

[…] In a statement, the IBP said that "warrantless arrests, the raid of a media outfit and threatening it with closure,  the blanket ban on mass actions and the violent dispersals of rallies by the police are hallmarks of Marcos era martial law." […]

[…] Following its issuance, police arrested ralliers marching to the People Power Monument on February 24, among them University of the Philippines professor and Inquirer columnist Randy David. On the eve of February 25, after a stern warning from Arroyo that media should not publish rumors and baseless information, police raided the office of the Daily Tribune, an opposition newspaper, without a search warrant. On the same day, Anakpawis Rep. Crispin Beltran was arrested, without a warrant, for a 21-year-old case of inciting to rebellion. Two days after, the police came up with a list of 59 individuals, among them Beltran and other members of leftist party-list groups, including Satur Ocampo, Teddy Casino, Joel Virador of Bayan Muna, Liza Maza of Gabriela, and Rafael Mariano of Anakpawis, all said to be guilty of rebellion and insurrection “committed on February 24, 2006.” […]

[…] The report deplored the “high-handed and brazen” raid by the PNP of the office and printing press of the newspaper, Daily Tribune and the attempt to secure a warrant to search the premises of the PCIJ. […]

[…] VOTING 11-3, the Supreme Court yesterday upheld the constitutionality of Presidential Proclamation No. 1017 issued by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo which placed the country under a week-long state of national emergency last Feburary 24, 2006. Acts committed by government authorities under the said proclamation as the warrantless arrests (here, here, and here) and raid of the Daily Tribune office were however declared unconstitutional. To better understand the recent Court ruling, we provide readers the full text of the following: […]

[…] The office and printing press of the Tribune were raided by the police on Feb. 25. […]

[…] spokesperson Senior Supt. Samuel Pagdilao, who in May 2006 led lawmen in taking over the Daily Tribune, said the police has to “process” the media men because it is an SOP (standard […]