Revilla granted bail as elderly political prisoners remain in jail
“A justice system that favors grafters and plunderers over those who fight for accountability is one that runs on impunity and dispenses injustice."
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“A justice system that favors grafters and plunderers over those who fight for accountability is one that runs on impunity and dispenses injustice."
“I would have wanted to thank the prosecution too for possibly an unexpected small mercy. But the 'Opposition' it filed against Vic's medical motion is only too clear about its high regard for neither the right to health nor the right to life, and its incapacity to appreciate the difference between a tiny prison clinic and a real hospital—unless your name is Imelda or Gloria or Enrile.”

By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
The issuance of questionable safe-conduct passes is just one of the many complicated ways in which the Philippine government has been handling what were supposed to be preparations for the resumption of its formal talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines. It underscores what the NDFP deems to be an utter lack of sincerity of the Arroyo regime to pursue the peace process.
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