THE Court of Appeals has granted the request of Filipino-American activist Melissa Roxas for a writ of protection from any form of harassment from the police and military.
But the court rejected Roxas’ claim that top Defense, police and military brass had a hand in her abduction and torture last year. Roxas said she was in Bulacan when she was abducted and taken to an unknown place by people she claimed to be military men.
The Court’s Special Division through Associate Justice Noel Tijam also ordered the military to protect Roxas while in the country and not to distribute in public any documents or records pertaining to her alleged ties with the Communist party.
Roxas’ request to inspect her alleged detention cells was denied by the court.
Roxas had named Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro and police and military officials as respondents in her petition for a writ of amparo and habeas data.
In its ruling, the court dismissed the claim of the military that the abduction of Roxas was stage-managed and that her injuries were self-inflicted.
The CA added that based on the police and medical reports, Roxas was not only actually abducted, but was also tortured.
But the court ruled that Teodoro and the military-police leadership could not be held liable for her unfounded claim that the military authored her abduction and torture. –Rey E. Requejo, Manila Standard Today
September 18 –
International Equal Pay Day
“Increase wages now,
more than other cost items.
For widespread, practical equality!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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October –
Monthly Observances:
Industry and Commerce Safety Month
National Statistics Month
Local Government Month
Consumer Welfare Month
Cooperative Month
National Quality and Productivity Improvement Month
National Health and Wellness Tourism Month
National Indigenous Peoples Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Elderly Filipino Week
Week 2: National Health Education Week
Local Government Week
National Mental Health Week
October 17-23:
National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty
October 18 – 24:
United Nations Week
Last Week:
Nurses’ Week
Consumers’ Protection Week
Week of the 4th Sunday:
Barrio Farmers’ Week
Daily Observances:
First Monday (Oct 4): Universal Children’s Day i
n the Philippines
Oct 5: National Teachers’ Day
Oct 10: Local Government Day
Third Thursday (Oct 14): Conflict Resolution Day
Oct 21: Tenants’ Emancipation day
Oct 24: United Nations Day
Oct 29: National Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Day
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