MANILA, Philippines — Haharap sa reklamong libelo at cyber libel ang ilang personalidad matapos diumano magkalat ng disinformation tungkol kay dating Sen. Sonny Trillanes IV, isa na rito ang sinasabing papel ng huli sa pagkawala ng Scarborough Shoal sa Pilipinas.
Ito ang ibinahagi ni Trillanes sa publiko sa isang tweet na ipinaskil ngayong Martes ng hapon.
“Ngayong araw na ito, tayo po ay nagsampa ng kasong libel at cyber libel sa Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office at sa National Bureau of Investigation laban kina Atty. Harry Roque, Vlogger Banat By, mga hosts ng SMNI, at mga pro-duterte trolls na patuloy na nagkakalat ng fake news sa iba’t ibang social media platforms laban sa akin,” ani Trillanes.
Kabilang pa sa mga accounts na gustong masampolan ni Trillanes ng reklamo sa National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) ang sumusunod:
Inireklamo ni Trillanes si Roque, na tagapagsalita ni dating Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, matapos igiit na siya ang dahilan kung bakit nawala sa Pilipinas ang Scarborough Shoal.
“Wag mong kakalimutan Trililing. Matapos na ika’y magbalik-balik sa China, hindi lang nawala ang Scarborough Shoal. Nagsimula na ang problema natin sa Pilipinas, na para bagang binalewala na ng Pilipinas ang ating mga pag-aangkin sa karagatan at isla. Ikaw ang pumasok sa secret agreement,” ani Roque sa isang video.
“Trililing, ikaw – ikaw ang pumasok sa secret agreement! Ikaw ang namigay ng teritoryo! Ikaw at ang pangulo mo ang dahilan kung bakit nawala ang Scarborough Shoal!”
Ang video na ito ay inilabas ni Roque sa kanyang opisyal na Facebook page kaugnay ng diumano’y gentleman’s agreement ni Duterte sa Beijing kaugnay ng West Philippine Sea.
Una nang tinawag ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. na “secret agreement” ang naturang usapan, bagay na maaari aniyang makaapekto sa soberanya ng Pilipinas lalo na’t itinago raw ito sa mata ng publiko.
Ang mga komento ni Roque ay sinegunduhan ni Byro n Cristobal o “Banat By,” dahilan para madamay din sa reklamo.
Sa hiwalay na reklamo, sinampahan din ng reklamo sina Guillermina Lalic Barrido (Guillermina Arcillas), MK Mondejar, Admar Vilando, Ludevija Ayang, Marlon Rosete, at Swara Sug Media Corp. — bagay na kilala rin sa tawag na Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI) News International Chann el.
Hindi naman daw aaatras si Roque sa reklamong inihain ni Trillanes, ito habang sinasabing kontra sa malayang pamamahayag ang kanyang panghahabla.
“Bring it on! He who cannot fight in the free market place of ideas resort to the filing of libel cases!” ani Harry Roque, na isang abogado.
“By filing these cases, he has proven himself to be an enemy freedom of expression. Im hardly surprised as he has opted in the past to use brute force in five star luxury hotels rather than engage in democratic discourse.”
“He says he was defamed when his role as back door negotiator with China resulted in our loss of Scarborough. But this is history. He was designated negotiator by then President [Noynoy] Aquino.”
Dagdag pa ni Roque, kataka-taka rin aniya na hindi isinapubliko ni Trillanes ang mga napagkasunduan sa Beijing.
Aniya, tangka lang daw ito ni Trillanes upang mapalitan ang kasaysayan pabor sa kanya para aniya “makakuha ng atensyon para sa pagtakbo sa darating na eleksyon.”
Isang buwan pa lang ang nakalilipas nang ipawalambisa ng Korte Suprema ang pagbasura ni Duterte sa amnestiya ni Trillanes, bagay na kaugnay pa rin ng 2003 Oakwood Mutiny at 2007 Manila Peninsula Hotel Siege. — may mga ulat mula kay Ian Laqui
MANILA, Philippines — The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) assured senators on Tuesday that the sole escalator going down the baggage area at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 will be fixed by June.
MIAA General Manager Eric Jose Ines told the Senate public services committee that the parts needed to replace the broken escalators at NAIA terminals 3 and 2 have been ordered. “By the end of June, we’ll have it fixed,” he said.
The Senate public services committee on Tuesday began its first hearing into the state of international and domestic airports in the Philippines.
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri led the inquiry as subcommittee chairperson — which he said is the first time he has presided over a Senate hearing since the start of the 19th Congress.
“This is so I can keep tabs on the developments, and so I can help (Tourism Secretary) Frasco regarding our problem with our airports,” Zubiri said.
In his opening statement, the Senate president pressed officials about the broken escalator at NAIA Terminal 3, saying that he has already gone on five trips in a span of four months without the escalator functioning.
“My goodness, you go to other airports, Bangkok’s airport is so efficiently run…I don’t know where to start,” Zubiri said.
Ines said that when he took over last January, he found out that a lot of escalators were already out of order. “I had to dig in and found out way back last year these were already declared unserviceable,” he added.
The MIAA official said he was informed that the supplier would need six months before they can deliver the spare parts, which made them proceed with purchasing the parts from another supplier.
The parts ordered were “made in China,” Ines said, adding that it was “going to work.”
Ines added that the escalators at Terminal 2 are also not functional.
“The domestic (and) arrival, it’s the same things. So I said, let’s just fix it, too,” Ines added.
Passengers were treated to a swelteringly hot NAIA last April after two cooling towers of Terminal 3 stopped working.
MIAA did not explain what made the cooling towers stop working and said it was a “technical issue.”
Ramon Ang’s San Miguel Corporation bagged the concession agreement to rehabilitate NAIA in February and is set to take over its operations and maintenance on or before September.
— Cristina Chi