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                    [Title] => Supreme Court affirms conviction of Abu bombers
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A day after a bus was bombed in Makati, the Supreme Court (SC) affirmed the conviction for murder and frustrated murder of three Abu Sayyaf terrorists found guilty of bombing another bus in Makati on Valentine’s Day in 2005.

[DatePublished] => 2011-01-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 319752 [Title] => Sayyaf planning new Metro attack? [Summary] => The Abu Sayyaf terrorist group is allegedly planning to launch another attack in Metro Manila on Feb. 14, much like last year’s bombing of a passenger bus that killed four people and wounded nearly a hundred others in Makati City, a Department of Justice (DOJ) official warned the public yesterday.

The Philippine National Police (PNP), the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP) and the DOJ are now working together to prevent another attack.
[DatePublished] => 2006-02-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 310254 [Title] => Courier in V-Day bombing arrested [Summary] => One of the remaining suspects in the bloody Valentine’s Day bombings in Makati City earlier this year was arrested by intelligence agents at a Muslim village in Taguig City, a ranking official of the Anti-Terrorism Task Force (ATTF) disclosed yesterday.

The ATTF official, however, refused to identify the terrorist who was arrested in a sting operation last Tuesday.

He said the arrested terrorist is still undergoing tactical interrogation on the possible whereabouts of other terrorists and their plans in Metro Manila.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805318 [AuthorName] => Jaime Laude [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 310459 [Title] => Courier in V-Day bombing arrested [Summary] => One of the remaining suspects in the bloody Valentine’s Day bombings in Makati City earlier this year was arrested by intelligence agents at a Muslim village in Taguig City, a ranking official of the Anti-Terrorism Task Force (ATTF) disclosed yesterday.

The ATTF official, however, refused to identify the terrorist who was arrested in a sting operation last Tuesday.

He said the arrested terrorist is still undergoing tactical interrogation on the possible whereabouts of other terrorists and their plans in Metro Manila.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805318 [AuthorName] => Jaime Laude [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 307128 [Title] => Terror suspect to change not guilty plea to turn state witness [Summary] => An accused terrorist will change his plea from not guilty to guilty so he can testify against his comrades from the Rajah Solaiman Movement, the prosecutor handling the case said yesterday.

Senior State Prosecutor Emmanuel Velasco said Malik Alimuddin would have to plead guilty to charges of rebellion in order to qualify as a state witness.

"He was supposed to reenter a plea during last Tuesday’s submission of his extra-judicial confession before the sala of MCRTC branch 146 Judge Encarnacion Moya," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 304036 [Title] => V-Day bombings verdict out today [Summary] => A Makati City regional trial court is set to decide today the fate of three men accused of participating in the bloody Valentine’s Day bus bombing this year.

The Department of Justice is confident that the three men — two Filipinos and an Indonesian — will be convicted, and President Arroyo herself may attend the promulgation at 2 p.m. in the sala of Makati City Regional Trial Court Branch 60 Judge Marissa Guillen.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 279252 [Title] => Star witness testifies vs Abu bombers [Summary] => Self-confessed Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) bomb supplier Gappal Bannah Asali, alias Boy Negro, took the witness stand at a Makati court yesterday to testify against those responsible for the Valentine’s Day bus bombing, which killed four people.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 279006 [Title] => V-Day bomb supplier discharged from list of respondents [Summary] => The self-confessed supplier and keeper of the explosives that were used to blow up a passenger bus in Makati City last Valentine’s Day, is now a free man, in so far as criminal prosecution is concerned.

This, after the Makati City Regional Trial Court (MCRTC) finally discharged Gappal Bannah Asali, alias Boy Negro, from the list of respondents in the multiple murder and multiple frustrated murder case filed against him and four other members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 270637 [Title] => Security tight for V-Day trial [Summary] => Makati City Mayor Jejomar Binay called for tighter security measures yesterday at City Hall’s old session hall, which would be the venue for the trail of suspects tagged in the Valentine’s Day bombing of a passenger bus on EDSA last month.

Binay ordered his men to inspect and prepare the old session hall for a series of hearings involving three alleged members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), which has vowed retaliatory attacks following last Tuesday’s assault on a Bicutan jail that left 22 jailed terrorists dead.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
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