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                    [Title] => 'Ochoco knows more than Valerio on Ninoy slay'
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One of the soldiers convicted of killing former senator Benigno Aquino Jr. and Rolando Galman recently granted clemency by President Arroyo said former Aviation Security Command (Avsecom) deputy chief Col. Romeo Ochoco knows more than Air Force captain Felipe Valerio does about the possible brains behind Aquino’s slaying.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1673868 [AuthorName] => Reinir Padua [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 447186 [Title] => Ninoy slay brains still in RP - DOJ chief [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines - The brains behind the murders of former senator Benigno Aquino Jr. and Rolando Galman is still in the country, Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 446428 [Title] => 'Missing link' sa Aquino-Galman hanapin - GMA [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines - Inutusan kahapon ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo si Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez na hanapin ang sinasabing “missing link” sa Aquino-Galman double murder case.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 353945 [Title] => Aquino-Galman soldiers seek presidential pardon [Summary] => Twenty-three years after former Sen. Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. was assassinated, 14 soldiers convicted of his murder are seeking presidential pardon, though they maintain their innocence. [DatePublished] => 2006-08-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 263275 [Title] => DOJ chief cool to reopening of Aquino-Galman case [Summary] => Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez said yesterday that only new and overwhelming evidence would warrant the reopening of the Aquino-Galman double murder case.

He said nothing and nobody has come forward with new evidence on the assassination of Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr. and the killing of Aquino’s alleged assassin, Rolando Galman - not even the 15 soldiers of the defunct Aviation Security Command (Avsecom) jailed for the murders.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 262040 [Title] => Imee: Let the truth out on Ninoy slay [Summary] => Ilocos Norte Rep. Imee Marcos appealed yesterday to those who had personal knowledge of former senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr.’s murder — 21 years ago today — to come out and end all speculation about the case.

"Dapat sabihin na nila at iharap sa taong bayan, so that we will know the truth," Marcos told reporters at a forum in Quezon City.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1650428 [AuthorName] => Perseus Echeminada [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 261920 [Title] => Aguino-Galman soldiers to identify slay brains if case is reopened [Summary] => Who masterminded the killing of Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr. and his alleged communist assassin Rolando Galman 21 years ago?

This mystery has kept 15 soldiers in jail for over a decade and it may be unraveled by new testimony from those convicted of the crime if the case is reopened.

Assisted by the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO), jailed former M/Sgt. Pablo Martinez of the defunct Aviation Security Command (Avsecom) yesterday filed a four-page affidavit peppered with Biblical passages before the office of Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) director Dionisio Santiago.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 217716 [Title] => Aquinos oppose sentence commutation for soldiers [Summary] => No, they do not deserve a commutation of sentence.

So said Tarlac Rep. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, the son of slain former Sen. Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., who strongly opposed yesterday any move to commute the sentences of the 15 soldiers of the defunct Aviation Security Command (Avsecom) convicted in the Aquino-Galman double murder case.

Ninoy and his alleged communist assassin, Rolando Galman, were shot dead at the tarmac of the then Manila International Airport (MIA) on Aug. 21, 1983.
[DatePublished] => 2003-08-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1643759 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero and Nikko Dizon [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 183618 [Title] => Davao airport security doubly tightened [Summary] => DAVAO CITY — Security has been doubly tightened at the Davao City International Airport following reports that a suspect in the Oct. 12 bombings in Bali, Indonesia had planned to flee to the Philippines this week.

"We have coordinated with all the agencies concerned, including the immigration and Customs bureaus. We have tightened all aspects of security at the airport," said Lt. Col. Beltran Gido, chief of the Aviation Security Command (Avsecom) at the Davao airport.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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