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                    [Title] => Nicole drops charges vs judge, driver
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Subic rape victim "Nicole" is no longer interested in pursuing a case against the driver of the Hyundai Starex van, where she was sexually abused by a US Marine.


In a two-page manifestation, she informed the Court of Appeals (CA) Special 5th Division yesterday that she was withdrawing a petition for certiorari filed against Olongapo City Judge Renato Dilag in connection with the latter’s decision to discharge Timoteo Soriano Jr. from the list of respondents.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 373623 [Title] => ‘Nicole’ lumantad na! [Summary] => Isang araw matapos na ibaba ng Makati Regional Trial Court ang hatol sa apat na US Marines, lumantad na sa publiko ang biktima sa Subic rape case na si "Nicole" sa isang press conference sa Quezon City kahapon. [DatePublished] => 2006-12-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096851 [AuthorName] => Doris Franche-Borja [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 373639 [Title] => US Embassy kukunin si Smith [Summary] => Babawiin ng Amerika ang custody ni US Marine Lance Corporal Daniel Smith kung saan iginiit ang karapatang hawakan ang sundalo sa ilalim na rin ng umiiral na Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA).

Ayon sa Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), nagsampa na ang US Embassy ng Notice of Appeal kung saan binabanggit ang nakasaad sa Article V paragraph 6 ng RP-US Visiting Forces Agreement na dapat nasa kustodya ng Amerika ang citizen nila hanggat hindi natatapos ang judicial proceedings kasama na ang pag-apela ng kaso.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 373285 [Title] => Hatol sa Subic rape, ngayon na! [Summary] => Ngayong araw nakatakdang ipalabas ni Makati City Regional Trial Court Branch 139 Judge Benjamin Pozon ang hatol sa Subic rape case laban kina US Marine Lance Corporals Daniel Smith, Keith Silkwood, Dominic Duplantis at Staff Sergeant Chad Carpentier.

Umaasa ang biktimang si Nicole na makakamit niya ang hustisya at mahahatulan ng guilty verdict ang mga akusado. Ayon kay Nicole, ginahasa siya ni Smith sa loob ng isang van sa Subic Bay Freeport noong November 2005 habang nagsisigawan ang tatlo pang akusado.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 371114 [Title] => Subic rape verdict reset [Summary] => The Makati City judge hearing the controversial Subic rape case rescheduled yesterday the promulgation of judgment for the four accused US Marines from Nov. 27 to Dec. 4.

"To render a fair and just decision, the court is constrained, much to its regret, to reset the promulgation of judgment in this case on Dec. 4 at 1 p.m.," Makati City regional trial court judge Benjamin Pozon said in an interim order. He said he needed more time to study all the testimonies and evidence so he could render a fair and just decision.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 371161 [Title] => Hatol sa Subic rape case inurong sa Dis. 4 [Summary] => Ipinagpaliban ng Makati Regional Trial Court ang pagbibigay ng hatol sa kontrobersiyal na Subic rape case at sa halip na sa darating na Nob. 27 ay ni-reset ito sa Dis. 4, 2006.

Ayon kay Makati RTC Judge Benjamin Pozon, ng Branch 139, dahil sa sobrang dami ng mga dokumentong iprinisinta ng magkabilang panig ay kailangan aniyang mapag-aralan pa ng husto ang mga bago maglabas ng desisyon ang korte.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 369764 [Title] => Muntinlupa prison ready to take Marines in Subic case [Summary] => The four US Marines accused of raping a 23-year-old Filipina will not be given VIP treatment at the New Bilibid Prisons if they are convicted by the Makati City regional trial court next week.

Bureau of Corrections director Vicente Vinarao said they will be treated as ordinary inmates and will not enjoy special attention.

"We already have 11 Americans here at the maximum security compound. They will be placed in the same detention area," he told The STAR.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 369612 [Title] => Marchers support Subic rape victim [Summary] => Ten days before a Makati City judge renders a decision on the controversial Subic rape case, politicians and Church people yesterday joined a colorful march from Quirino Avenue to Rajah Soliman Park in Malate, Manila to draw support for the victim Nicole.

The Walk for Nicole, Walk for Justice group said their activity was intended to remind the public and ask for their support since Judge Benjamin Pozon, of Makati City Regional Trial Court is expected to issue a decision on the rape case on Nov. 27.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 366804 [Title] => Nicole returns to Subic [Summary] => SUBIC BAY FREEPORT ZONE — Exactly one year after she was allegedly raped by a United States Marine inside a van here, the 23-year old complainant in the Subic rape case returned to the place where her alleged assailants dumped her on Nov. 1, 2005.

"On this day last year, I went to the Subic Bay Freeport Zone for a vacation," said "Nicole."

"I was full of life and hope for my future and I was living happily with my family. I never thought that my vacation would end in tragedy," she recalled.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1165072 [AuthorName] => Bebot Sison Jr. [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 366109 [Title] => Nicole struggles to forget, a year after alleged rape [Summary] => While most Filipinos will spend Nov. 1 remembering loved ones who have passed away, the 23-year-old Filipina who claims to have been sexually assaulted by four US Marines the same day last year remembers a rape.

"Nicole" said she is struggling to forget her ordeal, but that it all comes back to her every now and then.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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