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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] => 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] => ) [2] => 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] => ) [3] => 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] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 364867 [Title] => Nicole’s lawyer to submit own memo to court [Summary] => The private prosecutor representing the alleged victim in the Subic rape case will submit a memorandum to the Makati City regional trial court (RTC) separate from the one submitted by government lawyers.

Despite the rift between the victim "Nicole’s" counsel and the public prosecutors, lawyer Evalyn Ursua said her client is still entitled to argue why the accused United States Marines should be convicted of rape.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 363438 [Title] => Nicole: Rape case not an RP vs US issue [Summary] => The case against four US Marines accused of raping a Filipino woman is not an issue of the Philippines versus America, the alleged victim said yesterday.

"Nicole," as she is known on court records, said people should not look at her as someone who hates the US just because four of its soldiers allegedly abused her while on a break from military exercises with Filipino soldiers.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 351896 [Title] => ‘Driver in Subic rape could still be charged’ [Summary] => The driver of the van where a 22-year-old Filipina was allegedly raped by a US Marine while his buddies watched could still be charged as an accessory to the crime although an Olongapo City judge has dismissed the case against him for lack of probable cause, prosecution lawyers said yesterday.

Government and private prosecutors said Timoteo Soriano Jr. is mistaken in his belief that the Olongapo court’s findings of lack of probable cause for the issuance of a warrant of arrest against him could insulate him from a new charge of rape.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 345318 [Title] => ‘Nicole’ to take witness stand [Summary] => The Filipino woman who accused four US Marines of raping her inside a van after she got drunk in a bar in Olongapo City in November last year will finally take the witness stand on Thursday.

Evalyn Ursua, the complainant’s private counsel, said her client — identified only as "Nicole" — is scared but those taking care of her have tried their best to prepare her both physically and emotionally for the big day.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 345221 [Title] => GIs in rape get 4th of July break from trial [Summary] => Judge Benjamin Pozon of Makati City regional trial court will not hold a hearing on the Subic rape case tomorrow, July 4, because the US Embassy will be closed for American Independence Day.

Granting the motion of the four US Marines accused of raping a 22-year-old Filipina, Pozon made the ruling after the prosecution did not make any objection.

The four accused US servicemen are Lance Corporals Daniel Smith, Keith Silkwood and Dominic Duplantis and Staff Sgt. Chad Carpentier.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 343924 [Title] => Nicole’s US Marine boyfriend backs her claim of rape [Summary] => The American boyfriend of the Filipino woman who filed rape charges against four United States servicemen has backed her claim and vouched for her character.

"I would describe (her) as a trusting and very honest person. (She) and her family are faithfully religious Roman Catholics," Sergeant Bryan Dalembertian Goodrich of the US Marine Corps said of his 22-year-old girlfriend, who was allegedly raped by his fellow US Marines at the Subic Freeport in Zambales last November.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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