The Supreme Court has ordered the military to “immediately release” two University of the Philippines activists and a Bulacan farmer missing for five years, and named retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan and five others as apparently responsible for their disappearance.
The high tribunal, in a decision posted on its website, also upheld the Court of Appeals’ ruling rejecting the inclusion of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in the case owing to her immunity from lawsuit at the time and the lack of any specific allegation linking her to the disappearances. [ FULL STORY ]
