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Cebu rapist’s impending transfer to Spain hit
It's like Smith all over again, but worse. News about the prison transfer of Francisco Juan “Paco” Larrañaga came like deja vu to lawyer Evalyn Ursua, who prosecuted and initially won a rape case against American Lance Corporal Daniel Smith until he was acquitted by the Court of Appeals.
Court staff charged over Subic rape leak
The Supreme Court en banc has charged a Court of Appeals employee with simple neglect of duty in connection with the leak of a decision acquitting an American marine or rape.
Put Fil-Am abduction on defense meet agenda
The abduction of a Filipino-American citizen by suspected members of the military, as well as the latest rape case of a Filipina allegedly by a United States serviceman, should be among the issues at the forefront of discussions between the defense secretaries of the two countries.
Worse than prostitutes
Philippine Daily Inquirer’s April 27 editorial mentioned how tempting it is to mock the three lady justices who acquitted US Marine Daniel Smith of rape, to emphasize the “ludicrousness” that virtually makes their decision a “denial of reality.”
Disproportionate outrage
AT THE end of the telenovela “Marimar,” Angelika, the villain that starlet Katrina Halili played, got more than any one mortal’s fair share of punishment.