Filipino rights groups decry 'lighter penalties' for killer cops
Of 19 police officers involved in killing a teenager, only six were taken to court and only one was convicted of homicide
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Of 19 police officers involved in killing a teenager, only six were taken to court and only one was convicted of homicide
THE Navotas City Regional Trial Court Branch 286 on Tuesday handed light sentences to the policemen involved in the 'mistaken' killing of 17-year-old Jemboy Baltazar in August last year.
'Lumalabas na isa na naman itong pagsasalamin o mukha ng impunity na ilang mga taon na nating nilalabanan,' says Senator Risa Hontiveros
‘The boy was unarmed when they fired at him and they left him submerged underwater and allowed him to drown when they could have saved him!’ says Bishop Pablo Virgilio David
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), which operates the Luzon Grid, on Wednesday inked out an agreement to lease out its infrastructure, including its network and substations, for the national fiber backbone (NFB).