Makati RTC dismisses media suit

The Makati Regional Trial Court has dismissed a suit filed by media practitioners over the arrest of reporters who remained inside the Manila Peninsula hotel last November, and covered the incident until the end.

I don’t have the details yet, but Ellen Tordesillas has posted the statement of lawyer Harry Roque on her site.

 

What does citizenship mean?

One by one, the old men and women before me declared they wanted to become Japanese citizens. They were children of Japanese fathers, who died either before or during the war. After years of legal struggle, they were allowed by Japanese courts to become Japanese.