FORMER president Joseph Estrada was found not guilty of perjury, but has been found guilty of plunder. He has been sentenced to reclusion perpetua or a maximum of 40 years in prison.
His co-accused in the plunder case, his son Senator Jinggoy Estrada and lawyer Edward Serapio, have been found not guilty.
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September 18th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
i still dont get… can i have the complete notes of erap’s verdict…
September 18th, 2007 at 12:01 pm
pity 4 all who think erap is not guilty for plunder,admit it or not,, isang malaking palaisipan sa ating lahat that he have those all luxuries, mansions, di ba? kundi s mga kickbuks to those illegal gambling naturingan xang president why prang inaallow nya n mag operate those illegal activities.dpat lang n hatulan xa ng guilty
September 14th, 2007 at 10:03 am
Off-Topic: My Two-Cents on the last comment.
To the gentleman who goes by the name of Diego,
You are bickering about being ill-mannered on the way other people put their thoughts on this blog site and yet you display on your latest post the ill-manners which you, yourself saying you resent most. Pardon my use of the word bickering but it seems your last comment deserves no better word to be described. You say why do some people here directly addressed the other people with the handles they are using? I say it is better than calling people names such as “Mr. Read and Think” and “Mr. Sandiganbayan”. Wouldn’t it be more polite to call a person by his name than ‘psst’ or ‘Mr. —–’? And btw, what’s wrong with being analytical and objective? Could you just dubbed a person as being ‘intelligent’, hinting he/she is somewhat heartless and being aristocratic or anti-poor just because he hadn’t concurred to your opinion about a former president who advocates the so called ‘masa’? This is a free blog-site, wherein people could air their opinions on the topics presented. We can also air our sentiments on certain issues but at least feel obliged not to invoke hostility towards other people just because they don’t share your take on the topic or because your attention had been called upon wherein as I observed, you had initiated the “reaction” to other people’s opinion episodes. With this note I would like to end my piece with an extended version of a quote whose author I forgot the name,
“Love begets love, hate begets hate, what you reap, you will sow, better not say a word you might regret”
September 13th, 2007 at 11:55 pm
Im so sorry and surprise. Some writer in this colummn are “SO INTELLIGENT” but has NO manners. Ethics should dictate that a writer should refrain in mentioning a name and the the 3rd person should always be used. (eg: To the kind gentlemen/ women who mention……) I guess I can’t blame them….It shows their breeding and how they were RAISE up by their parents. Pls stop using this as your PERSONNAL blog. You’re not even an editor of this colummn. Stick to the issue and NOT the personality.
And to Mr “Read and Think” or Mr “Sandigan Bayan”…(you know who you are or WHATEVER YOU ARE!!!)….an opinion is an opinion….we respect your opinion and you should RESPECT ours. LEARN from this: ” You may not agree to what I say… But I will defend my right to say it”
BTW…this is my last post to this column. I won’t waste my time interacting to ”very intelligent people”…but are Ill MANNERED!!! Good day to all of you
September 13th, 2007 at 10:20 pm
I agree with President Arroyo that it is time to move on. Leave ERAP legacy inthe past and move forward. There is nothing ERAP can do to the country. We should all together help each other to help this ARROYO government succeed. It will not be a good thing to mourne for ERAP right now because he is not yet dead. Let him suffer first the consequence of his ignorance bby being jailed in Muntinglupa with all the death row convicts. How I love to see the Asiong Salonga in real life and not in the motion picture. The government can do whatever they want with ERAP and for sure the people will not react. If they will hey should have done that 6 years ago to defend their beloved president but they didn’t; so I am 100% sure that ERAP is nothing but an insignificant ignorant person who rose to power by the ignorance of the masses. The peolple should now learn their lesson in electing a president. Kawawa naman ang tao kapag binigyan mo ng trabaho na hindi nya alam gampanan.