{"id":181996,"date":"2018-09-18T04:04:30","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T08:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=181996"},"modified":"2018-09-18T04:04:30","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T08:04:30","slug":"palace-respects-courts-guilty-verdict-vs-palparan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/09\/18\/palace-respects-courts-guilty-verdict-vs-palparan\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace respects court\u2019s guilty verdict vs. Palparan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announces during a press briefing in Malaca\u00f1ang on July 19, 2018 that the Landbank of the Philippines, the Department of Agrarian Reform, and the Department of Agriculture have launched the Accessible and Sustainable Lending Program for Small Farmers. The program aims to increase the income of small farmers, especially the Agrarian Reform beneficiaries, by providing them with financial assistance for their agricultural needs at a low interest rate of 6% per annum. TOTO LOZANO\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Malaca\u00f1ang on Monday said it respects the court\u2019s decision, which found retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan guilty of kidnapping and serious illegal detention charges.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe respect the decision of the court,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a Palace press briefing held in Benguet\u2019s capitol building.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the Malolos Regional Trial Court (RTC) found Palparan and two others guilty of kidnapping and illegal detention over the disappearance of University of the Philippines (UP) students Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empe\u00f1o in 2006.<\/p>\n

\u201c(And) we would want justice to be done to the victims,\u201d Roque, a former law professor at UP, said.<\/p>\n

The court sentenced Palparan, as well as Lt. Col. Felipe Anotado Jr. and S\/Sgt. Edgardo Osorio to reclusion perpetua or 40 years imprisonment.<\/p>\n

Each of the accused were also ordered to pay PHP300,000 in civil indemnities to the families of the victims.<\/p>\n

An alias warrant has also been issued against another accused M\/Sgt. Rizal Hilario, who remains at large.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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