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                    [Title] => Criticizing the Smith CA ruling
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The adverse reaction of militant groups and politicians against the Court of Appeals decision promulgated last April 23 acquitting L/Cpl. Daniel J. Smith of the crime of rape is expected.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133536 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804832 [AuthorName] => Sara Soliven De Guzman [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 460311 [Title] => Court of Appeals acquits Smith, orders release [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines - US Marine Lance Corporal Daniel Smith was acquitted yesterday of the crime of rape and ordered immediately released from detention after the Court of Appeals (CA) ruled that his sexual tryst with “Nicole” was “a spontaneous, unplanned romantic episode,” and that they were “carried away by their passions.”

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 449206 [Title] => Nicole's dream [Summary] =>

Rape is a private crime, and if the victim no longer wants to pursue her complaint, it should be none of our business.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 449248 [Title] => 'My conscience bothered me' [Summary] =>

The Filipina who had accused a US Marine of raping her and had at one time become the rallying point in the effort to abrogate the RP-US Visiting Forces Agreement is now singing a different tune.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 374498 [Title] => Subic van driver says there was no rape [Summary] => He was the witness who did not get a chance to take the stand and tell the court what "really happened" inside the vehicle he was driving on the night a 21-year-old United States Marine raped a Filipina.

Timoteo Soriano Jr., the only other Filipino inside the Hyundai Starex van where an American soldier sexually abused 22-year-old "Nicole" in Subic, Zambales last year, did not get an opportunity to tell the world his version of the truth.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 373623 [Title] => ‘Nicole’ lumantad na! [Summary] => Isang araw matapos na ibaba ng Makati Regional Trial Court ang hatol sa apat na US Marines, lumantad na sa publiko ang biktima sa Subic rape case na si "Nicole" sa isang press conference sa Quezon City kahapon. [DatePublished] => 2006-12-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096851 [AuthorName] => Doris Franche-Borja [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 363257 [Title] => Judge in Subic rape case goes on leave [Summary] => The judge hearing the rape case against four US Marines will go on a two-week leave starting today to allow himself to thoroughly examine evidence from the defense and prosecution before handing down his decision on Nov. 27.

Court staff said Judge Benjamin Pozon of the Makati City regional trial court has to go through more than 2,000 pages of affidavits, documents and transcripts of testimonies of witnesses.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 359528 [Title] => US Marine testifies: I could hear kissing, moaning, laughter in van [Summary] => The last of the four US Marines on trial for allegedly raping a Filipina took the witness stand yesterday and testified that their accuser had consensual sex with one of them in the van where the alleged rape took place.

"I could hear kissing, moaning, laughter coming from the van," Lance Corporal Dominic Duplantis, 21, told defense lawyer Enrico Oyehara on direct examination.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 357686 [Title] => Smith testifies he had consensual sex with Nicole [Summary] => A 21-year-old US Marine accused of raping a 22-year-old Filipina testified in court yesterday that they had consensual sex, and that he did not rape her.

The trial resumed yesterday after a three-week break.

On direct examination by Ricardo Diaz, one of the lawyers for the defense, Lance Corporal Daniel Smith told the Makati City regional trial court the woman, known only as "Nicole," had her hands on his genitals while they were kissing in a moving van at the Subic Bay Freeport on Nov. 1 last year.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 347436 [Title] => Nicole grilled on ‘selective memory’ [Summary] => Lawyers of four United States Marines standing trial for rape grilled the complainant yesterday on her "selective memory" regarding how she was allegedly sexually assaulted on the night of Nov. 1 last year.

During yesterday’s hearing, Patricia Formoso, one of Lance Corporal Daniel Smith’s lawyers, grilled the complainant on how she claims to recall the kinds of alcoholic drinks she had at the Neptune Club at the Subic Freeport, as well as how each drink was served, but could not tell what time she had them.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Criticizing the Smith CA ruling
                    [Summary] => 

The adverse reaction of militant groups and politicians against the Court of Appeals decision promulgated last April 23 acquitting L/Cpl. Daniel J. Smith of the crime of rape is expected.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133536 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804832 [AuthorName] => Sara Soliven De Guzman [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 460311 [Title] => Court of Appeals acquits Smith, orders release [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines - US Marine Lance Corporal Daniel Smith was acquitted yesterday of the crime of rape and ordered immediately released from detention after the Court of Appeals (CA) ruled that his sexual tryst with “Nicole” was “a spontaneous, unplanned romantic episode,” and that they were “carried away by their passions.”

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 449206 [Title] => Nicole's dream [Summary] =>

Rape is a private crime, and if the victim no longer wants to pursue her complaint, it should be none of our business.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 449248 [Title] => 'My conscience bothered me' [Summary] =>

The Filipina who had accused a US Marine of raping her and had at one time become the rallying point in the effort to abrogate the RP-US Visiting Forces Agreement is now singing a different tune.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 374498 [Title] => Subic van driver says there was no rape [Summary] => He was the witness who did not get a chance to take the stand and tell the court what "really happened" inside the vehicle he was driving on the night a 21-year-old United States Marine raped a Filipina.

Timoteo Soriano Jr., the only other Filipino inside the Hyundai Starex van where an American soldier sexually abused 22-year-old "Nicole" in Subic, Zambales last year, did not get an opportunity to tell the world his version of the truth.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 373623 [Title] => ‘Nicole’ lumantad na! [Summary] => Isang araw matapos na ibaba ng Makati Regional Trial Court ang hatol sa apat na US Marines, lumantad na sa publiko ang biktima sa Subic rape case na si "Nicole" sa isang press conference sa Quezon City kahapon. [DatePublished] => 2006-12-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096851 [AuthorName] => Doris Franche-Borja [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 363257 [Title] => Judge in Subic rape case goes on leave [Summary] => The judge hearing the rape case against four US Marines will go on a two-week leave starting today to allow himself to thoroughly examine evidence from the defense and prosecution before handing down his decision on Nov. 27.

Court staff said Judge Benjamin Pozon of the Makati City regional trial court has to go through more than 2,000 pages of affidavits, documents and transcripts of testimonies of witnesses.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 359528 [Title] => US Marine testifies: I could hear kissing, moaning, laughter in van [Summary] => The last of the four US Marines on trial for allegedly raping a Filipina took the witness stand yesterday and testified that their accuser had consensual sex with one of them in the van where the alleged rape took place.

"I could hear kissing, moaning, laughter coming from the van," Lance Corporal Dominic Duplantis, 21, told defense lawyer Enrico Oyehara on direct examination.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 357686 [Title] => Smith testifies he had consensual sex with Nicole [Summary] => A 21-year-old US Marine accused of raping a 22-year-old Filipina testified in court yesterday that they had consensual sex, and that he did not rape her.

The trial resumed yesterday after a three-week break.

On direct examination by Ricardo Diaz, one of the lawyers for the defense, Lance Corporal Daniel Smith told the Makati City regional trial court the woman, known only as "Nicole," had her hands on his genitals while they were kissing in a moving van at the Subic Bay Freeport on Nov. 1 last year.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 347436 [Title] => Nicole grilled on ‘selective memory’ [Summary] => Lawyers of four United States Marines standing trial for rape grilled the complainant yesterday on her "selective memory" regarding how she was allegedly sexually assaulted on the night of Nov. 1 last year.

During yesterday’s hearing, Patricia Formoso, one of Lance Corporal Daniel Smith’s lawyers, grilled the complainant on how she claims to recall the kinds of alcoholic drinks she had at the Neptune Club at the Subic Freeport, as well as how each drink was served, but could not tell what time she had them.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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