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Cauble was convicted in January 1982 on ten counts: two counts of violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act statute (RICO), conspiracy to violate RICO, three violations of the Interstate Commerce Travel Act, and four counts of misapplication of bank funds. He was sentenced to ten concurrent terms of five years.
Armed troops from the 55th Philippine Constabulary Company and the Philippine Constabulary Metropolitan Command (Metrocom) were assigned to the event. The crowd heard explosions and gunshots, and eventually three rallyists were killed - Balando, and two others named Richard Escarta and Ferdinand Oaing; fifteen other rallyists were wounded.
For Marcos to continue to act as head of state, his declaration of Martial Law had to achieve seven objectives: [16] [4] 1. Control the military and police; 2. Control the Supreme Court; 3. Undermine the Philippine public's faith in democracy; 4. Exploit and abet lawlessness and instability; 5. Exaggerate the Communist threat; 6.
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It also set up a Human Rights Violations Claims Board to facilitate distribution. [60] R.A. 10368 also created the Human Rights Violations Victims' Memorial Commission "to establish, restore, preserve and conserve a Memorial Museum, Library, Archive and Compendium in honor of the human rights violation victims (HRVVs) during the Marcos regime ...
The Philippines was under a state of emergency, announced by presidential spokesperson Ignacio Bunye on the morning of February 24, 2006, by the virtue of Proclamation No. 1017. This occurred after the government claimed that it foiled an alleged coup d'état attempt against the rule of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo earlier that same day.
There are also more severe penalties for violations of the RICO Act. The DOJ says that the power of RICO to deter these crimes is in an effort to, "produce a more viable, democratically elected ...
The law created the Human Rights Violations Claims Board and provided reparations to victims of summary execution, torture, enforced disappearances, and other human rights violations. [337] Compensation came from P10 billion of stolen wealth seized by the government from the Marcoses. [ 338 ]