INQUIRER.net: In The Know: Aquino cold on clemency

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In The Know: Aquino cold on clemency Dec 28th 2012, 18:19 MANILA, Philippines—In October, Catholic Church officials scored the Aquino administration for being too "tightfisted" in granting paroles and clemency to prisoners.   "From the time of Marcos, we're used to seeing 100 or 300 prisoners being released on the President's birthday or on Independence Day," said the New Bilibid Prison chaplain, Msgr. Bobby Olaguer.   "But now... nothing. Those being released are only those who have already served their sentence," Olaguer said.   In July 2011, Mariano Umbrero succumbed to cancer four days before he was granted presidential clemency. Umbrero, a cancer-stricken political detainee, died on Ju... Keep on reading: In The Know: Aquino cold on clemency Media files: Aquino-focap1.jpg (image/jpeg)

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