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Locsin confident Pemberton will be punished by US

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 15 06:52 PM

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said he believed deported Joseph Scott Pemberton will be punished by the U.S., reacting to news that he will be subjected to court martial there. Read more »

Ex-SC spox questions Pemberton pardon as freed convicts remain in prison

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Posted at Sep 15 12:08 PM

The Supreme Court's former spokesman on Tuesday questioned the "imbalance" between President Rodrigo Duterte's grant of absolute pardon to an American convict while thousands of Filipinos were returned to prisons after government recalled the implementation of good conduct time allowance law. Read more »

Roque says Pemberton to face court martial in US

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Posted at Sep 14 10:46 PM

US authorities vowed to continue looking into the crime of pardoned killer Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton even after his deportation from the Philippines.  Read more »

Pemberton dadaan sa court martial proceedings sa Amerika

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Posted at Sep 14 07:20 PM

Hindi tuluyang lusot sa pananagutan ang Amerikanong sundalong pumatay sa Filipino transwoman kahit lumaya ito. Read more »

Kampo ni Laude dudang si Pemberton ang nagsulat ng iniwang mensahe

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Posted at Sep 13 06:00 PM

Hindi humuhupa ang sama ng loob ng pamilya Laude kahit pa nag-iwan ng sulat ng pagsisisi ang Amerikanong sundalong si Joseph Scott Pemberton bago tuluyang umalis ng bansa ngayon Linggo. Read more »

Pemberton nakalaya, nakalipad na pabalik ng Amerika

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Updated as of Sep 13 06:59 PM

Tuluyan nang nakalaya at nakalipad pabalik ng Amerika ngayong Linggo ang Amerikanong sundalong pumatay sa isang Filipino transwoman, matapos siyang bigyan ng pardon ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

Pemberton expresses 'sympathy' to Laude family, thanks Duterte for pardon: lawyer

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Updated as of Sep 13 06:02 PM

(UPDATE) Convicted killer US Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton expressed Sunday his "most sincere sympathy" to the family of his victim Jennifer Laude as he was deported back to the US following an absolute pardon from President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

Convoy believed to be carrying Pemberton leaves Philippine military camp

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Updated as of Sep 13 09:34 AM

MANILA (UPDATE) - A convoy believed to be carrying US Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton has left Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City on Sunday morning ahead of his impending deportation from the country. Read more »

Kaanak ng ilang preso umaasang ma-pardon ang mga mahal sa buhay

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Posted at Sep 12 07:15 PM

Nabuhayan ng pag-asa ang mga kaanak ng ilang nakakulong na mabibigyan din ng pardon ang kanilang mahal sa buhay tulad ng nangyari kay Pemberton. Read more »

‘Betrayed’: Pamilya Laude masama ang loob sa pagpapa-deport kay Pemberton

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Posted at Sep 12 06:57 PM

Masama ang loob ng pamilya ng pinaslang na si Laude sa naging pasya ni Pangulong Duterte sa kaso ni Joseph Scott Pemberton, ang Amerikanong sundalong hinatulang guilty sa pagpatay kay Laude.  Read more »

Pemberton tests negative for COVID-19

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Posted at Sep 12 11:54 AM

MANILA - US Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton, convicted of killing Jennifer Laude, has tested negative for the novel coronavirus.   Read more »

Laude lawyer on Pemberton pardon: Is this a diversionary tactic?

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Posted at Sep 12 11:08 AM

The camp of Jennifer Laude, whose killer Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton has been granted absolute pardon by President Rodrigo Duterte, said the case's development could be a diversionary tactic to cover up government's supposed incompetence in handling the COVID-19 pandemic.  Read more »

Did US pressure Manila to release Pemberton? PH envoy says not at all

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Updated as of Sep 11 06:30 PM

Ambassador Jose Manuel Romualdez denied there was pressure by US officials for American soldier Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton’s release. Read more »

There’s context to ‘homicide lang’ comment, says Panelo, on Pemberton case

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 04:00 PM

On Friday, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo explained that his remarks should be viewed in consideration of heinous crimes in the Philippines.   Read more »

BuCor signs release order for convicted killer Pemberton

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Updated as of Sep 10 07:03 PM

The chief of the Philippines' Bureau of Corrections approved Thursday the release order for convicted killer US Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton following President Rodrigo Duterte's grant of absolute pardon. Read more »

Access to US COVID-19 vaccine? Roque says Pemberton pardon upholds greater national interest

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 03:00 PM

MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte's grant of absolute pardon to convicted killer US Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton upholds greater national interest, including possible access to COVID-19 vaccines from the US, said Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, who had helped prosecute the soldier.   Read more »

Pemberton pardon an 'affront' to LGBTQI community: rights body

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 09 02:15 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's granting of absolute pardon to convicted killer US Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton is an "affront" to the LGBT community, the Commission on Human Rights said Wednesday. Read more »

'Nagpatawad siya': DOJ sees no need to question Duterte pardon for Pemberton

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Posted at Sep 09 11:55 AM

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Wednesday he did not see any reason for the public to question President Rodrigo Duterte's "personal act of mercy" to pardon a US soldier who killed a Filipina transgender woman.    Read more »

Only 4 of 139 Duterte pardons went to foreigners: DOJ

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Updated as of Sep 09 10:33 AM

Only 4 of the 139 executive clemencies that President Rodrigo Duterte has issued so far during his term went to foreigners, the justice department said Wednesday, following criticism of the pardon for a US soldier who killed a Filipina transgender woman.    Read more »

'Surprised' DOJ chief says Duterte decided on Pemberton pardon on his own volition

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Updated as of Sep 09 09:55 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte "upon his own volition" pardoned a US soldier who killed a Filipina transgender--a decision that "surprised" even Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, he said Wednesday.  Read more »