A WHOLE NEW WORLD


FIFTEEN YEARS after he and six others were imprisoned for the massacre of three Vizconde family members, Hubert Jeffrey Webb, son of former Senator Freddie Webb was acquitted by the Supreme Court Tuesday, December 14. Shortly after his release, one joke that circulated online said Hubert was astonished to learn that 15 years later, Mara Clara is still being shown on TV.

But wait, there’s more. Here goes…

Hubert Webb’s Top 10 Reactions/Questions After He Got Home Following His Release From the New Bilibid Prisons

No. 10: “Whaaaaaaat? Single pa rin si Kris?!”

No. 9: “Does Kabayan ever get tired? He’s been doing TV Patrol for like… forever!”

No. 8: “Can you turn the radio on to Campus Radio please? I wonder what’s the new No. 1 song on Triggerman’s Top 20 at 12.”

No. 7: “Thoss, Peek, Pennisi, Seigle, Norwood, Weinstein, Hatfield, Carey, Dillinger. Geez! Dad, did the PBA change its name to Fil-Am Basketball of the Philippines?”

No. 6: “Sandali! Hindi kita maintindihan Joshua. Again, what’s LOL, LMAO, STFU, BRB and GTG?”

No. 5: “Mom, bakit nakatayo ang mga newscasters?”

No. 4: “Wait lang! You mean, ‘yong interview sa ‘kin kanina ni Ms Mel Tiangco was aired not on ABS-CBN but on GMA 7?

No. 3: “I always hear the name P.Noy? What’s that Pinky? A new cartoon strip like A. Lipin of the Inquirer?”

No. 2: “I don’t get it Jason. Are they insulting me or are they just pulling my leg. Do I really look fashionable? Kasi people keep saying things like, I am a hot trending topic daw. Trend? Jesus, I’ve only sported an orange shirt for the last 15 years. What trend?”

And Hubert Webb’s No. 1 reaction/question when he got home following his release from prison…

“I can’t believe this Fritz! Did Ernie Baron undergo plastic surgery? Seriously! And why the use of a screen name?!? “Kuya Kim?!?” Funny bro!! Ha-ha-ha!
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From my all-time favorite courtroom drama, The Practice:
Ellenor: Can’t let an innocent man go to jail.
Rebecca: We don’t even let our guilty ones go there.

Alfaro In Hiding?
Jessica Alfaro has reportedly gone into hiding. Rumors say the controversial former NBI agent turned massacre state witness has sent word she’d rather die than surrender. Bakit? Anong akala mo sa sarili mo, senador?

After receiving news that Hubert Webb and six others had been released, Vizconde massacre state witness Jessica Alfaro had reportedly gone into hiding. In order to evade detection and dodge identification, Alfaro has decided not to wear dark glasses.

Hayden Wins
A Pasig City RTC judge has dismissed sexy actress Katrina Halili’s case against Hayden Kho Jr. for “insufficiency of evidence” – a decision that baffled the young actress who asked, “Ano pa bang evidence ang gusto niyang makita? Lahat-lahat, ipinakita ko na!”

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D: “Wait lang sir. Dudukot lang ako ng PPKo (Pera sa Purse Ko)!

[TTMO photo courtesy of Tina Panganiban-Perez]
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“I’m like a shooting star
I’ve come so far
I can’t go back to where I used to be”
~“A Whole New World”
From Walt Disney’s Aladdin

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  15. laugh it out loud, mga bro, mga mre and pre! before “a whole new world”, couldn’t think of any part of my funny bone to tickle becoz of the seriousness of events unfolded. but ph still managed to tickle me pink. whew! di ko maapuhap (as in kinda grasp) ang akmang reaksyon; should i weep or should i smile? should i cheer or should i cry? would somebody help me sigh! kayo na lang maglagay ng tono! ay totoo pala yung mixed emotions! i thought it happens only in write-ups and fiction! Tinuldukan na ng Supreme Court ang kaso, as in period! What now Mang Lauro? Do i see ellipsis . . . ?

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  16. Re Hubert Webb. Gusto kong matawa sa Top 10 mo pero hindi ko magawa as I don’t believe that that beast and his cohorts are not guilty at all. Kawawa si Lauro Vizconde at ang pumanaw niyang pamilya, pero mas kawawa ang ordinaryong Pinoy na walang maaasahan sa justice system natin. Just looking at your picture of Webb, nasusuka na ako. Ngising-aso.

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    1. kanya kanyang pananaw po yan. Totoo, hanggang ngayon kawawa pa rin si Mr. Lauro Vizconde for not getting justice para sa pamilya nya.

      Pero paano din po kung di rin talaga guilty si Hubert Webb and his cohorts? Di ba nakakaawa din sila for having spent / wasted 15 years of their lives inside the National Penitentiary?

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  17. A Pasig City RTC judge has dismissed sexy actress Katrina Halili’s case against Hayden Kho Jr. for “insufficiency of evidence” – a decision that baffled the young actress who asked, “Ano pa bang evidence ang gusto niyang makita? Lahat-lahat, ipinakita ko na!”

    PH I beg to differ. Di naman eh. Madilim yung video. Wahaha!

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    1. “Lahat-lahat, ipinakita ko na! – Hindi ka pinilit na ipakita, pinakita ni Katrina ng kusa. Nakipagtalik siya ng walang pilitan. Mali ang demanda niya – dapat ay tungkol sa pagkuha ng video, at hindi dahil sa nasira ang kanyang pagkababae. May pagkukulang ang kanyang mga abogado at mga taong nakapaligid sa kanya na nagpapayo.

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    1. alam mo pre ang tawag dyan globalization, lahat na ng team sa buong mundo in almost any team sports may half breed na. or ung iba nga naturalized pa. kung ang US nga may mga naturalized player db? wala namang masama kung ang azkals eh puro half filipino, kesa naman puro naturalized. ams maganda siguro na ireklamo ay ang kawalan ng pilipinas ng fifa accredited na venue para sa isang football match.

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      2. what paul? you do not know the meaning of purong pinoy?

        now, let me define it very simply, he is one who is not pure

        pinoy, me ganuon? one who is not half-breed, in other words,

        not mestizo, unlike the rest of most of the azkals who are…

        hahaha hindi kaya lalong maguguluhan si paul?

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      4. Siguro naman kilala ninyo sina Ariel Muhlach, Anne Curtis Smith, Piolo Herzig, Abelardo Ho, Alessandra Schiavonne, the Eigenmann brood, Samuel Milby, Phylbert Fagestrom, Hazel Klenk, Ernesto Dee, Mary Jane Guck na ang mga apelyido (pangalang pampamilya ng kanilang mga ama) ay hindi karaniwan dito na kung hindi katutubong pangalan (katulad ng mga Dima,,, sa Batangas at Bagonggahasa) ay tunog Espanyol. E ano kung lahing Intsik ang kanilang ama, o kaya lahing puti, basta ba marunong umarte or umawit at nagbibigay ng saya sa karamihan. Meron nga diyan, tunog Espanyol ang apelyido pero nang-iinsulto ng kapwa Pilipino at mahihirap, pero mahal na mahal pa ng mga iniinsulto niya.

        Tandaan natin na noon pa marami nang mga mestizo sa showbiz at sa palakasan – Jaworski, Kutch, Arnaiz, Co, ang mga may apelyidong Lim. Yap, Chan. Me kinuha ngang Santos noon, pero hindi mukhang Pinoy, marahil ay lahing South American at higit na madilim ang balat kaysa sa mga Ita. Andyan din ang dating manlalarong si Rudy Hines at and dating manlalaro ng Crispa na si Johnny Revilla na ipinanganak sa Olongapo.

        Ang punto, kailangang pumunta ka sa mga probinsya upang makahanap ng “purong Pinoy.” Baka sabihin pang higit na mukhang Pinoy ang karamihang manalalaro ng Indonesia kaysa sa mga Azkals. Ang kumatawan sa iyong bayan ay hindi batay sa iyong lahi kundi sa iyong pagmamahal sa bayan at mga kababayan.

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      1. Ayyyyy! I’ve got a first hand info about Jessica!

        Bago siya lumabas bilang star margarine witness ng NBI, we live in the same compound, in a two level row of flats, hers being directly below mine, both end units. Di ko na sasabihin kung saan diyan sa Kamaynilaan.

        May nangyaring di kanais-nais. I was on a provincial assignment for a few days and pagbalik ko, I was informed by the owner of the building na pinasok daw ang compound namin one night ng mga di kilalang kalalakihan looking for Jekjek (tawag namin kay Jesicca noon). Wala din daw ang Jessica that time. After a few days, bumalik daw ang Jek, na may mga escort pa daw at nagpaalam na sa may ari.

        I then told the may ari na interesado akong lumipat dun sa unit ni Jek kasi nga katabi lang ng parking space ng aking caru. So, I helped the may ari to clean the room.

        Ayyyyyy! Lost and found namin yung mga ginagamit daw yun sa pagsa-shabu! Di ko naman alam yun kasi nga iba naman ang alam kong sipsipin eh. May mga foil at parang makapal na straw. Ah basta, sabi nung may ari, ginagamit daw yun sa pagsa-shabu.

        Anyway, after a few more days, pumutok na nga ang balita na NBI star witness na ang Jekjek.

        Tapos na po ang Kwento…. at para mas effect, pakihulaan na lang po ng taytol.

        Malala na po Kaya?

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      5. Hay naku Ate Eddi (ayan… di na yan Koya ha?), I’m not one to lie about my age because I am and have always been so comfortable with who I am.

        I am 45 years old na Ate Eddi (ayan ulit…. request granted na, ha?).

        Luka luka man ako dito sa blog ni PH, pero in person… …………….. luka luka talaga ako. Bwahahahahaha!

        Consistent ini Ate Eddi!

        Kidding aside, formality ang lola etchosera pagdating sa work ko dito. I handle a very sensitive (parang skin lang) position in the company I am working for. Kaya nga pasalamat ako dito sa blog ni PH, dito ko nailalabas ang aking tunay na karakter education. Ahihihihihi!

        Yun lang po.

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      2. koreek ka dyan, ph! at bilib nga ako dahil nahanap mo pa rin, and promptly at that!, ang soft niche. fact is, you’re able to rub off some salt in the wound of doubts and discontent kahit saglit lang. and that’s good enough. your quick mindedness is amazing and commendable. Keep it up. Congrats!

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      4. Yup! It’s really hard…and the top ten and similar puns are what one could come up with. We are all victims here in a way, whichever side we believe…After Dec. 14, 2010, WHODUNIT? After almost a decade, and the 20-year expiry, how far can we go to know the real perpetrators of the massacre?

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      7. hey mga pipz have you noticed? what’s made the “pun” here is definitely not the significant pain of the people involved having inflicted by the enormity of the crime-to the accused or otherwise, but how PH’s profound intellect turned everything to FIT into the blogger sphere friendly perspective.

        Meaning: Galing!!!

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    2. his grief was indeed heart-wrenching. after all these years he believed those guys did the tragic thing to his family, here he gets an acquittal for them from the highest court in the land.

      what puzzles me though is that he strongly opposed the willing submission of Hubert’s sample for DNA testing back in ’97. The smears were still available for analysis that time. The lower court acceded to his request.

      If I were guilty, why on earth will I demand a test on something that will only incriminate me further?

      So many questions. But then the verdict is out. There’s nothing left for both of them now – Mang Lauro and the acquitted men – but to move on with their shattered lives.

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  34. This post is the funniest thing ever, PH!

    Seriously though, i find it hard to laugh with the acquittal of these former druggies. To me, they are guilty. I think the Webb family should also watch what they say in public… the dad wanting to see Alfaro in jail and the mom talking smack about Lauro Vizconde. Nakaka turn-off. Don’t think the world is rejoicing with what happened, their family is of course, so they should just keep it to themselves. They should be sensitive enough not to compare their grief to Lauro Vizconde’s grief. Big diff. Their family is now complete. And what about Lauro’s? Nakaka-awa si Mr. Vizconde. Kahit bali-baliktarin pa nila, what happened to his family is every family’s worst nightmare. Still gut-wrenching and heartbreaking after 15 years.

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      1. Yes, I agree that Freddie Webb went overboard vwhen he said that Mr. Visconde should be happy over Hubert’s release. He said it before they fetched Hubert and I thought that he was insensitive and would later realize it. However, after they have fetched Hubert, he repeated same remark…and I was really shocked. Whether or not Hubert is guilty, the Webbs should be very careful with their words especially wrt Mr. Visconde’s feelings.

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    2. The heavy feeling is inevitable, even uncontrollable. We grew up, nay, grew older, with that Vizconde case in our midst. Malungkot talaga, even horrible! at dinig ko, nun pa, malakas at matindi ang “tunog ng kampana” sa mga tinutukoy na perpetrators ng crime. I guess, and now we know, that we have laws and magistrates that hold the scales. Kakalungkot lang talaga. sabi nga ni Ka Igme sa kabilang kalye, nateknikal tayo. But it’s doubly heartbreaking that it took 15 years and 2 courts to know that the prosecutors have started at the wrong foot pala all along. Ang kahina-hinayang lang, bakit nagkaganun e mga lawyers and law experts naman silang lahat! Woe to the long tedious years that these so-called law experts wasted without seeing the flaws that the SC did. At nauwi sa wala ang lahat?! Sabi nga ng kanta… where do we go from here…?

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  35. Why are they naming people like gary v, albright, and previous officials of the FBI, supervisor of hubert’s, bicycle store owner’s statements???? They are comparing these people to the maids of the webbs, the security guards of BF Subd, and of course that of jessica alfaro, who they are now labeling as ex- NBI agent, a drug user, and a mistress of an NBI agent?? We are not even sure if Alfaro is still alive or have they wiped her out before they ask for this so-called re- arraignment?
    One thing is obvious here. They are all doing these under Pnoy’s admin because they are all close to the Aquino’s and ABS. These are the fruits of their support to the Aquino’s and ABS. All those who supported are now being given their reward. To hell with abnoy’s promises to the poor, to hell with the previous admin’s accomplishment, to hell with those who are and were against abnoy. Nothing can stop this admin’s revengeful acts as long as they are in control of the nation…
    Again and again, we, the common people are their sacrificial lambs….

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  38. Re the suspects versus the vizcondes. They are just victims of mediocre police work and a seriously crippled justice system. I think there are still hundreds of people behind bars waiting for months, even years for their day in court. We know these exist but nothing is done.
    Also i find media a bit insensitive in covering all the rejoicing going on amongst the supposed innocents while poor mr. Vizconde is left with no resolution.
    Media used to have class back in the day… whatever happened to it?

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  40. i was thinking while on my way to the office how PH would take “lightly” such a heavy ordeal (for both parties involved in the case). still, PH made me laugh. while my heart bleeds for both parties, i want to think that the blog is actually ‘just’ doing its job, just like when the Supreme Court acquitted Webb et al for failure of the prosecution to prove the crime beyond reasonable doubt.

    kudos, PH!

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  41. Isipin nyo kaya for a minute kung kapatid nyo ang wrongfully accused at masentensyahan. Yang “proof beyond reasonable doubt” na yan ang isisigaw at hihingin nyo rin sa mga mahistrado. It’s easy to judge until it happens to you.

    If Webb, et. al. are indeed guilty, they paid for it already. Life is short, and 15 years is a lot to lose. Sa mga nakulangan, there’s always divine justice. Mas malupit ang gaba (karma).

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  42. If it’s any consolation, after seriousness gets the better of laughs, here’s a healing read, lifted from a news bit on Inquirer today…

    “The Supreme Court is not the last court,” Bishop Aniceto Arigo said in an interview over the Church-run Radio Veritas Wednesday. “We have what we call divine justice because … our capability as human beings is limited.” Arigo, chair of the Catholic Bishops’ Episcopal Commission on Prison and Pastoral Care, said that while the high court had found Webb et al. “legally innocent,” it had no way of determining their “moral guilt or innocence.”

    He said that there was a distinction between legal and moral guilt, and that the former was examined and established by the courts through evidence.

    “The Supreme Court is human, so it can only establish legal guilt. But moral guilt is beyond its competence,” Arigo said. He added: “It is only God who has a say on one’s moral guilt.

    “Real justice will not come from a human court, only from God.”
    Arigo also said one must understand that any court’s nature and concern were to establish a suspected offender’s guilt “beyond reasonable doubt” based on evidence presented.

    The verdict favorable to Webb and company may have been an early Christmas gift to their families, but there is no way for anybody to “know the real issue or the guilt of the accused,” he said.

    “On the part of the family of Lauro Vizconde, our advocacy for restorative justice will help in the healing process,” Arigo said.

    “Restorative justice is not only the punishment of the guilty but also the restoration and the rehabilitation of the broken relationship between the offender and the offended,” the bishop said.

    Quoting Brazil’s Archbishop Oscar Romero, Arigo also said there was a need to push for genuine reforms in the Philippine justice system because “human justice is like a snake: It only bites those without shoes.”

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    1. Hay naku Lolo Justice, God has been helping me all this time.

      Ano naman ang mapapala ko kung iimbento ako ng kwento about her?

      Your Honor, we were just plain neighbors at that time, at di masasabing close.

      Malay ko ba naman na magiging star witness siya later on? At malay ko din kung gumagamit siya ng drugs? may nakuha lang kaming mga gamit daw sa pagsa-shabu, sabi nung owner ng building. Malay ko ba kung siya ang gumagamit nun? Eh wala po akong ka-alam alam sa pagda-drugs.

      Pwede na po ba akong bumaba sa witness stand Your Honor?

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      2. hahaha, matindi mag-cross exam si lolo pero mas hayop sa sagot si etchos.

        nga pala, di ba kasabihan na sa mata nakikita kung nagsisinungaling ang tao. ni minsan di ko nakita na walang dark glasses si jessica, pero bakit ang dali-dali nating naniwala sa lahat ng sinabi nya kahit pa maraming inconsistencies at may mga butas ang corroborating evidence.

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  45. paano pag natuto na mag text, blog, facebook at twitter na si Hubert Webb and company. OMG! Imagine, one day you might receive an email notification na Hubert Webb/Tony Boy Lejano/Michael Gatchalian/Miguel Rodriguez/Peter Estrada/“Pyke” Fernandez “wants to be your friend” OR “is now following you on twitter”

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    1. I agree Ate Wan. And I do believe in KARMA, whether good or bad.

      It is not us, ordinary people who can judge the guilt (or the lack of it) of the accused. We can talk about it for days, even weeks but that’s all we can do… just talk about it. Actually, that’s what we’ve been doing for the last 15 years or so.

      I still would like to have faith in the Philippine justice system, with its flaws and all. You know why? Because that’s all we have as citizens of this country.

      We can only hope and pray that our justice system will do its best to uphold what is rightful and just according to the law governing the 7,106 islands in the Far East, collectively known as the Republic of the Philippines.

      Ayyyy! ako ba ito?

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  48. I miss the old Campus Radio. Back when I still possessed a huge radio, its the only station I listen to. I was even present during the “big announcement” at the UP Fair in year 2007. T_T The next morning when I hears the new names of the DJs and them talking in tagalog, it felt weird. When the radio station reformatted, my recourse is to listen to other radio stations such as Wave, Magic, and Home Radio.

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  51. Quoted from a blog:
    Vizconde Massacre timeline (Acquittal ng mga KRIMINAL):
    June 30, 1991, Karumal dumal na crime ng mga drug addicts naganap sa tahanan ng mga vizconde.
    Under Cory Administration– Hulihin at ipakulong ang mga salarin
    Under Ramos — tuloy ang kaso, no bail ang mga salarin
    Under Erap — Found guilty beyond reasonable doubt, tu…loy ang kulong
    Under Gloria — Baka pwedeng pawalan so nag appeal, NO WAY KULONG PA RIN.
    Under PENOY — Supporter sa campaign ang relatives, OK pawalan pero sa DECEMBER NA PARA MEDYO MAGANDA ANG DATING, Christmas, with pagpapapogi sa media like ABIAS CBN, okey yan maski hight profile crime..
    MGA WALANGHIYA KAYO, NAPARAMING BUMUSISI NG KASO NA IYAN FROM THE PAST ADMINISTRATIONS, GUILTY ANG VERDICT PERO SA SOBRANG GARAPAL NA PENOY ADMINISTRATION, ACQUIT, ANU ANO PA BANG PAMBABABOY SA BANSA ANG INYONG GAGAWIN SA FUTURE. MGA WALANGHIYA KAYO….

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  52. alam ninyo @ paul and @ azeroth ang pinag-uusapan nation dito

    mga mestizo, sila bang mga may 50% or sige na nga, kahit 25%

    na lang na may lahi, hindi yung mga pinag memention ninyo…

    sige nga, kayong dalawa, walang bolahan/kasinungalingan ha,

    ideclare nga kung ilang porsyentong banyagang dugo meron kayo,

    tingnan lang natin kung mga mestizo pa kayo….

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  59. I saw the De Leon sisters being interviewed on the U.S. edition of TV Patrol here in San Jose, California. They both said they were back from the U.S. to spend time with Tony Boy. Two weeks later, the shocking new came out that Webb & company were acquitted. Apparently, these two women knew what was to come. How come they were very confident during the interview that they will spend Christmas with Tony Boy? At first I thought they meant they will visit Tony boy in jail although I couldn’t imagine them spending more than a minute in Bilibid being well heeled and well manicured. So two weeks earlier, alam na nitong magkapatid na ito na maa-acquit iyong kapamilya nila. Poor Mang Lauro. God help you.

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