Friday, June 09, 2006 (Philippines)

Quezon City Mayor Feliciano Belmonte Jr. (seated, center) and Rodriguez Mayor Pedro Cuerpo of Rizal province (seated, 2nd from left) sign a memorandum of agreement on the establishment of a Muslim cemetery in Sitio Maislap, Barangay San Isidro in Rodriguez, Rizal. (Contributed photo) AN UNDERSECRETARY in Malacañang, five state prosecutors and a private lawyer are facing a disbarment complaint filed by the wife of suspected terrorist Hilarion "Dawud" Santos III, founder of the terror group Rajah Solaiman Movement (RSM). Named respondent in the complaint were Attorney Ricardo Blancaflor, an undersecretary of Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, who was dubbed in the complaint as being known in the Muslim community as "the designer-operator" and "terrorism expert" for the Presidential Anti-Terrorist Task Force. Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo [full story]