Mary Jane is a Filipino who was arrested in April 2010 in Indonesia for reportedly carrying 2.6 kilograms of heroin. She was sentenced to death.
Her family and migrant rights advocates maintained that Mary Jane is a victim of human rights trafficking. Bulatlat chronicled the campaign for her reprieve, which gained international attention. On April 29 at around 3 a.m., Mary Jane was granted a stay in execution.
Bulatlat continues to follow the developments on her case.
“Now that she has been in the country for nearly a month, Marcos should use his unbound power to grant her clemency if he truly cares about our OFWs who have become victims of human trafficking. There is no more reason to delay her freedom."
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“President Duterte, my supposed execution was reprieved because Christina (Sergio) and Julius (Lacanilao) have pled their guilt and that I am innocent and had no knowledge of the drugs found in the luggage I brought.”
"Just let her speak out and let her story stand on its own. Or shall we wait for her to be sent to the gallows with her mouth gagged?"
“Finally, after protracted and tedious legal wrangling over quite novel circumstances, Mary Jane will be able to freely tell her whole story and cruel ordeal which will be officially considered by the Philippine trial court.
Maria Kristina Sergio’s travel records revealed that she went abroad five times in 2008, 14 times in 2009, nine times in 2010 and twice in 2011.
“It is a settled fact that the private complainant is a death row prisoner having been convicted of drug trafficking in the Republic of Indonesia.” By JONAS ALPASAN Bulatlat MANILA – A Nueva Ecija court upheld its earlier decision to allow Mary Jane Veloso, the...
“The situation at hand presents a distinct factual milieu. The private complainant Mary Jane Veloso is not sick or infirm.”
Whatever you call it -- moratorium, postponement, suspension or not a priority -- the net effect is that there will be no execution until further notice.”
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective Filipinos are known for their hospitality. But hospitality and graciousness are not the only values being taught to Filipino children. Filipinos also value respect. Children could never tell their parents to “shut up” or “I...
“There is relief that we were able to finally see her arrested.”
Noticeably, the government timeline showed a one-year gap, from April 23, 2012 to April 25, 2013, when government officials had no clear action on Mary Jane’s case.
The heat was not so oppressive compared to the Aquino government policies, said the protesters.
'Ingrate’ is a politically-charged word that was “historically used by the ruling class, by colonizers, by the frailes, the hacienderos and the landlords in order to insult and demonize the toiling masses, the peasants, for not bowing down to the ruling class elites for giving them scraps to live by.”
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld The story of Mary Jane Veloso is Flor Contemplacion Part II but for the much happier ending: her execution by firing squad for drug trafficking having been held in abeyance by Indonesian President Jokowi Widodo...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Thanks to her lawyers from the National Union of People’s Lawyers -- and no thanks to the government -- the execution of Mary Jane Veloso has been deferred, hopefully toward its eventually being commuted, or her...
“I kept calling out my sister’s name, who I thought was already in heaven.”
“The longer he remains there, the longer would our natural resources be plundered, our working people put at risk, our tillers denied of their land, our people denied of affordable utilities and social services.”