ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 03 Jan) – What was once the website of perhaps one of the most elusive military coup leader, Captain Nicanor Faeldon, is now up for grabs after its domain name pilipino.org.ph expired.
The website had been previously used by Faeldon to mount civil disobedience and
taunt Philippine authorities about his daring exploits. Faeldon launched insults at the military by releasing photographs and videos of him freely going inside military and police camps while on the country’s most wanted list.
The website was so popular and hits had reached one million just a month after Faeldon put up the pilipino.org.ph on December 25, 2005.
“If this domain is not renewed soon, it will become available for registration on a first-paid first-served basis,” read a post from the website now maintained by www.domains.ph.
Domain names should be renewed annually.
From a flag at half-mast as his website’s front page, now only a photo of a street shot with a sign “closed” is posted on the former website of Faeldon.
Gone were the calls for President Gloria Arroyo to resign.
Faeldon, a member of the Philippine Marines, is one of more than three dozen soldiers under trial for leading a failed coup against Arroyo in July 2003.
He was one of the six top leaders of the group that occupied the Oakwood Premier Suites in Makati City, the country’s business district. Faeldon escaped on December 14, 2005 after attending a court hearing.
Since then, Faeldon posted photographs and video clips of him from inside various military camps from as far as Southern Command in Zamboanga City in Mindanao to the Central Command headquarters in Cebu in central Philippines.
And even inside the tightly guarded Camp Aguinaldo, the main military base in Manila and at the Philippine National Police headquarters in Quezon City, while security forces were pursuing him day and night.
Faeldon was captured January 27, 2006 along with his girlfriend Captain Candelaria Rivas while driving home to his safe house in Manila. Rivas was one of the military prosecutors in the cases filed against Faeldon and other mutineers.
Despite Faeldon’s arrest, his supporters continued to post anti-Arroyo sentiments on the website. Even after Faeldon’s capture, his website continued to receive more than 1,000 hits a day until its demise. (Mindanao Examiner)
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Not only is the website up and running now, but Capt. Faeldon has renewed his commitment to work for the freedom of the Filipino people. Check it out.
www.pilipino.org.ph
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