By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com December 17th, 2010 WE CAN all sleep soundly each night in the certainty that the Armed Forces of the Philippines is on guard and watching over us. Regardless of such technicalities as due process and human rights, it is at this very moment protecting…
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1st PBC-NPA Disarms 10th ID-AFP Davao Patrol Base Without a Shot Fired (PR)
Press Statement 11 December 2010 Army corporal and Cafgu minor surrendered and immediately released unharmed Without firing a single shot, the 1st Pulang Bagani Company-New People’s Army successfully overran the patrol base of the Bahani Long Range Platoon (BLRP) under the 1003rd Brigade-10th Infantry Division-AFP in sitio Damilag, Barangay Mapula, Paquibato District December 9 Thursday.…
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Tragic Loss Amid Climate of Impunity
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com Leonard Co, unarguably one of the country’s foremost botanists and biodiversity experts, as well as an indefatigable conservationist, was killed in a forested area in Kananga, Leyte last Monday, together with two of his companions, while undertaking scientific explorations under the auspices of the Energy Development…
Witnesses in Extrajudicial Killing Being Harassed by Soldiers
By RONALYN V. OLEA
At the pre-trial hearing on Oct. 27, the two suspects in the killing of Benjamin Bayles denied being members of the 61st Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army (IBPA). The 303rd and 302nd Infantry Brigades have also denied that the two are members of the Philippine Army for four months, but the Headquarters of the Philippine Army officially confirmed their membership and rank last October 9.
NPA Condemns AFP Lies and Use of Civilians as Shield (PR)
Press Statement September 10, 2010 The Alejandro Lanaja Command-Front 3 Operations Command of the New People’s Army issued a statement to shed light on “another half-truth” that they said the Armed Forces of the Philippines fed to the media. It was regarding a civilian who was wounded in an encounter between the Front 3 Operations…
PR: Bayan Calls for Unity vs. Failure of Election, Fraud and Violence
DAVAO CITY — In a candle lighting and prayer vigil held at Centennial Park, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) Southern Mindanao Region calls for unity among various opposition parties against the plot to fail the upcoming May 2010 election. Bayan expressed disgust over the COMELEC’s failure to patch up possible technical problems exactly four days before the election.
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Aborted Transfer and Continued Detention Will Subject Health Workers to Further Torture and Pressure -– NUPL
NEWS RELEASE April 11, 2010 In a press statement issued today during the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) hearing on the case of the Morong 43, the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) again condemned the further detention of the 43 health workers and their aborted transfer to Camp Crame last Friday. “The…
AFP’s Bungled Transfer of Morong 43: Incompetence or Insolence?
Media Release 10 April 2010 The botched transfer of the 38 illegally detained health workers to Camp Crame yesterday again highlighted the cavalier attitude of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Health Alliance for Democracy today strongly denounced the failure of the AFP to coordinate with officials of the Philippine National Police to ensure a…
Supporters of Morong 43 Score Failed Transfer of Detained Health Workers to Camp Crame
Media Release April 10, 2010 Free the 43 Health Workers Now! Alliance condemns both the AFP and the PNP for their failure to facilitate the transfer of the 38 out of the Morong 43 despite clear instructions of the court order issued by the Morong Regional Trial Court. According to Dr. Julie Caguiat, one of…
Rights Group Slams Military’s Continuing Custody of Morong 43
Press Release April 10, 2010 The human rights group Karapatan strongly denounces the scripted show that the military of the 2nd Infantry Division of the Philippine Army and the Philippine National Police have concocted and executed in the supposed “transfer” of the Morong 43 political detainees from Camp Capinpin to the PNP Custodial Center in…