“Leonard Co believed that if only we can see the wealth of the Philippines, the plants, we would love our country even more.”
‘The forest lives on’ : Slain botanist’s legacy blooms amid 4 years of injustice
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Igorot Leader Arrested in N. Ecija, Groups Decry Political Harassment
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Various groups called for the immediate release of a leader of indigenous peoples who was recently arrested in Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija. Ernesto Bubod, 54, a Kalanguya-Igorot and vice chieftain of Sitio Maluyon, Brgy. Villarica, Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija, was taken by five armed men in plainclothes who posed as…
Soldiers Offer Inconsistent Testimonies During CHR Hearing on Botanist’s Killing
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
During the first public hearings into the deaths of Leonard Co and company conducted by the Commission on Human Rights, soldiers admitted that fired their weapons at the direction of the three victims but at the same time denied having killed them.