DAVAO CITY – Graffiti artists painted images of the late New People’s Army commander Leoncio Pitao, or “Ka Parago,” in the freedom wall along Matina street, Davao City. The artworks depicted Ka Parago as a father and revolutionary. Parago was on medical leave when he was killed by soldiers in Paquibato district., Davao City on…
BLOOD RUSH By SARAH RAYMUNDO I wrote “The Rebel’s Child” on March 15, 2009 a few days after a fellow public school teacher, Rebelyn Pitao aged 21years, was kidnapped, raped, and brutally killed by military elements. And all because she was her father’s daughter. On Rebelyn’s first death anniversary, I met her mother and handed…
Leoncio “Kumander Parago” Pitao was being treated for diabetes, hyperthyroidism and hepatitis when soldiers of the 6th Scout Ranger Company, 2nd Scout Ranger Battalion peppered him with bullets on June 28 at around 2:30 p.m. in barangay Panalum, Paquibato district, Davao City.
By MAI MALAYA
“This is not a war between the military and the NPA but the struggle of the masses for genuine change and democracy.” – Leoncio Pitao alias Commander Parago
Although it is too early to say whether the military is involved in Evelyn Pitao’s murder, Karapatan said they are looking closely into that possibility, given the history of violence the Pitao family had experienced in the hands of security forces.
The Arroyos are destined to exit from the Philippine political scene in disgrace, perhaps even worse than the dictator Marcos. BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise / Business World Posted by Bulatlat The Lozada perjury case may be the most celebrated example of the Arroyo regime’s abuse of state authority to attack the innocent in order to…
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat A lawyers’ group has demanded the automatic relief of the highest-ranking military and police officers in areas where extrajudicial killings take place. The National Union of People’s Lawyers made this call on the heels of the abduction, torture and killing of schoolteacher Rebelyn Pitao, 20, last week. Pitao, daughter of…