Growing up into a normal and religious family, arrested NDFP consultant Eric Jun Casilao wanted to be a priest in his younger years.
"The testimonies of the prosecution witnesses on the identities of the skeletal remains are full of inconsistencies, highly unbelievable, and clearly perjured," the decision read.
KMU condemned the police’s “criminal act” as direct and dangerous attacks against labor unionists and other human rights defenders.
"The evidence against Bocala such as the fragmentation grenade, .45 and .22 caliber firearms were not established through the testimonies of the prosecution witnesses who failed to bring them to court and identify the evidence.”
“We reject the claims of the police that the couple resisted arrest and were killed in a firefight. In their physical state, the couple would not have been able to manage the sheer number of weapons said to be found in the scene, much less put up a rigorous gun battle,” CPP Spokesperson Marco Valbuena said in a statement.
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Edre U. Olalia, legal consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) negotiating panel, said the "non-bailable murder charges are trumped-up and sprang out of nowhere."
“The Marcos dictatorship failed to crush the revolutionary movement. ...and no reactionary government can defeat it as long as the societal bases and factors for their existence remain.”
Three former student activists were awarded with the sablay, symbolizing UP’s recognition of them as honorary alumni.
“This policy and practice of filing trumped-up criminal charges against social workers, religious, human rights advocates, leaders of people's organizations and consultants to the peace process have to stop.”
“This ceasefire declaration is encouraged by the GRP’s facilitation of the release of nearly all NDFP consultants who are set to participate in peace negotiations in the course of the next several months.”
The military killed two of his brothers, who were never involved in the movement, to get him to surface.
“There is no reason for them (Tiamzons) not to be released.”
"This is just an initial step in the long struggle for genuine peace."
The Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 32 granted the urgent motion for release on bail of National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultants Wilma Tiamzon, Benito Tiamzon and Adelberto Silva.
In their petition, defense lawyers argued that the Hilongos case is simply a recycled case maliciously filed with the sole motive of persecuting their clients.
“This latest flagrant violation of the Jasig by the Aquino regime, in addition to so many other gross violations of the Jasig, most seriously prejudices the GPH-NDFP peace negotiations.” – Luis Jalandoni, NDFP panel chairman
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“The charges are baseless but with the slow judicial system, the military has made it a point that we languish in jail for long.”
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