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PRESS RELEASE 08 February 2011 With the shocking death of former Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Gen. Angelo Reyes, the human rights group KARAPATAN commiserates and condoles with the family even as it expressed its regrets “that one uncovered trail of...
News Release February 8, 2011 Pagbabago! People’s Movement for Change today said that the apparent suicide of General Angelo Reyes should compel authorities probing alleged massive corruption within the military to step up their investigation and make those...
Dr. Alexis Montes was wiping away his tears throughout the program on Feb. 3 organized by church workers who were involved in the campaign for the release of the Morong 43. It was evidently an emotional moment for him, less than two months after he and 32 others were released after 10 months in detention.
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com Former military budget officer Lt. Col. George Rabusa’s revelations of big-bucks, institutionalized corruption within the Armed Forces of the Philippines during the Senate investigation...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com At some point during her interminable occupancy of Malacañang, Mrs. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said something to the effect that the police and military are charged with preserving "our way of...
News release 3 February 2011 Reform group Pagbabago! People’s Movement for Change today said that the congressional inquiries on the plea bargain deal between the Ombudsman and former military comptroller Carlos Garcia have given new momentum to go after the...
Press Statement 02 February 2011 KARAPATAN lauds Heidi Mendoza. She not only upheld government accountability as a public auditor. She dared face the powerful military institution to unravel a can of worms of plunder and corruption in the Armed Forces of the...
NEWS RELEASE February 2, 2011 In light of the House hearing yesterday on the plea bargain deal between former military comptroller Carlos Garcia and Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez, Raymond ‘Mong’ Palatino of Kabataan Party-list today hit the military anew by...
NEWS RELEASE 2 February 2010 "When Heidi Mendoza risked her life and career by attesting to the plunder of public funds of the military generals, two things were made clear, among others: that a bold conviction in the truth trumps over fear, and that the Armed...
NEWS RELEASE 2 February 2011 “The recent revelations of Lt. Col. George Rabusa and Heidi Mendoza on the millions of public funds pocketed by military generals further expose the rabid lust of these generals for money from the country’s coffers. They are not only...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“We applaud Ms. Heidi Mendoza’s courage and determination in daring to expose and condemn anomalous transactions within the military,” said Courage president Ferdinand Gaite.
NEWS RELEASE 1 February 2011 “It takes courage to get out of one’s comfort and choose to divulge an anomaly, especially if it involves a powerful and repressive institution as the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). GABRIELA believes that Haydee Mendoza’s...
PRESS RELEASE February 1, 2011 QUEZON CITY – The national center of government employees Confederation for Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (COURAGE) today expressed support for a former Commission on Audit employee and now witness to the...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
A group of human-rights lawyers has vowed to take what it called a "legal offensive" to curb impunity and advance the cause of human rights in the Philippines.
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There had been reports of human-rights violations committed by soldiers on residents of some villages in Jones, one of Isabela’s towns. The mission’s objective was to document these violations, distribute relief goods and provide medical services to the residents of Dicamay village.
By CHERYLL FIEL
To prevent rebels from gaining ground in Toril, the Philippine Army established a military detachment in a village and sent out more soldiers. The soldiers are called “Peace and Development Teams.” But residents find the soldiers’ conduct rather unbecoming of the new tag by which they are now called.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
and CHERYLL FIEL
In Jones town, Isabela, residents complain that the soldiers would present themselves as New People’s Army guerrillas and try to extract information from them. In Toril, Davao, the military organized "peace and development teams," whose functions apparently include wooing teenage girls in the community.
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.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Lawyer says Co’s family was not a party to the DOJ-NBI panel investigation and that they did not have access to all the evidence the panel had. Neither did they get the opportunity to controvert the claims of the military denying responsibility for the killing.
As a journalist who has been covering the Morong 43 from the day of their arrest, I know that the five, like the rest of the 43 health workers, are victims of torture and ill-treatment.
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