By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“Sins against Filipino women are being committed on a daily basis.”
Statistics on various crimes against women alarming – CWR
Tags: Philippine National Police
Panabo Police Arrested, Mauled Civilians
Posted By Bulatlat.com PANABO City, Davao del Norte — Bien Sumuroy, spokesman of Amoran Saripada Command of the New People’s Army in Southern Mindanao, said the “the criminal Panabo City police” arrested and severely mauled Toto Ancahas and Gerald Robles last week, and presented them to the media as petty criminals-turned-members of the New People’s…
Educating Torture ‘Experts’ is Pointless
A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission The widely publicised video of a police torture has drawn mixed reactions and opinions from the public, including lawmakers, lawyers and human rights groups, who have all joined in the chorus condemning such a barbaric and cruel act. Most of them share the opinion that ‘lack of…
Church Worker Missing After Being Arrested By Police and Turned Over to Military
Dennis Rodinas, a lay worker of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines, was subjected to “custodial debriefing” at a military camp in Misamis Occidental and has not been heard from. His family is concerned that he may end up the latest victim of human-rights atrocities in the Philippines.
Lawyers’ Group Demands Automatic Relief of Top AFP, PNP Officials in Areas with Extrajudicial Killings
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…
NUJP denounces harassment of 2 provincial journalists
Does snapping at journalists reflect culture of impunity? BY ACE ALEGRE Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 15, May 18-24, 2008 BAGUIO CITY (246 kms from Manila) – Does snapping at journalists reflect the culture of impunity, which is the main reason for the unabated killing of not just journalists but also activists? A media organization says…
Lack of Justice Sickens the Poor
“The poor should have a way to use the justice system for their benefit. The high price of pursuing justice makes the poor choose to evade it.” – FLAG lawyer Jose Manuel Diokno By Jhong dela Cruz Bulatlat.com The relatives of 21-year-old Jonas “Chukoy” Nucum and his brother, Tonton, could only gnash their teeth in…
Free the Tagaytay Five! Free All Political Prisoners in the Philippines!
Bulatlat.com On April 28, 2006, the writer Axel Alejandro Pinpin and four companions were abducted in Sungay village, Tagaytay City, by the Philippine National Police and charged with rebellion. Pinpin’s companions, researchers Aristedes Sarmiento and Riel Custodio, together with local residents Enrico Ybañez and Michael Masayes, were on the way to attend Labor Day commemoration…
Kalinga Mission Questions Police Sincerity in Solving Political Killings
Constancio “Chandu” Claver, a doctor in Kalinga for the past 25 years, accused the government and the military of masterminding the attack that killed his wife, Alice, and traumatized his seven-year-old daughter Cassandra. “We believe that the killers of my wife are death squads brought here by the military and the Arroyo regime to try…
Hooded ‘Witness’ a Military Asset, Says Rights Group
BY DENNIS ESPADA Bulatlat.com When Jaime Fuentes, a witness of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in the rebellion charges against six representatives and six other officials of progressive party-lists, removed his disguise, he was immediately recognized by volunteers of Karapatan-ST (Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights-Southern Tagalog) as a military asset who harassed them…
To Rebel Is Justified
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com Many a young officer learns soon enough the yawning gap between the ideals that he learned in the military or police academy – courage, integrity, loyalty and the reality of military and police establishments that have succumbed to the rot of corruption, dishonesty, favoritism and organized criminal…