“As if police brutality and the PNP’s (Philippine National Police) abuse of power are not enough, Duterte openly allows civic groups to carry arms. This is unacceptable and must be opposed. Tokhang killings have cost more than 30,000 lives,” KMP chairperson Danilo Ramos said.
The court said, “Finding merit on the counterveilling evidence submitted by the accused Rosanilla ‘Lai’ Consad, the investigating Provincial Prosecutor recommended the dismissal of the case against her for total lack of evidence.”
The anti-graft court ruled the three convicts were guilty of extorting P50 million in exchange for the release of 1,316 Chinese nationals caught illegally working in Pampanga.
“I appeal to President Rodrigo Duterte and Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra to allow the widowed Morita and her son Selman to attend the wake and the June 30 funeral of their beloved Jesus, who had been separated from them by prison for the last 16 years,” San Carlos Bishop Gerardo Alminaza said.
Digital platforms linked to the Rodrigo Duterte government launched attacks on the websites of alternative media outfits and a human rights organization, a Sweden-based digital forensics group revealed.
The ban on in-person visits was imposed to curb the spread of Covid-19. No one thought the set up would last so long, however.
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic forcing fathers to spend more time at home, the women still bear the brunt of unpaid care work with 13 hours compared to only eight hours for men.
“Gibastos gyud ang iyang lawas, gi-rape, gihilabtan, guba kaayo ang atubangan,” the relative said. (They defiled her body, she was raped, her genitals torn apart.)
Relatives of the victims belied the government’s claim the victims were NPA members and said those killed were simply on their way to Lianga town proper to buy rice after harvesting abaca hemp at their farm.
Angel was 12 years old and a Grade 6 student of the Lumad school Tribal Filipino Program of Surigao del Sur while Willy and Lenie were members of the Lumad organization Malahutayong Pakigbisog Alang sa Sumusunod (MAPASU).
