“May we remind the CIDG Region 2 to refrain from ‘interviewing or attempting to interview’ our client,” Atty. Luz Perez said in a statement. “The case is now pending before the court. Hands off Amanda!” Perez added, revealing the police intelligence agents’ attempts to interrogate the political detainee.
Women already carry the outsized share of the responsibility of taking care and raising children. For mothers whose children are in jail, the pandemic has only compounded problems as they navigate the criminal justice system.
The military and police raided the house of Anakpawis regional coordinator and Danggayan ti Mannalon ti Cagayan Valley (Danggayan) chairperson Isabelo Adviento midnight of Wednesday, December 2, but failed to find the peasant leader.
“This award is dedicated to Ryan Hubilla, Sara Alvarez and all the human rights defenders killed under this government,” Karapatan’s Dindo Roxas said. NUJP’s Castaneda-Panelo for her part said her group’s ABS-CBN’s campaign is for the people’S right to information.
“It is a great honor for me to have a child who became a warrior and martyr…I am undoubtedly proud of Jevilyn because she fought against an unjust system, for us Lumad,” Cullamat said.
In a curious turn of events, the police arrested peace negotiator Alfredo Mapano who newspaper reports describe as an “ex- NDFP consultant” and who currently works as a government employee.
“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.
The NDFP said the decision violated the 1956 Hernandez Political Doctrine mandating that all alleged acts in pursuit of one’s political beliefs are absorbed, subsumed or integrated in one political crime of rebellion and cannot be mutated into several common crimes as what they were convicted of.
“We ourselves were recipients of other people’s kindness and it was like taking it forward when I was at the right place at the right time to help a kabayan,” nurse Keizel Cruz said.
Hacienda Sta. Isabel Norte chairperson Leonora Uy allegedly ordered a stop to the humanitarian activity for hundreds of farmers in her barangay after allowing photos to be taken of only a few residents receiving food items.
