“When their vehicle was returned an hour later, the arresting team had already planted a .45-caliber pistol, a rifle, a hand grenade, an improvised explosive and ammunition inside it,” a human rights report said of the five’s arrest.
Ortega’s exposes on the irregularities supposedly led to his assassination in January 2011, alleged to have been masterminded by Reyes.
KMP said that with farmgate palay prices dropping to as low as Php8 per kilo, piecemeal adjustments such as the DA proposals are not real solutions.
After Marcos boasted at his fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) last week that no active NPA guerilla front remains in the country, CPP chief information officer Marco Valbuena said AFP battalions are in fact conducting simultaneous counterinsurgency operations in several provinces.
Now, a long-dormant and suspicious case has suddenly been revived, accusing her of a double murder committed six years ago. The initial evidence we have reviewed paints a scenario just as far-fetched as the case she is currently facing.
Sa kabila ng lumalalang karahasan at panunupil sa mga katutubong mamamayan sa rehiyon ng Cordillera, nanatiling tahimik si Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. sa usapin ng indigenous peoples (IP) rights sa kanyang ika-apat na State of the Nation Address (SONA) nitong nakaraang Lunes.
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) urged the government to respect the rights of jailed journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and co-accused Marielle Domequil following complaints filed against the Tacloban City Jail – Female Dormitory warden.
“It would be absurd and hypocritical for them to acknowledge President Bongbong Marcos’ SONA (State of the Nation Address) statement against corruption while conspiring to dismiss the impeachment trial of Duterte,” the national democratic alliance said.
“Like all previous regimes who declared they will crush the NPA, Marcos and his armed forces are bound to fail. History will prove Marcos utterly wrong,” Valbuena said.
Inilunsad ang Defend Mindoro Network, isang alyansa na naglalayong ipagtanggol ang karapatan, kabuhayan, at kalikasan ng mga mamamayan ng Mindoro sa gitna ng patuloy na paglabag sa karapatang pantao sa isla noong Sabado, Hulyo 26.
