The lawyers’ group added the CA’s characterization of Castro and Tamano’s fear inside the military camp as merely “rooted in preconceived distrust and suspicion of the military,” rather than a response to an actual deprivation of liberty, is “disturbingly out of touch with reality.”
Another alleged accomplice in the killing of broadcaster Percival Mabasa has died, bringing to three the number of vital witnesses lost even before the supposed mastermind has been arrested.
“With each passing day that justice is not served for him and for the thousands killed under the former Duterte administration, impunity only festers — especially as the current Marcos Jr. administration continues to turn a blind eye to our calls for justice and accountability,” KMP chairperson Danilo Ramos said.
“Facts don’t lie, people do. The death of eight political prisoners in just two years under Bongbong Marcos starkly reveals a grim escalation of neglect and indifference that no smiling countenance can conceal,” political prisoner support group Kapatid said.
“Armed men in (PNP-CIDG) uniforms came out of these vehicles and dragged out Buscayno, Patuñ-og, Ely, Millo and the van’s driver, forced them to kneel and beat them up,” Karapatan said. “They were then forced to lie face down on the ground for around five hours,” the group added.
“The 2025 elections will be an important platform to push the agenda of workers and the people forward. We will present the national democratic agenda real solutions to the crises besetting our people,” KMU secretary general and senate hopeful Jerome Adonis said.
The Kalikasan-People’s Network for the Environment and AKAP KA-Manila Bay said SMC has again created another environmental disaster Manila Bay and its communities in the sinking of Motor Tanker (MT) Terra Nova carrying 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel.
“This morning, I filed a case against Pulong Duterte and other members of the Davao group smuggling syndicate. This is the result of the Senate investigations conducted in 2017, in which we have identified Pulong, Charlie Tan, and Mans Carpio, as the masterminds behind the Php6.4 billion shabu shipment that was allowed to slip through Customs in collaboration with its Commissioner Nic Faeldon and former Presidential Adviser Allen Capuyan who was known as the ‘Big Brother,’” Trillanes said.
BAYAN said the US$500 million military aid is self-serving since it will be used to build more US military facilities within the country. The funds will also be used to procure surplus weapons from the US itself, it added.
The NPA said three government troopers belonging to the 203rd Brigade of the Philippine Army (PA) were killed while a NPA guerilla was wounded.
