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The police arrested Noel Delos Reyes, the Barangay captain of Talibayog in Calatagan, Eduardo Penafloreda, Barangay councilor, and community leaders Senando Marco and Joseph Marasigan.
Obello Bay-ao's father Benjo called on President Rodrigo Duterte to punish those involved with the extrajudicial killings, disband paramilitary groups, lift the martial law in Mindanao and resume peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines.
'The whole country is becoming a killing field, in the cities and the countryside, we seriously demand a stop to killings and upholding of democratic rights of the people.'
'Masbate has no national minorities but its people share with them the same problems of landlessness, militarization, and harsh impact of mining operations.'
The Lumad Lakbayanis from Southern Mindanao were held by Coast Guard authorities in Butuan City Port on August 21 as they were about to board the ship to Cebu.
“The libel suit against ABS-CBN’s Ted Failon and members of his staff again underscores how onion-skinned government officials wield the antediluvian criminal libel law as a bludgeon in their vain hope to cow critical journalism into silence.” -- NUJP
“The armed men inside the white vehicle which the government troops said was that of the PSG identified themselves as from the Army.”
The area where the suspected rebels reportedly put up a checkpoint is barely populated.
Soldiers’ presence and bomber planes flying at midnight over the communities of Lianga town drove some 2,000 villagers packing before dawn today.
“We cannot be blocked by legalities that would further put workers away from their rightful demands.”
All-out war attacks are taking its toll on the civilians and not on their targets.
“Duterte is proving to the NDFP and the people how difficult it is to conduct serious negotiations with a doublespeaking thug who only recognizes his own rules.”
“As before, we shall weather Lorenzana’s declaration (of all-out war) and gain strength.”
In a statement, the CPP's Central Committee and the NPA's National Operations Command cited two reasons for the termination of the unilateral ceasefire -- the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP)'s non-compliance with its obligation to release all political prisoners and the continuous military operations by government troops in rural communities.
"There is no reason now for the GRP JMC to renege on its role to investigate the at least 4,000 complaints filed against GRP State security forces since 2004." - Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary general and independent observer to the JMC on CARHRIHL.
“They are vermin, narrow-minded, misbegotten souls who mistakenly believe that they can silence critical speech and thought in their desire to force people into accepting only one worldview – theirs.” -- NUJP
After six years of being fenced off from their land, the agrarian reform beneficiaries of Tagum City could wait no more.
"Political prisoners are not bargaining chips.”
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