The island of Negros has long been militarized supposedly to obliterate the revolutionary group Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the New People’s Army.
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Selective hearing
By DEE AYROSO
Short order
By DEE AYROSO
A second look into Negros Oriental killings
In 2015, on the fifth year of the P-Noy administration’s counterinsurgency program (Oplan Bayanihan), the Armed Forces of the Philippines declared the province of Negros Oriental as a “conflict-manageable and ready for further development” area. The implication was that the state security forces had succeeded in weakening the presence/influence of the New People’s Army in…
Lawyer included in ‘hit list’ killed
“It exposes that ‘hit lists’ often translate to killings.”