“Is this how the 402nd Brigade ‘manages conflict’ in Surigao Sur?”
Army Special Forces soldiers shoot Lumad farmer, trigger forcible evacuation
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110 Families Flee as 23rd, 29th IB Combat Operations Intensify
PRESS RELEASE April 2, 2011 Brgy. SAN ISIDRO, MARIHATAG, Surigao del Sur — 110 families with about 600 men, women and children from hinterland communities have reportedly fled their homes in Brgy. San Isidro since March 31, 2011 as elements of the 29th IBPA (Infantry Battallion, Philippine Army) intensified their combat operations against the New…
Abra Elders to File Case with JMC on Pananuman Right Violations
For a month, the military conducted intensive military operations in their village. Fields were bombed; soldiers encamped in the heart of the village; the people were prohibited from leaving their homes; and their farm animals were stolen. Elders of Tubo, Abra have had enough. They announced that they would file cases of human rights violation…
In Compostela Valley, Lumads Flee Homes amid Military Operations
BY JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat Posted 5:01 p.m., May 15, 2008 More than a hundred Lumads from Mangayon, Compostela Valley have fled from their homes because of the military operations conducted by the Philippine Army’s 67th Infantry Battalion in their ancestral territory last May 13, fearing that this may give rise to human rights…
After the Bombings: Gathering the Pieces in Dilong Valley
Rice fields were left untended, farm animals went astray in the pasture and could not be found one month after farmers in Dilong Valley in Tubo, Abra could not leave their homes for the farms due to a military imposition following a post-Lent five-day bombing. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat HUMAN…
Peasant Martyr’s Daughter Wounded
The daughter of peasant martyr Eddie Gumanoy is recovering from a fractured left arm resulting from a gunshot wound at the V. Luna Hospital in Quezon City. Military officials claimed that Rose Ann Gumanoy is part of an NPA unit they had a firefight with last April 17. By Dabet Castañeda HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Vol.…
Three Weeks of Skirmishes between AFP, NPA Result in Casualties, Killing of Teenager
As government troops launched attacks against suspected rebel strongholds, armed clashes between government troops and NPA guerillas intensified during the last three weeks resulting in casualties on both sides, and the killing of a teenager by soldiers. BY ACE ALEGRE Contributed to Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 10, Arpil 13-19, 2008 La Trinidad, Benguet (246 kms,…