BLOOD RUSH By SARAH RAYMUNDO I wrote “The Rebel’s Child” on March 15, 2009 a few days after a fellow public school teacher, Rebelyn Pitao aged 21years, was kidnapped, raped, and brutally killed by military elements. And all because she was her father’s daughter. On Rebelyn’s first death anniversary, I met her mother and handed…
Press Release March 5, 2010 Davao City — Eight Thousand farmers, lumad, urban poor, teachers, women and youth flocked from Freedom Park to Rizal Park today (March 5) to demand justice for the murder of Rebelyn Pitao and all victims of political killings. Rebelyn, daughter of known NPA commander, Leoncio ‘Ka Parago’ Pitao, was abducted,…
Ka Parago’s wife Evangeline Pitao, together with members of the organization of rights victims’ families, was dismayed after knowing that one of the primary suspects in the abduction, rape and killing of Rebelyn Pitao was immediately released by the Davao City Police office after being apprehended for violation of the gun ban.
Families of slain political activists in Southern Mindanao join progressive groups in a picket in front of the 10th Infantry Division Headquarters in Camp Panacan, Davao City. (Photos by Barry Ohaylan / davaotoday.com)
As the Philippine National Police (PNP) exonerated the military from the murder of Rebelyn Pitao, the New People’s Army (NPA) carried out what it calls ‘revolutionary’ punishment against four alleged perpetrators. BY RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat The Philippine National Police’s (PNP) Task Force Rebelyn recently exonerated the military from the abduction and killing of Rebelyn…
The Arroyos are destined to exit from the Philippine political scene in disgrace, perhaps even worse than the dictator Marcos. BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise / Business World Posted by Bulatlat The Lozada perjury case may be the most celebrated example of the Arroyo regime’s abuse of state authority to attack the innocent in order to…
Impunity and desperation in a murderous, corrupt, and undemocratic regime is a dangerous combination. It brings back memories of Martial Law. BY BENJIE OLIVEROS ANALYSIS Bulatlat Karapatan has raised the alarm over the surge in extrajudicial killings during the first quarter of 2009. A total of 16 extrajudicial killings have been recorded so far, the…
BY THE PHILIPPINE ECUMENICAL PEACE PLATFORM DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat The Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform condemns in the strongest terms the brutal murder of Rebelyn Pitao, 20-yr old daughter of Leoncio Pitao, aka “Ka Parago”, a known ranking leader of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Mindanao. Rebelyn was just 20 years old and…
PAHAYAG NG CONGRESS OF TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS FOR NATIONALISM AND DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC SPACE Inilathala ng Bulatlat Isa na namang sibilyan ang pinatay ng rehimeng US-Arroyo. Marso 4, Lunsod ng Davao, takipsilim, isang puting van ang humarang sa traysikel na sinasakyan ni Rebelyn Pitao – 20 taong gulang, guro sa isang lokal na paaralan, anak ni…
POSTED BY BULATLAT COMBUSTION By Katrina Macapagal “It is not the policy of the military to involve the family or children of the rebels in our fight. We are open for investigation and we will cooperate with any investigation regarding this.” — Maj. Gen. Raymundo Ferrer, Eastern Mindanao Command chief, in response to the abduction…