Senator Antonio Trillanes revealed details of the Senate executive session regarding the Mamasapano incident, despite the Senate vote to the contrary.
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MILF will not surrender personnel involved in Mamasapano incident
According to the investigation of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), several of its members committed war crimes during the Mamasapano incident but added that they will not surrender said personnel, preferring to penalize them according to the group’s own rules.
SAF commandos were not massacred – Camlian
Hadji Abdullah Camlian, a member of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace panel, believes that the Mamasapano incident was not a massacre. “In my view, the term ‘massacre’ is if you kill people, murder people (who are unarmed) and have no way to fight back, you kill them in group, or whatsoever, that is massacre,” Camlian said. He also cited the definition of massacre by the Cambridge Dictionary as “the killing of a large number […]
De Lima: “It is unfair to judge the President”
Justice Secretary Leila De Lima defended President Benigno Aquino III against mounting criticisms of the public over the Mamasapano incident. De Lima said that it was “unfair” to judge the President’s actions regarding the Mamasapano encounter when the investigation did not even get “his side of the story.” The Philippine National Police-Board of inquiry (PNP-BOI) and the Senate Joint Committee findings concluded that President Aquino allowed former PNP chief Alan Purisima to be involved in […]
Sen. Poe makes difficult decision in naming Pres Aquino responsible for Mamasapano incident
According to Senator Grace Poe, naming President Aquino responsible for the Mamasapano incident is one of the hardest decisions she made after entering government service, but she reiterated that she only reported the findings of the Senate hearing.
Majority of Filipinos believes that PNoy did not sufficiently explained the Mamasapano incident
In the latest survey released by Pulse Asia, 79% of Filipinos did not believe that the President had sufficiently explained the incident at Mamasapano.
Mamasapano incident, not an impeachable offense
According to House Speaker Sonny Belmonte, the President only committed a fault in judgment and not an impeachable offense regarding the Mamasapano incident.
Sec Roxas holds BOI report
Interior Secretary Mar Roxas formally holds the copy of the report of the Board of Inquiry (BOI) regarding Mamasapano incident.
Solon asks PNoy to disclose information regarding Mamasapano incident
Valenzuela representative Sherwin Gatchalian asked President Aquino to disclose all the that he knows about the Mamasapano incident and to take responsibility over the said incident.
Napeñas’ camp asks President Aquino to take responsibility
In response to the remarks made by the President, the camp of Getulio Napeñas made a statement that President Aquino should also take responsibility regarding the Mamasapano incident.
House of Representatives will continue hearing on Mamasapano incident
[one_fourth_last]After being suspended for several weeks, the leadership of the House of Representatives said that they will continue with their hearing regarding the Mamasapano incident.
President Aquino guarantees penalty for Napeñas
President Aquino guaranteed that there are penalties for for former Special Armed Force (SAF) commander Getulio Napeñas as well as other Philippine National Police (PNP) officers who were responsible for the Mamasapano incident.
