Tag: National Day of Remembrance

Duterte declares national day of remembrance for road crash victims, survivors, kin

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a measure declaring every third Sunday of November as national day of remembrance for road crash victims, survivors and their families. The President, who had lamented deaths caused by speeding motorists in public speeches,  signed Republic Act 11468  on Jan. 23. Under the law,  blood donation campaigns, solidarity marches and road safety advocacy programs are required for the commemoration. A national working committee headed by the Secretary of the […]

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On National Day of Remembrance, PNP pays tribute to SAF 44

(Eagle News)—The Philippine National Police on Friday, Jan. 25, paid tribute to the 44 Special Action Force members who were killed in the botched Mamasapano operation in 2015. PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde was guest of honor at the ceremony held in Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig, while National Capital Region Police Office chief Guillermo Eleazar led a wreath-laying ceremony at the SAF44 monument. Relatives of the SAF 44 witnessed the event on the National Day of […]

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Hontiveros wants National Day of Remembrance for Kian delos Santos, other alleged EJK victims

(Eagle News) — Senator Risa Hontiveros has filed a resolution seeking to declare Aug. 16 as the National Day of Remembrance in commemoration of what she said were the extra-judicial killings in the government’s war on drugs. “We have the duty to remember. Amid the deluge of fake news and the systemic attempt at data obfuscation and revisionism to cover up the thousands who have died under President (Rodrigo) Duterte’s brutal drug war, we must […]

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President Duterte declares January 25 as National Day of Remembrance for SAF 44

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte declared January 25 as the National Day of Remembrance for the 44 members of the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) who were killed in Mamasapano, Maguindanao two years ago. The date is the exact day when 44 members of the Philippine National Police – Special Action Force died in their operations to neutralize terrorists in Mamasapano Maguindanao in 2015. President Duterte made Proclamation 13164 which […]

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