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(Eagle News)–Senator Risa Hontiveros has filed a bill that seeks a probe into the recent spate of killings in Negros Oriental. In urging the committees on public order and dangerous drugs, and justice to investigate in Senate Resolution No. 47, Hontiveros noted that the killings were “an easy and chilling example of the violence against civilians that has flourished under the culture of impunity and lawlessness in the country.” “It is this that has made […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Aug. 1, vowed to do “something drastic” to address the recent spate of killings in Negros Oriental. In a speech for the 28th anniversary of the Bureau of Fire Protection, Duterte said he had yet to talk to Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu and National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. though. The three are former military men who have had experience in fighting the insurgency. “It […]
(Eagle News)–Leftist lawmakers on Sunday, March 31, slammed the killing of 14 people in Negros Oriental in separate police operations on Saturday, March 30. “The state-sanctioned terror act should be condemned by all sectors as [President Rodrigo] Duterte and his warmonger minions are hell bent to impose martial rule in a nationwide scale,” Anakpawis partlyist Rep. Ariel Casilao said, saying the President’s Memorandum Circular 32 which sought to increase troops in provinces where there is […]
Kabataan slams killings; says many killed were farmers (Eagle News)–Fourteen people were killed in separate police operations in Negros Oriental on Saturday, March 30. A report from the Philippine National Police said eight were killed in Canlaon, four in Manjuyod and two in Sta. Catalina. The report identified the fatalities as Gene Palmares, Eric Acabal, Ano Enojo Rapada, Gonzalo Rosales, Steve Arapoc, Manolo Martin, Sunny Palagtiw, Franklin Lariosa, Melchor Panared, Mario Pañares, Edgardo Avelino and […]
