New Bataan Folk Stand Up for Grecil
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One for Grecil. Some 300 residents of New Bataan, Compostela Valley province, held an unprecedented demonstration in their town on Wednesday to denounce the killing Grecil Buya and the militarization of their province that have, according to them, caused them misery. That same day, the parents of Grecil — Gregorio Galacio and Virginia Buya — filed murder charges at the Provincial Prosecution Office in Nabunturan against Lt. Francis John Gabawa and the rest of the members of his platoon that killed Grecil during a March 31 encounter with the New People’s Army. The military has said that the Grade Two pupil was a communist guerrilla. Meanwhile, Grecil’s parents and several child-advocate groups said they would likewise file a complaint against the military before a body that monitors the implementation of a land mark human-rights agreement signed by the government and National Democratic Front. (Contributed photo)
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Peace be to you & All The People Of GOD in Davao. The military forget that people in the philippines living in a REPUBLIC & there’s no communist even our “ninuno”. Most of AFP & PNP bulag na sa katotohanan. Yan ang side-effect ng Gov.Curruption. Karamihan sa AFP & PNP ay “TUTANG WALANG MATA ng Gov.Curupt. ONLY THE HOLY WILL OF ALMIGTY GOD IN HEAVEN BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. IN GOD WE TRUST. Bless all the people in Davao, specialy the chidren.JHS love you & always in you forever together.