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Philippines: Esperon Should Order AFP Command in Panay to Surface Abducted Activists

Anakpawis Party-List
From the Office of Rep. Crispin Beltran
He can be contacted via his cellphone number 09278711080,
or through his phone line in the Philippine Heart Center, 925-2401 loc 2432
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Ina Alleco R. Silverio, chief of staff 931.6615, 09195065269

News Release Friday, April 13, 2007

AFP chief of staff Esperon should order AFP command in Panay to surface and release abducted activists

Anakpawis Representative and political detainee Crispin Beltran today demanded that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) local command in Panay island immediately surface and release alive and unharmed the leaders of Anakpawis Party-list they abducted yesterday. He challenged AFP chief of staff Hermogenes Esperon to surrender the officials and commanders of the AFP command in Panay and have them take account for the shooting and abduction of the activists.

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Davao’s Falling Bridge


Falling Bridge. The Gov. Generoso Bridge near the Bankerohan Market has been showing signs of collapsing, with residents under it complaining that one of the bridge’s posts gave way Thursday monring. The debris shown in the picture is a result of the damage. The bridge is one of the oldest in the city. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)

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Philippines: Ornusa Cadness, Borgy Manotoc Turn Into Tigers in New PETA Anti-Captivity Ad

For Immediate Release:
April 13, 2007
Contact:
Jason Baker 0919 531 8314; JasonB@peta.org
Rochelle Regodon 0920 497 4679; RochelleR@peta.org

ORNUSA CADNESS AND BORGY MANOTOC TURN INTO ?TIGERS? IN NEW PETA ANTI-CAPTIVITY AD
Sexy Models Want Fans to Know That Wild Animals Don?t Belong in Zoos

Manila ? Posing in a jungle setting with their naked bodies covered only with painted-on tiger stripes next to the tagline ?Even the Wildest Animals Don?t Belong in Zoos,? top Filipino models Ornusa Cadness and Borgy Manotoc appear together in the first of a series of three ads for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Asia-Pacific. Local postcard advertising company YOCard has printed 10,000 postcards of the ad and is now offering them at various restaurants, bars, bookstores, and cultural areas around the metro free of charge. The couple also stars individually in print ads with the tagline ?Keep Wild Animals Free?Boycott the Zoo.? The ads were shot by ace photographer and PETA volunteer Xander Angeles. Indie film luminary Dante Mendoza donated his services to create the amazing set, and Leo Posadas was behind the makeup for the shoot.

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Mother Loses 4th — and Last — Son to Davao Death Squad


Fernando’s Dead. Fernando Alia, the last remaining son of Bankerohan vegetable vendor Clarita Alia, was stabbed dead this morning, the fourth of the Alia children to have died in the hands of the so-called Davao Death Squath. (davaotoday.com file photo)

Clarita Alia, a vegetable vendor in Bankerohan, Davao City, frantically called members of the Davao media this morning to report that her son, Fernando, 15, was stabbed dead at around 3 in the morning today, Friday. Before this, she already lost three other sons to the so-called Davao Death Squad. Fernando was her last remaining son.

Check out these previous Davao Today stories on Clarita Alia and her family:
Last Son Alive | A Mother?s Plea, a City?s Madness | Rody’s War | Teenagers Perish in Davao’s Killing Fields

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Philippines: Bayan slams Panay ambush and abduction, say no end in sight for activist killings

News Release
April 13, 2007

Bayan slams Panay ambush and abduction, say no end in sight for activist killings

The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan today condemned in the strongest terms the ambush and abduction of three activists in Panay island in the Visayas.

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