The involvement of police officers in the burning of a polling precinct in Taysan, Batangas, which resulted in the death of two teachers, may just be the tip of the iceberg as far as the role of state security forces in electoral fraud and violence is concerned, says an opposition watchdog group.
MANILA — Police officials in Davao and General Santos City are now better equipped to investigate instances of terrorism, thanks to an equipment donation from the U.S. Department of State?s Anti-terrorism Assistance Program (ATA).
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By Mai Gevera
COMPOSTELA VALLEY, Philippines — As Election Day nears, political candidates are now seeking the role of the Philippine National Police as well as elements of the Philippine Army to intensify investigation of the suspected election-related killings in Compostela Valley Province.
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MANILA — The Coalition to Stop Child Detention Through Restorative Justice
debunks claims by President Arroyo that children no longer suffer
imprisonment with adult crime suspects in filthy police jails in
violation of international human rights law (PGMA wants youth
offenders to continue studies, engage in livelihood, Office of the
President, released May 7, 2007). The President should officially
acknowledge the existence of these ghost children prisoners who lurk
in the shadows of police dungeons especially in Metro Manila and major
urban centers, without official acknowledgment, transparency and
accountability.
The Front 52 Operations Command of the New People’s Army in Southern Mindanao calls on the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ 73rd Infantry Battalion to admit complicity in the massacre of the Gonzaga family in Barangay Dalagdag, Calinan District last April 9.