Bayan Muna has provided the full text of its petition asking the Supreme Court to order the pullout of soldiers in Metro Manila’s communities. The petition is scheduled to be filed today at 1 p.m.
PANTUKAN, COMPOSTELA VALLEY–Compostela Valley is turning into a military garrison and the soldiers under the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) are showing their brand of fascism aiming to repress and manipulate local residents.
Niadtong Abril 27, 2007 sa buntag samtang si PAULINO ?Dodoy? TARAY, sakto ang pangidaron, minyo, usa ka mag-uuma ug lumulupyo sa Purok #4, Mabog, San Roque, Bislig City kuyog sa iyang pamilya nagpahulay sa ilang panimalay kalit nga gilibotan sa mga kasundaluhan sa 36th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army pinanguluhan ni Lt. De Leon ang ilang balay. Dayon gipangti-onan sila ug pugos nga pagawason si Paulino, kung dili kini mogawas ug mukuyog kanila istrapingon ang ilang panimalay. Dili lalim ang gibati nga kahadlok sa pamilya ni Dodoy Taray ilabina na sa iyang mga gagmay nga anak. Gidala siya sa sentro sa Sitio Mabog ug didto siya gi-imbestigar, tungod sa pag-abot sa igsoon niini nga babaye gibuhian si Dodoy Taray.
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The New People’s Army’s Conrado Heredia Command in Southern Mindanao announced over the weekend that it has in its custody an Army sergeant whom it called a “prisoner of war.” It said it is going to investigate the soldier for possible “war crimes” and human-rights violations.
MANILA -- Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr. (PDP-Laban) today rebuked the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for its instant denial that soldiers have nothing to do with…