MANILA -- Residents of various Metro Manila communities together with the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan and Karapatan faced off with the Armed Forces of the Philippines National Capital Region Command in…
MANILA — Anakpawis Representative and political detainee Crispin Beltran today expressed hope that he will be released on bail before May 1, International Labor Day, just in time for Anakpawis Party-List’s miting de avance at the Liwasang Bonifacio. He has been under detention since February 25, 2006 on charges of inciting to sedition and rebellion. He has consistently denied both charges and accused the government of illegal and unlawful arrest using a 22-year old warrant.
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MANILA — Senate Minority Leader Aquilino ?Nene? Q. Pimentel,
Jr. (PDP-Laban) today urged the Arroyo government to
work out with the Moro National Liberation Front
(MNLF) and Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC)
the holding of a tripartite meeting as soon as
possible to review the implementation of the 1996
peace agreement.
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In an effort to save face after Communist guerrillas raided the Davao Prison and Penal Farm, the military dropped more than a dozen bombs on villages in Panabo. When the smoke cleared, only a chicken and a tukmo were found dead. But the residents were furious at the army?s ?grossly wrong and irresponsible? action that put their lives in danger.
April 18, 2007
Alejandro Lanaja Command
Front 3 Operations Command
New People’s Army-Southern Mindanao
Palm Oil Destruction a Punishment for Monkayo Mayor Brillantes’ Despotism
The tree palm oil plantation in San Isidro, Monkayo destroyed by the New People’s Army last April 15, 2007 is a sabotage operation meant as a punitive action against Monkayo Mayor Manuel Brillantes. Brillantes is a despotic bureaucrat aggressively pushing for his palm oil plantation interests in the area amid fierce resistance and growing complaints from local residents and leaders. Brillantes kills, harasses and intimidates the residents employing his death squads supported by the fascists 28th Infantry Battalion of the AFP.