Media Release: Philippines April 10, 2007
Journalist jailed for four years after revealing politician?s affair
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has pleaded again for the decriminalisation of libel in the Philippines, after a journalist was sentenced to over four years? jail.
The Philippine National Police (PNP) in Region XI and the 10th Infantry (Agila) Division of the Philippine Army is getting into the bottom of the incident that deprived the Davao Penal Colony (DAPECOL) of 117 assorted handguns and high-powered firearms in a lightning raid conducted by a marauding band of armed robbers believed to be members of the New People’s Army (NPA) Sunday in Sto. Tomas, Davao del Norte, some fifty kilometers away from Davao City.
Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon and Jemaah Islamiyah bomber Omar Patek eluded government troops who raided their lair in Talipao town in Sulu before dawn Monday, military reports said. The…
The Philippine military admitted Monday that lapses could have taken place in the successful raid conducted by the New People?s Army (NPA) on the Davao Penal Colony where over a hundred firearms were seized.
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From the Office of Rep. Crispin Beltran
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Ina Alleco R. Silverio, chief of staff 931.6615, 09195065269
News Release Tuesday , April 10, 2007
Detained lawmaker demands court-martial for commander and members of AFP’s 101st IB behind killing of 9-year old in Compostela Valley