The Merardo Arce Command-Southern Mindanao Regional Operations Command of the New People's Army has released Philippine Army S/Sgt. Albert A. Baludoya, who has been held as its Prisoner of War…
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 — Senate Minority Leader Aquilino ?Nene? Q. Pimentel,
Jr. (PDP-Laban) today said President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo has failed to stop extra-judicial
killings of leftist activists in the country because
she is unable to control some officers running the
Armed Forces who are suspected to be responsible for
these heinous crimes that are linked to the
counter-insurgency campaign.
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Military terrorizing voters a week before polls
MANILA — The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan, New Patriotic Alliance) today slammed the Armed Forces of the Philippines for the harassment of Bayan Muna representative Teddy Casi?o and Anakpawis Leyte leader Bebot Borja just after their group finished their motorcade in the Ormoc City yesterday.
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MANILA — Anakpawis Representative and political detainee Crispin Beltran today decried anew the worsening government and military attacks against the progressive party-lists and demanded the immediate release of Anakpawis Eastern Visayas coordinator Vincent Borja. He also denounced moves of the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ 801st Infantry Brigade to file charges against Bayan Muna lawmaker Teddy Casino.