MANILA, Philippines — The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan today assailed what it called the ?stonewalling tactics? of the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP) in the ongoing probe of the Commission on Human Rights into the abduction of activist Jonas Burgos.
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They're urging for independent autopsy of Grecil's remains, particularly since there were traces of powder burns on the child's head -- an indication that she may have been shot at close range, the groups said.
MANILA — The militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) condemned in the strongest terms the killing of two farmers and the wounding of 6 others in Hacienda Velez-Malaga, Barangay Robles, La Castellana, Negros Occidental. Killed were Alejandro Garcesa, 70 and Ely Tupas, 52, both holders of certificates of land ownership award. While wounded were Jude Capitania, 32; Jobert Nalayas, 25; Rene Floreinda, 27; Alan Hagcoy, 26; Norberto Diamante, 47, and Andre Barcoma. They were shot by blue guards of the landlord Roberto Cuenca.
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MANILA — Alejandro Garcesa, 70, and Ely Tupas, 52, were killed, and six of their companions were wounded, by security guards of former landowner Roberto Cuenca right on the very piece of land where they were installed by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) last March 22.
Garcesa and Tupas were killed even as elements of the Regional Mobile Group (RMG), stationed in the hacienda to keep peace and prevent violence, watched the slaughter without a bit of concern.
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MANILA — Detained lawmaker Anakpawis Crispin Beltran today said that his attorneys Romeo Capulong and Rachel Pastores of the Public Interest Law Center (PILC) will file a motion at the Supreme Court appealing to the High Court to make its decision on the dismissal of rebellion charges on the Batasan 6 final and executory.