Posts by tag: Extrajudicial Killings

DAVAO CITY—The name Danilo Santiago first appeared in the media on June 14 last year, a day after a man by that name was killed in Tagum, Davao del Norte. When the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) conducted a public inquiry on the killing of Kumander Parago�s daughter Rebelyn Pitao in April this year, the name Danilo Santiago again cropped up.

But who was Danilo Santiago? How was his death related to the death of Rebelyn Pitao?

Commissioner Leila De Lima had asked Helvin Bitang, a Military Intelligence Bureau (MIB) personnel, if he knew the man. Read on.

By CHERYLL FIEL Davao Today DAVAO CITY � A lumad leader was gunned down just a few meters from the…

(Statements from NUJP-Davao Chapter, Carlos Conde, NUJP) Military hitlist proves fascism of state security forces — NUJP-Davao We are aghast…

Church advocates decried the military’s blanket dismissal of the recommendations by the International Solidarity Mission (ISM) to stop the human…

Rep. Luz Ilagan of Gabriela Women’s Party condemned the killings of Kapis Butod and Ludenio Monzon in Davao region, saying…

The Arroyo regime is condemnable for letting the Department of Interior and Local Government and the Philippine National Police fabricate…

DAVAO CITY — The Pasaka Confederation of Lumad Organizations in Southern Mindanao denounces the recent killing of an Ata-Manobo civilian…

The National Democratic Front of the Philippines-Southern Mindanao scores the entry of General Jovito Palparan and his illegitimate Arroyo regime-backed…

Given the fact that reports on the abduction of her daughter reached first the police station of Talomo before it reached her, Evangeline Pitao, Rebelyn�s mother, asked if the police could have done any better? Could the police have blocked all the possible exit routes of the van and rescued Rebelyn that night?

�We cannot guard all the exits,� said police Supt. Querubin Manalang, Jr., the regional spokesperson of the Philippine National Police. �Imagine how many passageways and roads there are in Davao city compared to the number of police personnel we have. That is not the only job of the police,� he said. Read on

Ludenio Monson, a Mandaya farmer and leader of Nagkahiusang Mag-uuma sa Boston (United Farmers of Boston), was shot at around 4:30 in the afternoon on Wednesday, a volunteer from the Solidarity Action Group for Indigenous Peoples (Sagip) told Davao Today in a text message.Monson was with a companion at the time of the incident.

He told colleagues last month that he (Monson) was already a �marked� man in his area. He said he got information that his name was in the military�s Order of Battle list and that he could be �taken anytime.� He was among those strongly opposed to mining. Read on.