Carnival blast victims stage rally vs Philippine rebels (tags)
DAVAO CITY -- Victims of the latest grenade attack in a remote village here, including their relatives and supporters, staged an indignation rally in front of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) church in this city Thursday morning, a military official said.
AI, EU Community Calls for Probe and End of Political Killings (tags)
Lawmakers of the European Union (EU) and the human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) have again urged the government to put an end to political killings. At the same time, Ambassador Alistair MacDonald of the European Commission condemned on Monday the abduction and murder early this month of Rebelyn Pitao, daughter of New People’s Army commander Leoncio Pitao.
DAAO CITY MAYOR LAMBAST AFP (tags)
Enough is enough. Even the City mayor is angry at the military abuses. Military abuses are driving more and more people to join communist rebels, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said here Friday. This is what AJLPP sources learned today.
AFP MIG AGENTS TAGGED IN TEACHER'S KILLING (tags)
The leader of the NPA in Mindanao has accused four agents of the Military Intelligence Group (MIG) of the armed forces’ Eastern Mindanao Command of perpetrating the torture and murder of his daughter. Leoncio Pitao, alias Commander Parago of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Southern Mindanao, said his daughter, Rebelyn, 20 and an elementary school teacher, was abducted, tortured and murdered by the four MIG agents. Pitao identified the four in an interview in his hideout somewhere in Paquibato District as Ben Tipait, Aldan Sulao, Helvin Bitang and Pedring Pedregosa.
PAGPATAY KAT REBELLYN PITA0-SINADYA LABAN SA USAPANG PAGKAPAYAPAAN (tags)
Kasabay ng buong lakas na pagkondena ng Alliance-Philippines (AJLPP) sa papet-pasistang rehimeng US-Arroyo at ang Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) at ang paniktik nito sa panggahasa at walang awang pagpatay kay Rebelyn Pitao, anak na babae ni NPA Leoncio Pitao- Kumander Parago ng NPA sa Mindanao, nagpapahayag ng pagkabahala ang AJLPP na may bagong balakid sa usapang pangkayapaan . Ayon sa AJLPP: “ Mukhang sinadya ang pagpatay kay Pitao upang sagkaan ang usapang pangkapayapaan na apat na taon nang nahihinto. Kasabay ito ng pagdami ng paglabag sa karapatang pantao ng rehmeng US-Arroyo.
NDF CONDEMNS PITAO MURDER IN MINDANAO (tags)
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines condemns in the strongest terms the abduction and brutal murder of 20-year-old Rebelyn Pitao, daughter of Lencio Pitao, Commander of the New People's Army. We hold Mrs. Gloria Arroyo and Executive Secretary, General Eduardo Ermita responsible for this dastardly violation of Rebelyn Pitao's right to life. It is likewise a blatant violation of the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL).