Blog Posts on militarization

MAYOR SARA DUTERTE VS. CITY COUNCILORS IN ROW OVER MILITARIZATION by durianburgdavao on Sep 21, 2011Dads refute Sara claim against military abuses Mayor Sara Duterte has spurned suggestions to transfer a military detachment near a school in Paquibato district, and has dismissed complaints of abuses raised against troopers. Government troopers are d...

1 killed in NPA ambush vs 69th IB in Paquibato by durianburgdavao on Sep 17, 2011Press Statement September 17, 2011 A commando team of the 1st Pulang Bagani Company-NPA ambushed a Special Operations Team of the 69th Infantry Battallion of the AFP at 9:15 am today Sept.17, at Purok 7, Paradise Embac, Paquibato district, Davao City...

In Toril, ‘new’ military tack vs. NPA terrorizes residents by Davao Today on Jan 28, 2011To prevent rebels from gaining ground in Toril, the Army established a military detachment in a village and sent out more soldiers. The soldiers are called “Peace and Development Teams.” But residents find the soldiers’ conduct rather unbecom...

Progressive Groups Urge Aquino to Scrap Oplan Bantay Laya and Its Operating Principles by Barangay RP on Jul 19, 2010By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com Human rights groups and UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Philip Alston have long established that the former Arroyo government’s counterinsurgency program Oplan Bantay Laya is o...

Peasant Leader Killed Inside Nueva Ecija Army Camp by Barangay RP on Jul 12, 2010By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA — A 78-year-old peasant leader was shot dead by two motorcycle-riding men inside his house in San Isidro, Laur town, Nueva Ecija, at around 4:45 p.m. Friday, July 9. Pascual Guevarra is a senior leader of the...

Sister of NPA Leader Parago Murdered by Barangay RP on May 26, 2009Although it is too early to say whether the military is involved in the murder of Evelyn Pitao and her live-in partner, Karapatan said they are looking closely into that possibility, given the history of violence the Pitao family had experienced in t...

Nuns Decry Inclusion of Church Workers in Military’s ‘Order of Battle’ by Barangay RP on May 26, 2009An association of 350 Catholic nuns from 40 congregations in Mindanao expressed outrage over the inclusion of Church people to the reported ‘order of battle’ of the 10th Infantry Division of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. In a document titl...

Editorial Cartoon: Southern Campaign by Barangay RP on Apr 17, 2009Abu Sayaff is now a Political Endorser.  A puppet political endorser.

NPA leader: Military behind daughter’s slay by Barangay RP on Mar 9, 2009Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 05:55:00 03/09/2009 DAVAO CITY—If the killers of elementary teacher Rebelyn Pitao wanted to shatter her father, Commander Parago of the communist New People’s Army’s Pulang Bagani Command, they apparently...

Editorial Cartoon: Cabinet by Barangay RP on Mar 6, 2009Yeah right!