Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2019 23:24:27 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Human rights and farmers’ groups and the Catholic Church on Sunday condemned the killings of 14 farmers in Canlaon City and two towns in Negros Oriental province, denying police claims that the victims were communist rebels who had violently resisted arrest.
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Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2019 09:44:24 +0000
Leonara Avelino relates how her husband, 53-year-old Ismael Avelino, was shot inside their home, along with his older brother, 59-year-old Edgardo, who lived in a neighboring house in Canlaon City in Negros Oriental.
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Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2019 09:15:07 +0000
Bishop Gerardo Alminaza of San Carlos City asked on Sunday the government to probe the killing of 14 farmers in Negros Oriental during police-military operations in search of loose firearms.
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Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2019 08:44:57 +0000
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is now investigating the case of the 14 farmers killed during police operations in Negros Oriental on Saturday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2019 16:18:18 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — The operations conducted by police and soldiers during which 14 persons were killed in Negros Oriental on Saturday were legal. “What we did was legal. We did not just enter their houses. We just performed our duty as police officers,” Col. Raul Tacaca, director of the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office, said […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2019 15:27:30 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Bayan Muna on Saturday threatened to file charges against the police officers and soldiers involved in what it called a “massacre” of 14 farmers, whom police said were killed in separate, legitimate operations in Negros Oriental. READ: 14 killed in PNP, Army operations vs loose firearms in Negros Oriental “We warn the police […]
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