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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 24) - The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Sunday apologized to the University of the Philippines alumni who were included in a list of alleged New People s Army recruits.
“We sincerely apologize for those who were inadvertently affected by inconsistencies regarding the List of Students who joined NPA (Died or Captured) that was posted in the AFP Information Exchange Facebook account,” read the statement.
“The Office of the J7, AFP is already conducting an internal investigation as to how the list got published. Personnel who are responsible will be held to account,” the AFP added.
Deal abrogation critics clinging to martial law mentality –Dela Rosa By ERWIN COLCOL, GMA News
Published January 24, 2021 6:35pm Senator Ronald Dela Rosa on Sunday reiterated his support for the abrogation of the 1989 pact between the University of the Philippines and the Department of National Defense (DND), claiming that the presence of security forces on campuses would not violate UP s academic freedom. In a Dobol B sa News TV interview, Dela Rosa, who served as chief of the Philippine National Police, said that those who opposed the entry of police and military forces in UP campuses may still be clinging to a martial law mentality.
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Sunday said that the Armed Forces of the Philippines will apologize to a lawyer whom they included in a list of supposed members of an armed rebel group.
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana disclosed Sunday that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will apologize to the personalities it wrongly tagged as captured and slain communist rebels in a post uploaded by the military in its Facebook account and was shared by some of its units.
By JON VIKTOR D. CABUENAS, GMA News
Published January 24, 2021 8:39pm Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Sunday defended the Department of National Defense s unilateral abrogation of its agreement with the University of the Philippines (UP), claiming it was a patriotic duty. In a video message posted via social media, Lorenzana said he was prompted to abrogate the accord given the numerous testimonies and grueling experiences reported to him by former rebels, but he did not elaborate. He has also yet to present to the public such supposed testimonies. Abrogating the DND agreement with UP is a fulfillment of a patriotic duty. Even though it is an unpopular move, my intentions are pure. My goal is simple to minimize the threat to the youth, he said.