Calbayog City police intel chief asked court for lawyers info on his own Eleazar By JOVILAND RITA, GMA News
Published March 15, 2021 2:28pm
Philippine National Police officer-in-charge Police Lieutenant General Guillermo Eleazar on Monday, March 15, 2021, said the Calbayog City Police intelligence unit chief acted on his own when he wrote to the court asking for the names of lawyers of some personalities linked to suspected communists. The Calbayog City Police intelligence unit chief acted on his own when he requested a court to identify the lawyers representing some personalities linked to the Communist Party of the Philippines, the Philippine National Police said.
Published March 13, 2021 9:24am The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) on Saturday said the letter of the Calbayog Police asking a trial court to furnish them with the names of lawyers representing “communist terrorist group personalities” is improper, deplorable, and alarming. We are acting on the March 12, 2021 letter to the Clerk of Court of the Regional Trial Court, Calbayog City that went viral, and we are assured by top PNP Officials that there is no directive to PLt Fernando G. Calabria, Jr., Chief Intel/SDEU of the Calbayog City Police Station or to any police unit to secure from the courts the names of lawyers representing suspected communist terrorist groups, the IBP said in a statement.
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Lieutenant General Cirilito Sobejana has described as "realistic" President Rodrigo Duterte's goal to end local armed conflict before his term ends in 2022.
AFP says reds behind 141 landmine incidents since 2010
Published March 4, 2021 6:38pm
Marines inspect one of several landmines recovered during clearing operations at a suspected New People s Army camp in the mountains of Sitio Lomoton, Brgy. Hinalaan Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat on May 13, 2017. Mark Navales The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Thursday said that Communist groups have been behind 141 incidents of use, stockpiling, transporting, and production of anti-personnel or land mines since 2010. According to AFP Human Rights Office (AFPHRO) chief Colonel Joel Alejandro Nacnac, the 141 incidents caused the deaths of 32 military personnel and five civilians as well as the wounding of 163 soldiers and 23 civilians.
AFP chief seeks cooperation with rights bodies over NPA abuses By JULIA MARI ORNEDO, GMA News
Published January 17, 2021 8:39pm Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief General Gilbert Gapay directed military units to enhance their coordination with human rights bodies to flag abuses committed by the communist New People s Army. Let us endeavor to raise all violations of human rights and international humanitarian law to legitimate organizations that are mandated to protect and promote the well-being of non-combatants, Gapay said in a conference attended by top military officers on Friday. The AFP earlier submitted to the United Nations (UN) and the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) a list of 532 incidents of attacks on civilians allegedly perpetrated the NPA since 2010.