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AFP: No recommendation yet on martial rule in Negros @ 2019-08-03T16: Back Hot News
Keyword:martial law in Negros Negros Oriental
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「WE SHOULD RELY ON THE WISDOM OF OUR DULY CONSTITUTED AUTHORITIES THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE DONE TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF EVERY FILIPINO CITIZEN. AS SUCH WE WILL BE READY TO SUPPORT AND ABIDE TO THE PRESIDENT』S DECISION TO WHETHER DECLARE MARTIAL LAW IN THE PROVINCE,」 SAID ARMY』S 3RD INFANTRY DIVISION CHIEF MAJ. GEN. DINOH DOLINA IN A STATEMENT ON FRIDAY.
MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN JUST THREE WEEKS IN A STRING OF VIOLENCE ACROSS NEGROS ORIENTAL. FLAGS IN THE PROVINCE WERE RAISED AT HALF MAST TO HONOR THE VICTIMS. THE SITUATION IN THE PROVINCE IS ALREADY STOKING TALKS OF MARTIAL LAW.
BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, PHILIPPINES — THE SPATE OF KILLINGS IN NEGROS ORIENTAL PROVINCE HAS RAISED CONCERNS OVER THE POSSIBLE IMPOSITION OF MARTIAL LAW ON NEGROS ISLAND.
“YUNG SINASABI NILANG VIGILANTE GROUP DRAWING LANG 'YUN NG PNP (PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE) AT AFP (ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES). 'YUNG SINASABI NI GENERAL AREVALO NA NPA ANG GUMAGAWA NG PAGPATAY SA NEGROS ORIENTAL, HINDI ITO MGA TARGET NG NPA," SAID KA ANN JACINTO, DEPUTY SPOKESPERSON OF THE LEONARDO PANALIGAN COMMAND OF THE CPP-NPA.
ON THURSDAY, PANELO SAID THE PRESIDENT MAY PLACE NEGROS ORIENTAL PROVINCE UNDER MARTIAL LAW TO PUT AN END TO THE KILLINGS AND QUELL THE LAWLESS VIOLENCE IN THE ISLAND.
「I HAVE ORDERED YESTERDAY THE DEPLOYMENT OF MORE THAN 300 SPECIAL ACTION FORCE (SAF) TROOPS TO NEGROS ISLAND TO AUGMENT LOCAL POLICE UNITS IN ANTI-CRIMINALITY AND INTERNAL SECURITY OPERATIONS AGAINST CRIMINAL ELEMENTS AND DISSIDENT TERRORIST GROUPS OPERATING IN THE PROVINCES OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL AND NEGROS ORIENTAL,」 ALBAYALDE SAID MONDAY.
ANG POSIBILIDAD NG MARTIAL LAW AY KAUGNAY PA RIN DAW NG HINIHINGING "EMERGENCY POWERS" NI DUTERTE KAGABI SA IKA-69 ANIBERSARYO NG NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE COORDINATING AGENCY.
「THAT, INDEED IS AN OPTION OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE PRESIDENT TO USE SUCH POWERS. I GUESS THE PURPOSE ALSO IS TO RESTORE PEACE AND ORDER IN THE AREA OF NEGROS ORIENTAL…I JUST HOPE IT DOES NOT HAPPEN HERE IN OUR ISLAND,」 THE GOVERNOR SAID IN A PRESS BRIEFING ON THURSDAY.
WHILE KILLINGS OF CIVILIANS HAVE CONTINUED TO INCREASE SINCE JANUARY 2017, SHE HAS BEEN OVERWHELMED WITH THE SPATE OF KILLINGS ESPECIALLY LAST WEEK WHEN AT LEAST 13 PERSONS WERE GUNNED DOWN IN SEPARATE INCIDENTS IN CITIES AND TOWNS IN NEGROS ORIENTAL IN A SPAN OF JUST FIVE DAYS.
ON JULY 23, LAWYER ANTHONY TRINIDAD WAS FATALLY SHOT IN GUIHULNGAN CITY, NEGROS ORIENTAL. TRINIDAD WAS TAGGED AS A SUPPORTER OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE PHILIPPINES.
* POSSIBLE MARTIAL LAW IN NEGROS ORIENTAL. PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN SALVADOR PANELO SAID THURSDAY (AUGUST 1) THE PRESIDENT MAY SEND OUT TROOPS TO QUELL THE LAWLESSNESS IN NEGROS ORIENTAL OR DECLARE MARTIAL LAW.
IT MAY BE RECALLED THAT SINCE JULY 23, AT LEAST 13 PEOPLE WERE REPORTEDLY KILLED IN DIFFERENT TOWNS AND CITIES IN NEGROS ORIENTAL, INCLUDING HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER ANTHONY TRINIDAD WHO WAS KILLED BY STILL UNIDENTIFIED MOTORCYCLE-RIDING GUNMEN.
ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINESDECLARE MARTIAL LAWLOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITSPHILIPPINE POLITICSPOLITIKOPRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTEPROVINCE
WHILE AUTHORITIES HAVE YET TO DECLARE MARTIAL LAW OVER NEGROS THE SPATE OF KILLINGS BY SUSPECTED NEW PEOPLE’S ARMY REBELS, POLICE HAVE INTENSIFIED BORDER CONTROLS IN 10 AREAS IN NEGROS OCCIDENTAL PROVINCE.
ESTRELLA』S KILLING COMES IN THE WAKE OF A SERIES OF KILLINGS IN THE CENTRAL PHILIPPINE PROVINCE OF NEGROS ORIENTAL THAT HAVE CLAIMED THE LIVES OF AT LEAST 13 PEOPLE.
NEGROS CATHOLIC BISHOPS — LOUIE GALBINES OF KABANKALAN, PATRICIO BUZON OF BACOLOD, AND JULIO CORTES OF DUMAGUETE — JOINED BISHOP ALMINAZA ON JULY 26 IN ISSUING AN ORATIO IMPERATA, OR OBLIGATORY PRAYER, WITH THE SPECIAL INTENTION TO END KILLINGS AND REMIND FILIPINOS "OF THE VALUE OF LIFE."
NANG UNANG IDEKLARA ITO MAHIGIT DALAWANG TAON NA ANG NAKARARAAN, MAAARING MAY RASON ANG PANGULO BAGA­­MA’T MARAMI ANG TUMUTUTOL. MABANGIS ANG MGA TERORISTA AT MUKHANG HINDI KAYANG SUPILIN NG ORDINARYONG POLICE OPE­­RA­TIONS. NGUNIT DAPAT, PANSAMANTALANG REMEDYO LANG ANG MARTIAL LAW. NAKASAAD IYAN NG MALINAW SA KONSTITUS­YON. KAPAG HUMIGIT SA ISANG TAON, GINAWA NANG INSTITUS­YON IYAN TULAD NG NAGANAP NUNG PANAHON NI MARCOS. NA­GAWA­ PA NI MARCOS NA BAGUHIN ANG KONSTITUSYON UPANG GAWING LEGAL ANG TINATAWAG NIYANG “CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITARIANISM­.”
“YOU KNOW MINDANAO CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM. I AM NOT ADVOCATING FOR ANY CONTINUANCE OF THE MARTIAL LAW. BUT IF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, THE GOVERNORS, MAYORS AND EVEN CONGRESSMEN, WOULD FIND IT THAT IT WOULD BE TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE FILIPINO IN MINDANAO, I WOULD NOT HESITATE TO SAY YES,” HE SAID.
IN ADDITION, ORTIZ DECRIED THE INTENSIFICATION OF VIOLENCE IN RURAL COMMUNITIES WHICH HAS LEFT 214 DOCUMENTED KILLINGS OF FARMERS AND LAND REFORM ADVOCATES SINCE DUTERTE CAME TO POWER IN 2016 – A PHENOMENON THE PROTESTERS ARE CALLING A “DE FACTO MARTIAL LAW.”

 

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