NPA rebel arrested on way to hospital
By Al Jacinto
The Manila Times – www.manilatimes.net
Wednesday, 29 September 2010
ZAMBOANGA CITY: Philippine communist rebels condemned government forces for arresting a sick member of the New People’s Army (NPA) who was rushed to hospital for emergency care in Mindanao. The rebel, Eliseo Tada, was on his way to hospital for emergency care when troops arrested him and later paraded to the public in Malita town in Davao del Sur province, said Dencio Madrigal, a spokesman for the NPA’s Valentin Palamine Regional Operations Command.
He said Tada was so sick that he needed emergency medical care to save his life, but troops who arrested the rebel interrogated him instead.
“Eliseo [Ka Bimbo] Tada is a very sick man who has been ill for some time and had to have immediate medical treatment in a hospital.
NPA medics who attended to him decided he should have a more specialized and extensive treatment, which at that particular time, could not be provided by the guerilla front.”
“For this reason, the comrades decided to brave the odds and bring him to the nearest medical facility in order to save his life.
Unfortunately, he was accosted by enemy patrols along the way, interrogated and brought to 39th Infantry Battalion headquarters in Davao del Sur. During the interrogation he must have been physically and psychologically forced to admit to certain activities of which he had no knowledge about,” Madrigal said.
He said the military accused Tada of participating in a string of attacks against government soldiers in Sarangani province. He said Tada was very sick and has been under the care of NPA medics and could not be involved in any attacks against military forces.
6 troops wounded in clash with leftist rebels in Misamis Occidental
Friday, October 01, 2010
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Xinhua) - Six government troops were wounded in a clash with leftist rebels in the southern Philippines today, the military said.
The soldiers were conducting security patrol in a village in Don Victoriano Chiongbian town, in Mindanao's Misamis Occidental province when they chanced upon several gunmen believed to be New People's Army rebels triggering one-hour clash, according to Major Arnold Gasalatan, spokesperson of the army's 1st Infantry Division.
Gasalatan said by phone the victims suffered shrapnel wounds and had to be flown by helicopter to a military hospital.
The 4,000-strong NPA, armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines is fighting a 41-year leftist insurgency in 60 of the country's 79 provinces.
NPA rebels harass troops in Davao City
By Al Jacinto
The Manila Times – www.manilatimes.net
Sunday, 03 October 2010
ZAMBOANGA CITY: Communist rebels harassed government troops engaged in humanitarian works in Davao City in the southern Philippines, officials said Saturday. Officials said the New People’s Army (NPA) rebels opened fire on soldiers while they were resting in the village of Fatima in Paquibato district. The attack on Thursday lasted more than 15 minutes, said Lt. Col. Medel Aguilar, a spokesman for the Army’s 10th Infantry Division.
“There were no military or civilian casualties,” he said.
He said the troops deployed in Paquibato district, a known lair of communist rebels, were working on peace and development out-reach program.
“These soldiers are involved mainly in the conduct of dialogues with the people and in the planning and implementation of humanitarian assistance programs that will benefit the people,” Aguilar said.
Maj. Gen. Jorge Segovia, commander of the 10th Infantry Division, said the harassment would not affect peace and development projects in the area.
“The harassments are aimed to divert our attention away from implementing community projects, but they will fail. If they continue with their harassments and other violent activities, our soldiers will be there to protect the people,” Segovia said.
PNP to put up human rights’ desk on all its stations
By Mario J. Mallari
The Daily Tribune – www.tribune.net
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
As part of its commitment to promote human rights, the Philippine National Police (PNP) leadership is planning to put up human rights’ desks in all of its stations nationwide.
PNP Chief Director General Raul Bacalzo yesterday said he wanted to establish measures to block all possible situations that may lead to human rights violations in the course of regular police operations.
As part of his advocacy, Bacalzo has identified protection of human rights as among his Eight Foundation Initiatives and Operational Initiatives upon his assumption to post as the 15th chief of the PNP.
“As an officer of the law, I believe that policing must be anchored on the basic tenets of human rights,” Bacalzo said.
The chief PNP said among the action programs under the human rights initiative is the continuous review of the Police Operational Procedures (POP) and putting-up Human Rights Help Desks (HRHDs) in all police stations.
Bacalzo’s move came following published reports showing that 90 percent of police operations are tainted with human rights violation.
It was recalled that several PNP officers were tagged in a torture case in Manila against a suspected robber last July. A video of the alleged torture activity was shown by television networks showing a naked man being tortured which drew an uproar from various human rights advocates.
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