Killing Spree

This story was taken from Bulatlat, the Philippines's alternative weekly newsmagazine (www.bulatlat.com).
Vol. VI,No. 25, July 30-August 5, 2006

3 activists killed in 24 Hours
1 missing since July 28

BY BULATLAT
Posted 2:10 p.m., July 31, 2006

Three activists were killed in the last 24 hours in the regions of Northern and Central Luzon and Sorsogon province, the three priority areas of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's all-out-war policy.

Dr. Chandu Claver,49,Bayan Muna-Kalinga Chapter chair, and his wife, Alice, 42, were ambushed at around 7 a.m. today, July 31, in front of St. Toni's College by two unidentified gunmen on board a black van.The couple was dropping off their daughter Samantha to school.At 1 p.m. Alice was pronounced dead at the Kalinga Provincial Hospital while Claver is in critical condition. Samantha was unhurt.

Earlier at around 6 a.m., Rie Mon Guran, 21, spokesperson of League of Filipino Students in Aquinas University in Legazpi City was shot to death in Bulan, Sorsogon by an unidentified gunman. Guran was shot four times and sustained multiple gunshot wounds.

At 4 a.m. yesterday, July 30, Mario Florendo, 56 was killed inside his home in Barangay (village) Parista in the town of Lupao, province of Nueva Ecija, according to Karapatan-Nueva Ecija (Alliance for the Advancement of People's Rights) secretary general Beatriz Perido.

The murder of the three brings to 121 the total of civilians killed since January 2006 alone.

Also in Lupao, Dionisio Malapit, a peasant leader of Balbalungao village was abducted on July 28. Perido said the abductors also beat up Malapit's son then burned his house before leaving.Perido said they were also confirming reports of two other peasants killed in the villages of Salvacion and Bagong Flores, also in Lupao.

In its counter-insurgency program Oplan Bantay Laya, the president named the regions of Ilocos-Cordillera, Central Luzon and the province of Sorsogon as three of its priority areas. Bulatlat

P1,000/unit

sa kanyang weekly update, sinabi ng aming chancellor kanina na may mga panukala na ang board of regents na itaas ang tuition ng P1,000 per unit sa manila at diliman at mas mababa sa ibang up units. noong '89 pa raw naman huling itinaas at ang halaga na ng kasalukuyang P300 per unit ngayon ay katumbas na lamang ng lampas P98.

sabi nga ni sir arao, mas mababa na nga ang halaga ng piso ngayon. dahil doon ay hindi sapat ang minimum wage sa daily cost of living ng isang pamilyang may anim na myembro.

e di dapat mas itaas pa ang sahod at hindi yung limos lang ang binibigay ng gobyerno para me maipangtustos ang mga magulang sa pag-aaral ng mga anak nila. e di dagdagan ang badyet sa edukasyon. karugtong ito nung talakayan kanina sa breakfast sa studio 23. sabi nung spokesperson ng dep ed, wag raw hanapin ang wala, wag raw maghanap ng pondo kung wala naman.

responsibilidad pa rin ng estado na tustusan ang edukasyon imbes na ibuhos halos lahat sa bayad utang o kaya ay maagaw ng fertilizer fund scam at pagdivert ng owwa fund sa philhealth cards na pinamudmod ni gloria bago mag-eleksyon, sabi nga ni de quiros.

eto ang regalo sa ating mga estudyante sa nalalapit na centennial ng up.

Subic rape case blog

Got this from the Subic Rape Case Information Bureau:

Hi! We are a group of student volunteers tasked to help raise people's awareness and understanding of the Subic rape case and help dispel myths about rape in general and Nicole's case in particular.

Please visit the blog we put up for Nicole at http://subicrapecase.wordpress.com.

We don't have summaries of each day of the trial yet but the ones we already have are more complete and more sensitive than what you can read in the news. Our editor attests to that.

If you have articles and statements you wish to contribute, or questions and suggestions for the bureau and for the blog, you may send your email to this address: nicoleinfobureau@yahoo.com.sg

para kay J

ang 27 na bagay na nagpapaalala sa akin kay J:

1. ang kanyang matte lipstick noong college
2. ang kanta nina Kavana at Seal (Kiss from A Rose) habang naglalakad papasok
3. ang kanyang napigtal na sandalyas sa paglalakad sa Sunken Garden
4. ang aming CR break
5. ang kanyang Supersize na order
6. ang kanyang blue compact mirror na ginagamit ko noon sa socio class (nasa iyo pa ba?)
7. ang kanyang sobrang kaputian
8. ang kanyang rolling of eyeballs
9. ang kanyang bungisngis at halakhak
10. ang pagse-share nya ng kahit ano'ng impormasyon (ala-PEX)
11. ang kanyang pagiging easy to please at pagiging kaladkarin (kahit saan dalhin)
12. ang page-edit nya sa grammar ko
13. ang kanyang katalinuhan
14. ang kwento ng kanyang first love
15. ang pigpen at ang mga kakatayin
16. ang pagbu-boost ng confidence
17. ang pagbibigay sa lahat ng mga pabor
18. ang sobrang pang-unawa
19. ang galing nya sa pagbabasa ng aking iniisip at nararamdaman
20. ang genuine concern nya (Mother Hen!)
21. ang pagturing nya sa akin bilang pamilya
22. ang pagkagiliw ng nanay ko sa kanya
23. ang kanyang lakas ng loob sa mga pagsubok
24. ang kanyang pagmamahal sa pamilya
25. ang pagse-share nya ng kanyang mga pangarap
26. ang pagtitiwala nya sa iba pang mga bagay
27. ang pagtanggap nya sa akin

mami-miss kita, J. sobra-sobrang pasasalamat ang ipababaon ko!