DIGOS MASSACRE , PERPETRATED BY THE NPA's ROQUE MAGTANGGOL COMMAND

Innocent church-goers, children and peace loving people were mercilessly gunned down by blood-thirsty NPA members on June 25, 1989. This is now known as the DIGOS MASSACRE!

These are the photos taken on that barbaric massacre. This is the meaning of justice, democracy, love and peace for the NPA's. May GOD touch their hearts and conscience for what they did...

KATAPPAT disputes report of Committee to Protect Journalists-Asia Coordinator

An official of the NGO- Kapatiran ng Tagapangalaga ng Pampubliko at Pribadong Aria-arian at Tao (KATAPPAT), Fernado Galut, condemned the declaration of Robert Dietz, Asia Coordinator of the New York based- Committee to Protect Jornalists describing the Philippines, along with Afghanistan, as Asia's most dangerous place for journalists. "It was an illogical description considering that media personalities in the Philippines are freely moving around day or night.", remarked the NGO Official.

According to the report of Dietz, 55 journalists were killed worldwide in direct connection to their work in 2006 and another 30 deaths were being investigated to determine whether they also were linked to the journalist's work. He added that the numbert of journalists jailed worlwide also rose to 134 in 2006.

Notwithsatanding the record showed by Dietz, he has no right to tag the Philippines as one of the most dangerous places in Asia for journalists because he has no factual basis for that accusation. In this country, not one journalist is being imprisoned in line with his/her profession. Reporters can openly roam around the archipelago to interview people and cover the political, social, economic and security arenas without any restrictions.

While it is true that a number of journalists were slain in the Philippines, the government investigated all the cases which in most instances, led not only to the identification of the suspects but to their arrests. Notably, most cases were not connected to the newsmen's work but rather on personal reasons.Based on PNP official record for 2006, only two of the Ten cases involving journalists were work related. The remaining eight cases were due to personal grudges,robberies and estafa.

Galut said that Robert Dietz should visit the coutry and see for himself that the information he obtained from whatever source was bereft of truth and purely misleading. "He should come to the Philippines and personally observe the real situation. Absolutely, he will find out that his report was malicious and false."

BAYAN MUNA, PEDDLER OF LIES AND DECEIT!

BAYAN MUNA was again back-lashed by the founder of Inang Bayan Movement, LOUIE BALBAGO. Earlier, the leftists claimed that the two slain persons in SORSOGON were BAYAN MUNA members. However, BALBAGO found out that the victims were not actually connected with the militant organization and their cases were merely used by the activists to infuse their black propaganda campaign in the TRI-MEDIA to descredit the government.

BALBAGO narrated that he was apprised of the results of the investigations on the cases of RUBEN ERMINO and DEMETRIO IMPERIAL who were both killed on January 23, 2007 in SORSOGON.

Factual investigation disclosed that RUBEN ERMINO Y ERGINA, 50 years old, married, tricycle driver and a resident of Barangay TABI,Gubat, Sorsogon, was shot to death at around 12PM on January 23, 2007 by two (2) unidentified suspects with short firearms. The perpetrators were wearing helmet and black long sleeves on board a blue DT motorcycle with no plate number. The victim sustained multiple gunshot wounds on various parts of his body causing his instantaneous death. Accordingly, the suspects fled towards the direction of Barangay Bentuco of same municipality. Another suspect who acted as the look-out, fled on foot towards Brgy. Hipanao. Six (6)empty shells of caliber 45 were found at the crime scene.

On the other hand, investigation on the case of DEMETRIO IMPERIAL Y MONTALBAN, 28 years old, married, farmer and a resident of Purok 5, Brgy. Sogoy, Castilla, Sorsogon, revealed that at about 7PM of January 23, 2007, the victim was having dinner with his family inside their house when three (3) unidentified armed men forcibly entered their dwelling and shot him.The victim succumbed to his death due to multiple gunshot wounds.

During the background investigations conducted by probers, it was learned that RUBEN ERMINO was never in any way, connected with BAYAN MUNA. The information was affirmed by the victim's wife who even issued a certification attesting the veracity of it. Barangay Chairwoman Esperanza Espaldon conformed to the statement duly noted by the Municipal Mayor, Ho. Deogracias B. Ramos, Jr.

DEMETRIO IMPERIAL, the other victim, was confirmed to be a rebel returnee who served as an asset by the military unit operating in the area. He was instrumental in the successful military counter-insurgency operations in the provice of Sorsogon.

Meanwhile, FERNANDO GALUT of the KAPATIRAN NG TAGAPANGALAGA NG PAMPUBLIKO AT PRIBADONG ARI-ARIAN AT TAO (KATAPPAT), also berated the leftist BAYAN MUNA for its false claim that ERMINO and IMPERIAL were their members. "It is just another attempt to raise issues to descredit the government in the form of black propaganda especially on militant killings and to get the attention of the international community. The fact that IMPERIAL has been working as a military asset makes him vulnerable as a direct target of the local communist terrorists for liquidation.As to the case of ERMINO, it can be considered as an isolated case and maybe attributed to personal grudges.", GALUT concluded.

With this turn of events, LOUIE BALBAGO also dared BAYAN MUNA to stop issuing black propaganda and false accusations against the government beacause tyhe people are already fed-up with them." The Filipinos no longer believe in them and you can see that in their recent demonstrations. Communism will never gain ground in the Philippines!", added BALBAGO.

NPAs Using Children as human shields...

We are deeply saddened by the New People Army's blatant disregard to human rights and innocent lives. They are not merely engaged in brainwashing and training of child warriors, they even use children as shields in armed confrontations against government troopers.

According to the Manila Times news report last January 8, 2007; at least seven NPA rebels utilized children as human shields during an encounter with soldiers in the remote village of Languyan, Polilio, Quezon on December 30, 2006.

During the firefight, the soldiers stopped firing because they feared hitting the children. This, allowed rebels to escape. Such act manifests the NPA's wanton disregard for the children's rights.

Another incident depicting the CPP-NPA's true color? Sure, it really was. Human rights violators hiding under the cloak of disguise as protectors? What an irony indeed, as some media groups and journalists keep on barking to the PNP and AFP as human right violators...my GOD! These self proclaimed media crusaders are peddling the lies of the communists!!

Victims of New People's Army

We Filipinos, should strongly condemn the violence perpetrated by the New People's Army against hapless individuals, civilians and their former comrades just to advance their wicked objective to seize power.

Just recently, government forces digging up a shallow grave uncovered the skeletal remains of three former leftist rebels who were victims of a bloody communist purge in a remote village in the province of ABRA. The graves were dug-up at about 10:30 a.m. last January 28, 2007 at Sitio Nalutacan in Danglas town of the province.

Residents in the area who were already fed-up of the NPA/terrorist abuses led the authorities to the site where the remains were buried. The three were summarily executed sometime in November 1997 as part of bloody purging by the communist movement. One of the three remains were identified as that of a certain CHING or Gusing. Another NPA member, CARMELO GABAN, met a similar end and was on the same shallow gravesite.

We must all unite and condemn these senseless killings!!!