One-Minute Hirit 17: Hustisya sa Lahat: Masaker at Di Lang Asasinasyon ni Gov. Degamo ang Naganap!

At kaya naman ako’y lubos na sumasangayon sa mga ulat na binansagan ang krimen na ito bilang Pamplona Massacre!

One-Minute Hirit 9: Isang Pagpupugay sa Ating Kapulisan sa Agarang Aksyon sa Mga Kaso nina Percy Lapid at Yvonne Chua Plaza

 

Nagluluksa man hanggang ngayon ang mga kamag-anak, kaibigan, at tagahanga ng mga pinaslang na sina Percy Lapid at Yvonne Chua Plaza, ay huwag naman nating kalimutan na bigyang-pansin at pagpupugay ang agarang aksyon ng Philippine National Police sa paghahanap ng hustisya para sa kanila. Sa kaso ni Percy Lapid, noong Oktubre ng nakaraang taon ay pinangalanan na bilang person of interest ang ngayo’y main suspect na si former BuCor Chief Gerald Bantag. Sa kaso naman ni Yvonne Chua, pinangalanan ng Police Regional Office-Davao si Brig. Gen. Jesus Durante III bilang suspect. Ang dalawang kasong ito ay patunay na kayang gampanan ng PNP ang kanilang tungkulin na resolbahin ang anumang krimen sa madaling panahon, maging ang main suspects man – guilty or not guilty -- ay mga tanyag na men in uniform din.

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1. Kilalanin at respetuhin natin ang presumption of innocence sa ating Konstitusyon:

ARTICLE III
BILL OF RIGHTS

Section 14. (1) No person shall be held to answer for a criminal offense without due process of law.

(2) In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall be presumed innocent until the contrary is proved, and shall enjoy the right to be heard by himself and counsel, to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation against him, to have a speedy, impartial, and public trial, to meet the witnesses face to face, and to have compulsory process to secure the attendance of witnesses and the production of evidence in his behalf. However, after arraignment, trial may proceed notwithstanding the absence of the accused : Provided, that he has been duly notified and his failure to appear is unjustifiable.

2.\ 2. Kilalanin at respetuhin din natin natin ang mabilis na progreso ng pag-aksyon ng ating kapulisan sa mga kaso nina Percy Lapid at Yvonne” Chua Plaza

Ka Percy Lapid (March 14, 1959 - October 3, 2022): Tapang at Paninindigan!

 

The Source, CNN Philippines: Roy Mabasa and PCol. Restituto Archangel (10/6/22)

Overdue na po ito. Noong ika-8 pa ng Oktubre ko balak i-post itong transcription, ilang araw pagkatapos ng pagpaslang kay Percy Lapid (o Percival Mabasa), ang beteranong hard-hitting na broadcaster na paborito kong panoorin sa YouTube. Pero, siguro nga, kung ang kalungkutan ay mauudyok ang isang tao na magsulat, maaari rin itong maging sanhi ng panlulumo kaya di ka rin agad makapagsulat. Eniwey, ika nga, without further ado, ito ang aking transcription ng isang bahagi ng panayam ni Pinky Webb sa kapatid ni Percy Lapid na si Roy Mabasa sa programang The Source ng CNN noong ika-6 ng Oktubre, 2022:

Pinky Webb: In the family ba, Roy, was there ever a time that you told him, or his family told him, maghinay-hinay nang konti dahil baka masyado na siyang maraming tinatamaan?

Roy Mabasa:Hindi. Palagay ko yung family niya di siya masasabihan eh. Even I, as a brother, pwede kong sabihin sa kanya nang pabiro. Pero knowing Percy, yung conviction niya, I don’t think may makakaawat kay Percy because I remember, when we were starting in 1984, noong buhay pa ang father ko, sinabihan ng father ko ‘yan, because he was criticizing alam mo yung ibang officials na kaibigan ng tatay ko. So my father called me and asked me if I can stop Percy from, you know, attacking his, some of his friends. Ay ang problema, noong sinabi ko kay Percy yun, sabi sa akin ni Percy, 'Bayaan mo iyan, eh mga walanghiya naman iyan eh!' So how can I stop him? So he continued, you know, attacking those people. Which is . . . yun talaga si Percy Lapid eh. Nakakita siya ng malfeasance, misfeasance, or corruption, whatever it is, eh talagang bubulatlatin ni Ka Percy iyon. Siya ‘yan eh.

PW: Walang, wala siyang sinasanto?

RM: Wala, wala, You cannot stop him . . .

Ibinahagi ng kapatid ni Percy na si Roy na matagal nang may tapang at paninindigan si Ka Percy kontra sa mga abusadong opisyal ng ating bayan. At sa mga nagdaang dekada, walang patid ang kanyang walang takot na pamamahayag laban sa mga nakita niyang kamalian at abuso hanggang sa nakaraang administrasyong Duterte at sa kasalukuyang bagong panunungkulan sa ilalim ni Pangulong Bongbong Marcos, Jr.

Hustisya para kay Ka Percy Lapid! Respetuhin at ipagtanggol ang kalayaan sa pamamahayag!

 

Going to the First Day of a Comrade's Wake

for Wowie Dizon

Maybe he was my friend, but more of an acquaintance (considering our "considerable distance," 
to be inexact).

Twenty stab wounds all over his body, shards of Red Horse beer bottle punctuate
the head wound, gaping and looking for answers (and, perhaps, justice).

Little Wowie did everything: organizing unions, making placards, flags, bearing them,
dancing with them...

Little Wowie was everywhere: factories, workers' meetings, rallies, press conferences, 
celebrations, wakes...

There are theories on why there is poverty in this country, and in the whole world,
and theories arose on the death of Little Wowie, blood-drenched in the garage
Monday morning.

The movement keeps moving, empowered by its dedicated cadres;
the movement will keep moving sans one dedicated cadre.

(Pretentious of me to call him, "comrade." Having left the movement a long time ago. 
Lacking the dedication and perseverance of the recently departed. At least I'll pay my last respects.)

(Photo courtesy of Jones Guimo.)

Note: To think that I met him on the street parallel ours only about a week ago...In the news (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 17, 2015): Caretaker killed in NGO office robbery. 

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