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Wife of desaparecido asks: Who's next?
When I learned about the disappearance of Danny "DM" Macapagal, I felt a sudden coldness, reminiscent of the feelings of fear which came over me when my husband Honor and my friend Johnny went missing three years ago.
Three years ago, DM was with our families, the Ayrosos and Orcinos, when we came searching for Honor and Johnny Orcino, at the detachment of the 71st IB of the Philippine Army in Sto. Nino III in San Jose City, at the San Jose City PNP headquarters, at the provincial PNP in Cabanatuan city, the PNP Regional HQ in San Fernando, Pampanga, at the 7th Infantry Division in Fort Magsaysay.
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Government as terrorist
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo
Tarlac City councilor Abelardo Ladera was a marked man. Everyone said so especially after the military's Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) announced in a press briefing, without an iota of proof, that he was a leader of t he Communist Party of the Philippines/ New People's Army (CPP/NPA) responsible for fomenting social unrest at the Cojuangco-owned Hacienda Luisita.
Ladera acknowledged the threat as serious and took security precautions. But the assassin sent to kill him on March 3 still found him easy picking. Ladera, a popular and outstanding local government official, a known defender of the rights and welfare of Hacienda Luisita farmers and workers, was felled by a single, well-aimed sniper's bullet to his heart, while at an auto supply shop on his way home for lunch.
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- To educate Filipino Americans and the public about the effect of human rights violations in the Philippines;
- To mobilize Filipino Americans and the public to advocate for the protection and respect of human rights of Filipinos and the working poor immigrants;
- To hold the Arroyo government-along with US involvement and support-responsible for human rights violations in the Philippines;
- To build networks and alliances with other immigrant rights and human rights groups in the US/So. California; and
- To establish and maintain contact with the human rights national organization in the Philippines