1 more added to death toll of Left
Inquirer
PALAUIG, ZAMBALES—The killing and abductions of political activists and their supporters have resumed in Central Luzon after a two-week respite.
Just more than 24 hours apart, a supporter of the party-list group Anakpawis was gunned down, a labor leader was illegally arrested and four activists were abducted, reports from the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan said on Saturday.
Arnel Guevarra, a vendor and an Anakpawis supporter, was shot and killed by a lone gunman in his house in Mexico, Pampanga, at 10:30 p.m. on Friday.
Police said the gunman, armed with an M-16 rifle, shot Guevarra, 41, in the head. The suspect and his two companions fled toward the Abacan River in Angeles City, according to the police.
Witnesses said the suspects were looking for Guevarra’s father, Oscar, and his brother, Marlon.
Bayan said Lowie Sangalang, a labor leader at a poultry farm, was picked up by soldiers in his house in Barangay Quebiawan in the City of San Fernando on Thursday night.
Col. Ricardo Visaya, commander of the 69th Infantry Battalion, on Saturday confirmed that Sangalang was in the Army’s headquarters in Mexico.
Visaya said Sangalang was invited for questioning on his links with the New People’s Army. He said the labor leader agreed to come on the approval of the barangay captain. Roman Polintan, Bayan Central Luzon chair, said Sangalang was being held and interrogated without a lawyer.
The four activists, on the other hand, were abducted in Lupao, Nueva Ecija, also on Thursday night. Polintan said no other details were available as Army officials barred the entry of Bayan’s fact-finding mission there.
In Isabela, a member of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas was shot and wounded in front of a public market in Ilagan town on Friday.
Supt. Romeo Uy, Ilagan police chief, said Benjamin Lozano, 52, also village chief of Santa Victoria, was taken to the Faustino Dy Sr. Memorial Hospital and was reported to be in critical condition.
Uy said Lozano was shot in the back by two men aboard a motorcycle at about 3 p.m.
The attack came a day after Madonna Castillo, Anakpawis-Isabela secretary general, was shot and killed by two men in Echague town.
In Baguio City, relatives of a suspected NPA rebel, who was arrested by soldiers in an encounter on June 7, asked Army officials to present him.
Benita Cariño said her son, Delfin, 23, has been missing since the encounter in Sallapadan, Abra. She said her son was wounded in that clash. Tonette Orejas, PDI Central Luzon Desk, and Villamor Visaya Jr. and Desiree Caluza, PDI Northern Luzon Bureau
PALAUIG, ZAMBALES—The killing and abductions of political activists and their supporters have resumed in Central Luzon after a two-week respite.
Just more than 24 hours apart, a supporter of the party-list group Anakpawis was gunned down, a labor leader was illegally arrested and four activists were abducted, reports from the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan said on Saturday.
Arnel Guevarra, a vendor and an Anakpawis supporter, was shot and killed by a lone gunman in his house in Mexico, Pampanga, at 10:30 p.m. on Friday.
Police said the gunman, armed with an M-16 rifle, shot Guevarra, 41, in the head. The suspect and his two companions fled toward the Abacan River in Angeles City, according to the police.
Witnesses said the suspects were looking for Guevarra’s father, Oscar, and his brother, Marlon.
Bayan said Lowie Sangalang, a labor leader at a poultry farm, was picked up by soldiers in his house in Barangay Quebiawan in the City of San Fernando on Thursday night.
Col. Ricardo Visaya, commander of the 69th Infantry Battalion, on Saturday confirmed that Sangalang was in the Army’s headquarters in Mexico.
Visaya said Sangalang was invited for questioning on his links with the New People’s Army. He said the labor leader agreed to come on the approval of the barangay captain. Roman Polintan, Bayan Central Luzon chair, said Sangalang was being held and interrogated without a lawyer.
The four activists, on the other hand, were abducted in Lupao, Nueva Ecija, also on Thursday night. Polintan said no other details were available as Army officials barred the entry of Bayan’s fact-finding mission there.
In Isabela, a member of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas was shot and wounded in front of a public market in Ilagan town on Friday.
Supt. Romeo Uy, Ilagan police chief, said Benjamin Lozano, 52, also village chief of Santa Victoria, was taken to the Faustino Dy Sr. Memorial Hospital and was reported to be in critical condition.
Uy said Lozano was shot in the back by two men aboard a motorcycle at about 3 p.m.
The attack came a day after Madonna Castillo, Anakpawis-Isabela secretary general, was shot and killed by two men in Echague town.
In Baguio City, relatives of a suspected NPA rebel, who was arrested by soldiers in an encounter on June 7, asked Army officials to present him.
Benita Cariño said her son, Delfin, 23, has been missing since the encounter in Sallapadan, Abra. She said her son was wounded in that clash. Tonette Orejas, PDI Central Luzon Desk, and Villamor Visaya Jr. and Desiree Caluza, PDI Northern Luzon Bureau
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