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October 23, 2012 Tuesday
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    NAG HUGPONG ANG PHILIPPINE SOLIDARITY NETWORK USA KA GRUPO SA AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND KUNG ASA NANAWAGAN NGA UNDANGON NA ANG PAGPAMATAY SA REHIMENG AQUINO DIHA SA MGA AKTIBISTA.NAALARMA ANG MAONG GRUPO GUMIKAN KAY KAPIN 1000 KA MGA AKTIBISTA UG MGA JOURNALISTS NA ANG NAHIMONG BIKTIMA SA PAGPAMATAY SUKAD REHIMENG ARROYO HANGTOD SA KASAMTANGANG ADMINISTRASYON.

    SUMALA PA NI MURRAY HORTON , SECRETARY SA PHILIPPINE SOLIDARITY NETWORK, NGA NIADTONG  SI KANHING PRESIDENTE ARROYO SA NEW ZEALAND NIADTONG 2007, GI PANGUTANA KINI NI HELEN CLARK MAHITUNGOD SA NAGKATAAS NGA IHAP SA HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS APAN WALA KINIY TINONG TUBAG SA PAGSULBAD NIINNI.

    SA USA KA HINIUSANG PAMAHAYAG NI HELEN KELLY PRESIDENTE SA NEW ZEALAND COUINCIL OF TRADE UNIONS INUBANAN SA MGA LIDER SA SIMBAHAN CHRISTIAN WORLD SERVICE, UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, GIPANAWAGAN KANG PRESIDENTE AQUINO NGA RESOLBAHON ANG NATALANG 113 KA MGA BIKTIMA SA EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS.

   NAALARMA USAB SI HELEN TE HIRA GIKAN SA AUCKLAND PHILIPPINE SOLIDARITY SA NAGKA DAGHANG IHAP SA EJK UG PADAYONG PAGPAMATAY   ILAWOM SA KASAMTANGANG REHIMEN, UG SAGAD SA MGA BIKTIMA NAG GIKAN SA MGA LUMAD,PISANTE UG MGA ANTI-MINING ADVOCATES. ANG PINAKA BAG-ONG BIKTIMA SA PAGPAMATAY MAO ANG DUHA KA BULANG MABDOS NGA SI JUVY CAPION UG ANG DUHA NIINI KA ANAK NGA GI MASSACRE SA MGA ARMADONG KUSOG SA PILIPINAS NGA UNTA RESPONSIBILIDAD NIINI ANG PAG PROTEKTA SA MGA SIBILYAN



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2.  NASAYOD BA MO UNSA ANG NAHIMONG TABANG SA PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CENTER NGA GISUGDAN ATTY. ROMEO CAPULONG?

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ANG PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CENTER KUN P.I.L.C. NAGAHATAG OG MGA LEGAL NGA SERBISYO SA MGA ORGANISADONG SEKTOR SA KATILINGBAN KABAHIN SA MGA LEGAL NGA HISGUTANANG MAKAAPEKTO SA KINABUHI SA DAGHANG HUT-ONG.
ISA SI ATTY. ROMEO CAPULONG SA MGA FOUNDER NIINI. ANG P.I.L.C. NANINGUHA NGA MAHATAGAN ANG MGA KLIYENTE NIINI OG ACTUAL, TANGIBLE UG QUANTIFIABLE GAINS. SUPORTADO USAB NIINI PINAAGI SA MGA LEGAL ADVOCY ANG MGA ORGANISADONG KABUS DIHA SA ILANG PAGKAHIGMATA NGA MAKIBISOG BATOK SA INHUSTISYA UG PAGPANGDAUG-DAUG.



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3. NASAYOD BA MO KUNG UNSA ANG NAHIMONG PAPEL NI ATTY. ROMEO CAPULONG DIHA SA ISYU NG BATASAN SIX?

JUAN TO KNOW?

NIADTONG 2006, HUMAN NAGDEKLA SI KANHING PRESIDENTE GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO OG STATE OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY, ILLEGAL NGA GIPANG-ARESTO SA AWTORIDAD ANG 6 KA MAGBABALAOD NGA GITAWAG NGA BATASAN 6 – NGA SILA ANAKPAWIS REP. CRISPIN BELTRAN UG RAFAEL MARIANO, BAYANMUNA REP. SATUR OCAMPO, TEDDY CASIÑO, JOEL VIRADOR UG GABRIELA REP. LIZA MAZA TUNGOD SA KASONG REBELLION NGA GIPASAKA NGADTO SA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SA PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE.
NANGUNA  SI ATTY. ROMEO CAPULONG SA MGA BANGGIITANG ABUGADO NGA MIREPRESENTA SA UNOM HANGTUD SA GIDISMISS SA KORTE SUPREMA ANG KASO NIADTONG HUNYO 2007.

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4. NASAYOD BA MO KUNG UNSA ANG TRABAHO SA INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT DIIN NAHIMONG MYEMBRO SI ATTY. ROMEO CAPULONG?

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ANG INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT USA KA PERMANENT TRIBUNAL NGA GINAPASAKAAN OG KASONG GENOCIDE, CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, WAR CRIMES, UG CRIME OF AGRESSION. GITUKOD KINI NIADTONG 2002 UG OPISYAL NGA NAKABASE SA THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS APAN ANG MGA PROCEEDING NIINI MAHIMONG IPAHIGAYON BISAN ASA.

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September 12, 2012
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1. NASAYOD BA MO NGA SA MGA BULAN NGA MILABAY DAGHAN NA ANG MGA U.S. WARSHIP ANG NIDUNGGO SA ATONG MGA PANTALAN?

JUAN TO KNOW?

  • NIAGING BYERNES NIDUNGGO ANG USS HAWAII, USA KA VIRGINIA CLASS SUBMARINE, SA SUBIC BAY ALANG SA ROUTINE PORT CALL UG GOODWILL VISIT. GISUNDAN NIINI ANG USS FRANK CABLE NGA LY SPEAR CLASS SUBMARINE. SA KASAMTANGAN DUNAY DUHA KA NUCLEAR ARMED SUBMARINE NGA MIDUNGGO SA DATING U.S. NAVAL BASE SA SUBIC.
  • SA NIAGING MGA BULAN DUHA USAB KA FAST ATTACK SUBMARINE NGA PAREHONG NUCLEAR-POWERED ANG NIBISITA USAB SA NASUD, ANG USS NORTH CAROLINA UG USS LOUISVILLE. NIANHI USAB ANG USNS MERCY NGA PINAKADAKONG HOSPITAL SHIP SA AMERICA. SA MANILA BAY USAB, NIDUNGGO ANG MISSILE DESTROYER NGA USS MILIUS ARON MAGREFUEL.
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2. NASAYOD BA MO KUNG UNSANG KLASENG U.S. WARSHIP ANG MIDUNGGO SA SUBIC FREEPORT NIAGING SEMANA?

JUAN TO KNOW?
  • GITAWAG NGA LY SPEAR-CLASS USS FRANK CABLE KUN AS-40 US WARSHIP NGA NIDUNGGO BAG-UHAY LANG SA SUBIC FREEPORT. GIDISENYO KINI ISIP SUBMARINE TENDER SA MGA NUCLEAR-POWERED, FAST-ATTACK LOS ANGELES-CLASS SUBMARINE.
  • ANG 664-FOOT, 23,000-TON NGA WARSHIP NAGASILBI USAB ISIP TIG-AYO SA UBAN PANG WARSHIP, NAGASUPPKY OG PAGKAON, LANA, ARMAS UG UBAN PANG SUPLAY SA MGA SUBMARINO SAMTANG NAGKARGA OG KUMPLETONG MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT UG PERSONNEL.
  • NAKABASE ANG MAONG BARKO SA PANTALAN NG APRA HARBOR SA GUAM. USA KINI SA NAGPABILING DUHA KA SUBMARINE TENDERS ALANG SA SPECIAL MISSION SHIP SA US MILITARY SEA LIFT COMMAND.
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3.  NASAYOD BA MO KUNG UNSA VISITING FORCES AGREEMENT?

JUAN TO KNOW?
  • ANG VISITING FORCES AGREEMENT KUN VFA MAO ANG PANAGSABOT SA PILIPINAS ALANG SA MGA PWERSA NG MILITAR NGA NAGABISITA SA NASUD. ANG UNANG DOKUMENTO NAGAHISGUT SA MGA PAGTUGOT NATO SA GUBYERNONG U.S. NGA MAGPABILIN ANG JURISDICTION SA MGA U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL NGA NAAKUSAHAN SA KRIMEN DINHI SA PILIPINAS GAWAS LANG KUNG ANG KRIMEN DUNAY PARTIKULAR NGA IMPORTANSYA SA NASUD. SA LAKTOD, DILI NATO PWEDE ARESTUHON O IPRESO ANG MGA U.S. MILITARY KUNG MAKASALA SILA DINHI. EXEMPTED USAB SILA SA VISA UG PASSPORT REGULATIONS SA PILIPINAS.
  • SA PIKAS BAHIN, SA IKADUHANG DOKUMENTO NAKALATID NGA KINAHANGLAN NGA IPAHIBALO SA GUBYERNONG U.S. NGADTO SA MGA AWTORIDAD SA PILIPINAS KUNG DUNAY GIDAKOP, GI-ARESTO O GIPRESO NGA PILIPINONG MILITARY PERSONNEL SA U.S.. MAMAHIMO PUD KITANG MAG-REQUEST NGA IHATAG USAB SA ATOA ANG JURISDICTION SA KASO GAWAS LANG SA MGA PARTIKULAR NGA KASO.
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4.   NASAYOD BA MO NGA ANG KASAYSAYAN SA VISITING FORCES AGREEMENT, KASAYSAYAN USAB SA PAGPANAMASTAMAS SA KATAWHANG PILIPINO?

JUAN TO KNOW?

SA DATOS NGA NAKALAP SA BULATLAT.COM NIADTONG 2010, UBAY-UBAY NA ANG MGA INSIDENTE NG PAGPANGABUSO SA KATAWHANG PILIPINO ILALUM SA VFA.

·         HULYO 25, 2002 GIPUSIL SI BUYONG-BUYONG ISNIJAL SA AMERIKANONG SUNDALO NGA SI SGT. REGGIE LANE SULOD SA IYANG BALAS SA CANAS, TUBURAN BASILAN SAMTANG NAGPAHIGAYON OG MILITARY OPERATION ANG 18TH INFANTRY BATALLION SA AREA.
·         MAYO 25, 2004 GI-MASAKER ANG MAG-IGSUONG ULONG MALLA, JUMADIL MALLA UG IBRAHIM MALLA SA UMAPOY ISLAND, TAWI-TAWI. SUMALA SA MGA WITNESS DILI MUUBOS SA UPAT KA AMERIKANONG SUNDALO ANG APIL SA RAID NGA GIHIMO SA JOINT RP-US MILITARY UG PULIS.
·         HUNYO 21, 2004. GIPUSIL SA AMERIKANONG SUNDALO SI ARSID BAHARON SA ZAMBOANGA CITY SAMTANG NAGTABOK SA AREA NGA GIHIMONG FIRING RANGE SA JOINT EXERCISES. GIBAYARAN OG 50 MIL PESOS SA SUNDALO ANG PAMILYA NI BAHARON.
·         NOBYEMBRE 30, 2007. GISULOD SA MGA AMERIKANONG SUNDALO, SA PAGPAMUNO NI M/SGT. RONBURG ANG PANAMAO DISTTRICT HOSPITAL UG NAGMANDO NGA SIRAD-AN ANG HOSPITAL PAGKA-ALA-6 SAGABII.SUMALA NI DR. SILAK LAKKIAN, HOSPITAL CHIEF, GIBAHARAN SILA SA MGA AMERIKANONG SUNDALO NGA PUSILON ANG BISAN KINSANG MAKIT-AN SA SULOD HUMAN ANG GITAKDANG ORAS.
·          PEBRERO 4, 2008. NAMATIKDAN ANG PRESENSYA SA MGA US TROOPS SA PAG-ATAKE NGA MIPATAY SA WALO KA SIBILYAN SA MAIMBUNG, SULU.
·         MARSO 2000. GIKULATA ANG TAXI DRIVER NGA SI MARCELO BATESTIL SA 3 KA U.S. SERVICEMEN SA CEBU.
·         NOBYEMBRE 1, 2005. GI-RAPE SI NICOLE NI LANCE CORPORAL DANIEL SMITH SAMTANG NAGTAN-AW 3 PA KA U.S. SOLDIERS.
·         MAYO 14, 2009. GIBUTYAG SA 22 ANYOS NGA COLLEGE STUDENT NGA SI VANESSA ANG PAGRAPE SA IYAHA SA USA KA U.S. MARINE SULOD SA HOTEL SA MAKATI.
·         PEBRERO 2, 2012. GIPATAY SI GREGAN CARDENYO SULOD SA U.S. TROOPS BARRACKS SA CAMP RANAO , MARAWI CITY.

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1. NASAYOD BA MO UNSA ANG KAHIMTANG SA SERBISYONG PATUBIG SA ATONG NASUD?

JUAN TO KNOW?
  • SUMALA SA 2005 WORLD BANK STUDY, MUKABAT SA 5000 KA WATER SERVICE PROVIDERS ANG NAA SA NASUD. GIDUMALAAN KINI SA MGA DAGKONG PRIVATE OPERATORS, LGU-SPONSORED WATER DISTRICTS, UG COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION SAMA SA MGA KOOPERATIBA, BARANGAY WATER AND SANITATION ASSOCIATIONS UG RURAL WATER SUPPLY ASSOCIATION. SUBAY SA TAHO SA DEPT. OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, 16 MILLION KA PILIPINO NGA NAGPUYO SA 432 KA MUNISIPYO NGA WALAY TUBIG ANG WALAY ACCESS SA LIMPYONG TUBIG NGA MAINOM.
  • DUGANG PA SA DILG SA 444 OPERATIONAL WATER DISTRICTS SA NASUD, 53 LANG ANG NAGAHATAG OG SERBISYO NGA MULABAW SA 50% SA ILANG WATER SERVICE COVERAGE. MATUD USAB SA WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION UG UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN’S FUND KUN UNICEF, MUKABAT SA 22 MILLIONG PILIPINO NIADTONG 2008 ANG WALAY ACCESS SA IMPROVED SANITATION FACILITIES.
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2. NASAYOD BA MO ASA NAGSUMIKAD ANG PAGKATUKOD SA MGA LOCAL WATER DISTRICTS?

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  • NIGAWAS ANG KONSEPTO SA WATER DISTRICT GUMIKAN PAGPALYA UG PAGKABUNGKAG SA NATIONAL WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE AUTHORITY KUN NAWASA. SA PAGTUON NGA GIHIMO SA GUBYERNO KUNG UNSA ANG PINAKAHAUM NGA NASUDNONG POLISIYA NGA MAKAHATAG OG LUWAS, MAINOM UG ABUNDA NGA TUBIG SA MGA PILIPINO SA MGA PROBINSYA, MIRESULTA KINI SA PAGPATUMAN SA PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 198 O ANG PROVINCIAL WATER UTILITIES ACT OF 1973.
  • GIDEKLARA SA MAONG NATIONAL POLICY NGA IHATAG DIHA SA MGA TAGA-LOKAL ANG OPERATION UG CONTROL SA MGA WATER SYSTEMS PINAAGI SA PAGTUKOD OG LOCAL WATER DISTRICTS.
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3. NASAYOD BA MO NGA BISAN ABUNDA ANG PILIPINAS SA SURFACE UG GROUND WATER WALA GIHAPON KINI NAKASUPPLY SA PANGINAHANGLAN SA KATAWHAN?

JUAN TO KNOW?
  • TUNGOD SA PAGPASAGAD SA MGA POLISIYA ALANG SA KINAIYAHAN, 58% NA SA GROUNDWATER SA NASUD ANG KONTAMINADO. NAG-UNANG HINUNGDAN SA POLUSYON MAO ANG DOMESTIC UG INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER. 1/3 NA LANG SA MGA SUBA ANG MAGAMIT ALANG SA SUPPLY SA TUBIG. GIBANA-BANA NGA SA TUIG 2025, MUKUNHOD PA UG PAG-AYO ANG SUPPLY SA TUBIG SA MGAMAYOR NGA SYUDAD UG SA 8 OUT OF 19 KA MGA RIVER BASINS.
  • ANG POLUSYON SA TUBIG DILI LANG MAKAAPEKTO SA PANGLAWAS SA TAO KUNDILI APIL NA SA PANGINABUHIAN SA MGA MANGINGISDA UG SA INDUSTRYA SA TURISMO.
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4. NASAYOD BA MO PILA ANG KANTIDAD SA TUBIG GIKAN SA PRIBADONG SUPPLIER KUMPARA SA LOKAL NGA WATER DISTRICTS?

JUAN TO KNOW?
  • SA METRO MANILA DIIN ANG PRIBADONG KOMPANYA NGA MAYNILAD ANG NAGSUPPLY OG TUBIG, MUKABAT SA P298.70 ANG GINABAYRAN SA MGA PAMILYANG NAGAKONSUMO OG 20 CUBIC METER KADA BULAN, P608.32 SA NAGAGAMIT OG 30 CUBIC METER SAMTANG P1,325.58 SA NAGAGAMIT OG 50 CUBIC METER.
  • SA DAVAO CITY, DIIN ANG DAVAO CITY WATER DISTRICT ANG NAGA-OPERATE, MUKABAT RA SA P228.00 ANG BAYRAN SA PAMILYANG NAGKONSUMO OG 20 CUBIC METER. RELATIBONG MAS GAMAY SA PRIBADONG KOMPANYA.
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September 10, 2012

  • 1  NASAYOD BA MO NGA DUNAY BALAOD NGA NAGAGIYA SA PAGPAHIGAYON OG GUBAT?
JUAN TO KNOW?

APLIKABLE ANG INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW SA TANANG PANAHON – SA SITWASYON NG ARMADONG PANAGSANGKA O BISAN SA PANAHONG DUNAY RELATIBONG KALINAW. TUMONG NIINI ANG PAG-HUMANIZE  UG PAG-GIYA SA GUBAT.
ANG PAGPANGLAPAS SA IHL, PAGPANGLAPAS USAB SA TAWHANONG KATUNGOD. DUNAY MGA HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS USAB NGA MAHIMONG IHL VIOLATION KUNG NAHITABO KINI PANAHON SA MILITARY OPERATION O SULOD SA ARMADONG PANAGSANGKA. 

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  • 2  NASAYOD BA MO KUNG UNSA ANG GINAINGON SA INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS  LAW KABAHIN SA PAGKAMPO SA MGA ARMADON GRUPO SULOD SA KOMUNIDAD SA MGA SIBILYAN?
JUAN TO KNOW?

GINAKONSIDERA SA INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW(IHL) NGA PAGLAPAS SA KATUNGOD SA MGA SIBILYAN ANG PAG-ATAKE O BISAN PAG-GAMIT LANG SA MGA ESKWELAHAN, HEALTH CENTER, SIMBAHAN UG UBAN PANG PAMPUBLIKONG LUGAR O PASILIDAD ALANG SA MGA MILITAR.
ANG PAGPANGGUBA SA MGA ISTRUKTURA, TEMPORARY TAKE-OVER O PAGBUTANG OG MGA KAMPO, DETACHMENT O OUTPOST SA MILITAR SA SULOD O DUOL SA MGA ESKWELAHAN, HOSPITAL CLINIC, SIMBAHAN, KUMBENTO, BRGY. HALL UG UBAN PANG PAMPUBLIKONG LUGAR NAGAHATAG OG PELIGRO SA KINABUHI SA MGA SIBILYAN.

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  • 3  NASAYOD BA MO UNSA ANG MGA KOMON NGA PORMA SA PAGLAPAS SA TAWHANONG KATUNGOD SUBAY INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW?
JUAN TO KNOW?

ANG MGA MUSUNOD MAO ANG MGA KOMON NGA HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS PANAHON SA ARMADONG PANAGSANGKA:
o   ARBITRARY UG FRUSTRATED KILLING TUNGOD SA LAND MINES, AERIAL BOMBARDMENT UG PAGPABUTO OG BOMBA
o   HAMLETTING, FORCIBLE EVACUATION, RECONCENTRATION UG DISPLACEMENT SA MGA KOMUNIDAD
o   ILLEGAL NGA CHECKPOINT, SEARCH UG ZONING KUN SATURATION DRIVE SA KABANIKANHAN
o   FOOD UG ECONOMIC BLOCKADE
o   PAGPANGHULGA, HARASSMENT UG INTIMIDATION SA TIBUOK KOMUNIDAD
o   PHYSICAL ASSAULT SA MGA SIBILYAN SA KOMUNIDAD ILABI NA SA MGA GISUSPETSAHANG SIMPATHYZER SA MGA REBELDENG GRUPO.
o   DILI MAKITAWHANON, MANGTAS UG PAGPAKAUBOS NGA PAGTRATAR SA MGA SIBILYAN
o   FORCED LABOR O PINUGOS NGA PAGPATRABAHO SA MGA DINAKPAN UG MGA GISUSPETSAHANG SUPPORTER SA KALABAN
o   PAGPANGATAKE, HARASSMENT UG INTIMIDATION SA MGA MEDICAL UG RELIGIOUS PERSONNEL
o   UG PAGPANGLAPAS SA MGA KATUNGOD SA KABATAN-UNAN

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  • 4  NASAYOD BA MO UNSA ANG PASABOT SA COERCION ILALUM SA INTERNATION HUMAN RIGTHS LAW? 
JUAN TO NOW?

ANG COERCION MAO ANG PAGPUGOS SA TAWO NGA MAGHIMO UG BUTANG NGA DILI NIYA GUSTO O TUNGOD SA IYANG KAHADLOK PINAAGI SA PAGGAMIT OG VIOLENCE, PAGPANGHULGA UG INTIMIDATION.
ANG MUSUNOD MAO ANG MGA PORMA NIINI:
o   PAG-GAMIT SA SIBILYAN ISIP VOLUNTEER O GUIDE SA NGA MILITARY O POLICE OPERATION
o   PAG-GAMIT SA SIBILYAN ISIP TAMING BATOK SA KALABAN PINAAGI SA PAGKUYOG KANILA SA AKTUWAL NGA GUBAT O DILI BA PAGPUYO SA ILANG MGA KABALAYAN.
o   PINUGOS NGA PAGRECRUIT SA SIBILYAN NGA MUAPIL SA ARMADONG PWERSA SA ESTADO O MGA PARAMILITARY UNIT O MAHIMONG INTELLIGENCE ASSET.
o   UG PAGPUGOS SA MGA SIBILYAN NGA MAGFAKE SURRENDER ISIP REBELDE NGADTO SA AWTORIDAD.

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The Children of the Disappeared

On December 25, 2010, The Philippine Daily Inquirer ran my story about the children of the disappeared. Below is the excerpt of the story of Bayan Intise and his sister, Malaya:
For Bayan Intise, 25, the best gift that he and his sister, Malaya, could get is to see their parents again.
“Four Christmases and they are still missing. Both I and Malaya really want to see them,” he said.
Bayan’s parents—Federico and Nelly—went missing on October 26, 2006. They were last seen in Purok Puting Bato in Barangay Calumpang, General Santos City. They disappeared with Gloria Canaveral. The human rights group Karapatan in General Santos City reported that the three were with a man identified as Rex Solon, a former cadre of the New People’s Army and suspected of being a military asset.
This December is like the past three Decembers for them. It would be filled with longing for their parents who taught them selflessness.
“We long to see our parents,” he said. He said he also wanted to get closure to his search, to find out whether his parents were still alive or dead.
Recently, Bayan and Bips communed with families and victims of extrajudicial executions, disappearances, torture, harassment and other forms of attacks on human rights during the Human Rights Summit initiated by human rights monitor Barug Katungod Mindanao in Davao.
Standing before other victims, a courageous Bayan said: “My father was a consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDF) … my mother was a civilian. Both of them have yet to come home … and we are waiting, painfully waiting for their homecoming.”
Bayan’s parents are among the 51 victims of enforced disappearances in Mindanao under the administration of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Since President Aquino took power, Karapatan says it has recorded two cases of enforced disappearances.

Aquino tells Sereno: Restore people’s trust in judiciary

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THE CHOSEN ONE. In what is generally considered a bold, tradition-breaking choice, President Aquino appointed Maria Lourdes Sereno Chief Justice. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines — President Benigno Aquino III on Monday urged Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno to restore people’s trust in the judiciary, ensure a fair justice system, and stand her ground in the face of odds, assuring her of the country’s full backing.

“Umaasa akong titimbangin mo ang iyong hatol at pasya upang manumbalik ang kumpyansa ng taumbayan sa institusyong iyong pamumunuan (I expect that you weigh your judgment and decision so that people’s trust in the institution you’re heading will be restored),” Mr. Aquino said in a speech marking National Heroes’ Day at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.

Aquino, who administered the oath to Sereno last Saturday in Malacañang, said the Filipino people expected nothing less than a fair dispensation of justice in the country’s courts.

“The people’s mandate to you is: let the fair system of justice prevail. It should be impartial to either the rich or poor, to ordinary Filipinos or the powerful,” he said before a crowd of diplomats, Cabinet officials and veterans under a tent behind the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

Mindful of the challenges that await her in the next 18 years of her term, Mr. Aquino assured the 52-year-old Sereno that the whole country was behind her.

“To our new Chief Justice, don’t lose heart when a deluge of challenges comes your way. Be assured that the Filipino nation is your ally (kasangga mo),” he said.

Sereno has a work cut out for her, mainly restoring the image of the judiciary months after Chief Justice Renato Corona was ousted by the Senate in an impeachment trial for non-disclosure of assets in violation of the Constitution.

But first she has to address the issue of how to bring together all the 13 justices, including the more senior ones who observers said felt bypassed because of her appointment.

When she took her oath before the President, only four of her colleagues — Associate Justices Martin Villarama Jr.,  Estela Perlas-Bernabe, Mariano del Castillo and Bienvenido Reyes — were around.

Absent were the five most senior justices — Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio and Associate Justices Presbitero Velasco Jr., Teresita Leonardo-De Castro, Arturo Brion and Diosdado Peralta — as well as Associate Justices Lucas Bersamin, Jose Perez and Jose Mendoza.

Aquino said Sereno’s appointment as the country’s new chief magistrate has added more meaning to the country’s commemoration of the National Heroes’ Day.


Source:http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/258672/restore-peoples-trust-in-judiciary

Police arrest four activists in Maa demolition try

LE JARDIN 4. Shown in this picture (from left) are Johnny Urbina, Joselito Lagon Jr., Wyrlo Enero and Michael Lim, four youth activists who were arrested by the police during last Friday's demolition attempt in Purok 13, Bugac, Maa. They are now detained at the Davao City Police Office in Camp Domingo Leonor. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace Morandante)
LE JARDIN 4. Shown in this picture (from left) are Johnny Urbina, Joselito Lagon Jr., Wyrlo Enero and Michael Lim, four youth activists who were arrested by the police during last Friday’s demolition attempt in Purok 13, Bugac, Maa. They are now detained at the Davao City Police Office in Camp Domingo Leonor. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace Morandante)
What they said they could not understand about last Friday’s incident was that aside from getting beaten up by the police, they were also electrocuted and held at gunpoint.
By RON C. CLARION & MA. LUZ M. GELDORE
Davao Today
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Police mauled and arrested four youth activists who staged a blockade with residents during a demolition attempt in Bariquit Compound, Purok 13, Bugac in Maa village, an area claimed by landed clan Villa Abrille, where some 28 families live.
On Friday morning, residents in the Bariquit compound, together with youth and urban poor activists, blocked the backhoe equipment that was about to destroy their houses and crops to begin the construction of Le Jardin, a high-end subdivision owned by the Villa Abrilles.
The residents formed a human barricade which arriving police forces from the Talomo Police Station dispersed, seizing four youth activists who were at the frontline and brought them to detention.
The four were identified as Johnny Urbina and Michael Lim of AnakBayan, Wyrlo Enero of the League of Filipino Students (LFS) and Joselito Lagon Jr., chairperson of the cultural group Kabataang Artista Para sa Tunay na Kalayaan (Karatula).
“Gidakop mi nila. Ako nagkuha kog video ganiha, gidakop ko nila.   Ingon nila gahapon pa daw ko (They took me as I was taking videos of them.  The police told me that I had been doing this since yesterday),” Lagon told Davao Today in an interview.
Lagon, who have already been staying in Bariquit compound with his fellow youth activists in support of the residents who were keeping watch of an imminent demolition, said the police have already been observing them.
What he said he could not understand about last Friday’s incident was that aside from getting beaten up by the police, they were also electrocuted and held at gunpoint.
“Gigamitan mig kuryente tapos ang uban gitutukan mig pusil M16 bisan nihangyo na si (Lily) Bariquit nga dili na ipadayon ang pagback-hoe kay naay status quo. (They used things that electrocuted us, while also pointing their M16 guns at our companions even if (Lily) Bariquit had already made an appeal to stop the backhoe as there is still a status quo order from the court,)” Lagon said.
Despite the status quo order
The Status Quo order that residents like Bariquit presented to make an appeal to stop the demolition operations stipulates that both parties must take no action on the property as the case is being heard.
Another resident, 71-year-old Marcela Camumot also tried to do this during the demolition attempt the day before but she was ran over by a backhoe that injured her leg.
Demolition attempts were conducted on the strength of a fencing permit issued by the local government.
However, the office that issued the permit, the City Engineer’s Office (CEO) cited that they had no knowledge of the status quo court order.  “We issued the fence permit after the Villa Abrille complied with the needed documents and after inspection in the area was conducted,” Engineer Grace Catubig of the CEO said in an interview.
Catubig also pointed out that the documents included the certified copy of title, which “did not include encumbrances or charges upon property usually fastened with the title if it has cases in court or claims of another party.”
But the City Legal Office through lawyer Marlisa Gallo explained that a court ruling such as a status quo order shall prevail when there is conflict with another issuance, in this case, the fencing permit.

“However, if the fence permit was issued prior to the issuance of the Status Quo order the execution of the permit is legal,” Gallo said.

The 20-hectare lot being claimed by the Villa Abrilles is home to 28 families, some of them have lived for decades now.
Camumot, who have lived in the area for 65 years now, said the Villa Abrilles do not have the right to drive them away because the latter use a certificate of title which, when they checked with the Land Registration Authority, does not exist.
Youth activists like Lagon, stayed by the side of the residents as they resisted attempts of eviction because they believe it was unjust for the residents to be driven away just because “an influential family can show a land title which is questionable in the first place.”
They did not however saw this kind of police action coming that day.
Police brutality
Lagon’s companion Michael Lim narrated how the police manhandled him.
“Ginudnod ko nila sa lupa, didto na ko nila gikulata, gi-aksyon nilag bali akong kamot para maposasan lang, kanang balion jud, unya gisikadan ko tapos akong paa gisikadan pud nila, sa mga pulis (They pinned me to the ground and beat me up, they even tried to break my arm so they can handcuffed me.  They kicked me, and hit me hard in the leg),” Lim told davaotoday.com.

Lim said some of the police men who attacked him did not wear nameplates.
Gitabangan jud ko nila kay naa man ko sa ilalom sa ilaha.  Wala nako kabalo pila kabuok sila (They ganged up on me.  I could not tell how many they were),” he continued.
Lagon said the police also hit him even if he was already inside the police vehicle.
Gisumbag-sumbag mi unya ganiha naa mi sa mobile gisumbag ko diri sa wala nga bahin sa akong lawas tapos ang uban, namalikas sa amoa, nagpakita lang gyud sa ilang pagka-arogante  (They continued hitting me even when I was already inside the mobile.  They shouted profanities at me, which only shows their arrogance),” Lagon said.

But the designated ground commander at the site, Talomo Police Station Deputy Commander Chief Inspector Aldrin Juaneza, belied the allegations on his men.  “There was no brutal arrest by our men.  What happened was that we arrested them because they were preventing the backhoe from continuing its fencing.”
Juaneza pointed out that they were only “enforcing the law and restoring order.”

But Lily Bariquit, a resident, said Juaneza himself ordered the assault on them.  “Ilaha gyud ming ginaharass, pareha ganiha si Juaneza na ang nagmando sa mga kauban niya nga pangharason mi (They really harassed us.  Even Juaneza himself gave orders to inflict force on us).”
Also, residents complained of men whose faces were covered and who were taking photos of them.
Davao Today tried to inquire from Inspector Juaneza about these men, but he just quipped, “Perhaps they are paparazzis.”

When prodded further, Inspector Juaneza admitted that the men were intelligence operatives as they were “notified of New People’s Army infiltrating the area.”
“Naa man guy mga report nga duna nay mga sparrow unit nga armado, so amoang gipamonitor ang area tungod kay nasakyan na man gyud ni siya sa mga amigo nato sa pikas (We have received report that there are armed sparrow units [a term used for hit squads by the NPA], that’s why we are monitoring if the area is infiltrated by them because of this tension),” he told Davao Today in an interview.
Juaneza’s allegation angered Camumot.  “Grabe na man sad na sila, murag wala gyud mi kabalo og unsaon pagbarog sa among kaugalingon (That’s the worse reason, as if we do not know how to defend ourselves).”
Meanwhile, the four youths who sustained injuries and wounds during the dispersal are still detained as police have filed charges of “physical injury, malicious mischief, disobedience to persons in authority, physical injury, direct assault and obstruction of justice” against them.
The four were first detained at the Talomo Police Station on Friday.  They have been transferred to the Davao City Police Office in Camp Domingo Leonor since Saturday.
Reverend Jurie Jayme of the Alliance of human rights advocates, Karapatan, said the incident last Friday only shows the brutality of state security agents against the deprived.
What the police did, he said, were clearly, violations of human rights.  He said they will make sure that charges will be filed against the authorities.
“The four activist youths should be freed,” Jayme said, as he urged citizens to rally behind the call for the immediate release of the four.  (Ron C. Clarion & Ma. Luz M. Geldore /davaotoday.com)






Militants hit PNP for ‘illegal’ arrestsSha

Sunday, August 26, 2012
A PROGRESSIVE youth group condemned what they call an illegal arrest and detention by Talomo police of some of its members who tried to stop the demolition of houses at the disputed Bariquit compound in Bugac, Maa on Friday.
The contested property is part of Le Jardin Subdivision owned by the Villa Abrilles.

Those arrested were identified as Joselito Lagon Jr., regional spokesperson of Kabataang Artista para sa Tunay na Kalayaan (Karatula); Wyrlo Enero, a member of the League of Filipino Students (LFS); Johnny Boy Urbina and John Michale Lim, both members of Anakbayan.
Anakbayan appealed for the immediate release of the four.
"We are outraged by the demonstration of fascism by the Talomo police who arrested, beat up and electrocuted our youth leaders," says Cherry Orendain, regional spokesperson for Anakbayan.
She said Lagon, Urbina and Lim were seized at the demolition site while Enero was arrested at the police station.
She said Lagon, Urbina and Lim are sued for direct assault and disobedience, resistance to an agent of person in authority.
Lim, on the other hand, is charged with physical injuries and Enero with destruction of government property and resisting arrest of person in authority.
Orendain claimed the four accused were beaten by members of the Talomo police while inside the detention cell.
She said Rodolfo Silawan, student and also a member of Anakbayan, was punched by an unidentified policeman while leaving the demolition site.
"Since 2011, the Villa Abrilles attempted to get rid of the residents of the compound in order to develop the area into a subdivision, claiming that it was legally theirs," Orendain said.
Anakbayan will hold a series of vigil and protest actions to demand for the release of the four.
Meanwhile, Superintendent Dionisio Abude, chief of Talomo police, denied accusation he owns the security agency that provides private guards to Le Jardin Subdivision.
He admitted his wife owns the Makabayan Security Agency since 1998, but that none of the Villa Abrille's security guards is their personnel.
Protesters from the Bayan Muna, Karapatan, and Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, among others, believe the masked armed men seen during the commotion with residents at Bariquit Compound were personnel of Abude's security agency.
Abude also said that based on their initial investigation, the four activists were arrested after they threw stones during the demolition of houses.
"Sa dihang gina-aresto na sila sa atong mga kaubanan... mipalag sila mao tong na samad sa ilong si PO3 Marcelo Cubeta unya na gisi pa jud iyang uniporme (the suspects resisted the arrest the reason PO3 Cubeta was injured)," Abude said.
The police on Friday afternoon immediately filed charges of direct assault, disobedience and resistance to the agent or person in authority, malicious mischief, and physical injuries before the City Prosecution Office.
In a videotape of Lagon's account of their arrest, he said, he was in a human barricade trying to stop the backhoe when they were arrested.
"Ako naga-video lang ko, giingnan ko nga ikaw, gahapon pa ka naga-video-video diha, dakpa pud na (I was documenting the even when someone from the police's ranks said, 'This one has been taking videos since yesterday, arrest him,'" he said.
"Mao tong gipadakop ko nila, gikuryentehan ko nila mao tong gitamak-tamakan ko (That was when I was electrocuted with a stun gun and throttled on the ground)," he added.
He accused a "goon" from the Villa Abrille side of hitting him while he was being accompanied to the police car. He was boxed by a policeman as they reached the police vehicle, he said.
Published in the Sun.Star Davao newspaper on August 27, 2012.


School brings hope to Ata Manobo children



These lumad children long for knowledge.  Not even their parents can stop them from going to school, even if it means they have to contend with their empty stomachs.
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today


Asenad Bago, a DavaoToday feature



TALAINGOD, Davao del Norte, Philippines — 15-year-old Asenad Bago, an Ata-Manobo, has made his school his home.
This is because Asenad’s sub-village (sitio) is three hours away by foot from the Salugpungan Ta ‘Tanu Igkanugon (Unity in Defense of Ancestral Land) Community Learning Center, located in Sitio Dulyan, Palma Gil Village.  He asked his teachers that he could stay with the school staff.  In return to their kindness, he wakes up early “to clean around the school grounds and do other errands for the teachers.”
For the Ata Manobo youth and children like Asenad, the school has been a great help for them in learning basic literacy.  Without such school, youths like him would have to travel greater distance to public schools in town proper.
Another reason why Asenad prefers this school is that “the teachers provide me with what I need for school like my bag, notebooks and pencil and most especially, food.”
This Salugpungan Community Learning Center is running for nine years and taught 558 Ata Manobo students.
The school started nine years ago in 2003, as a non-formal school of the religious organization Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP) in Southern Mindanao.
The tribal leaders of Salugpungan thought that education is key for the future generation, especially in learning how to defend their culture and their land against the encroachment of mining and other industries.
Their hopes were supported by the RMP especially through the efforts of the slain Italian missionary Father Fausto ‘Pops’ Tentorio, PIME (Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions), who was then the chair of the RMP Board of Directors.
Fr. Tentorio, who runs literacy programs in North Cotabato province, extended support to Talaingod.
Later in 2007, the Salugpungan Council and RMP established a primary school.  Now there are 10 Ata-Manobo schools.  Fr. Tentorio had supported the schools through donations and financial support from his friends in Italy.
Now, the Salugpungan Community Learning Center has become a full-fledged elementary school, offering primary education — for free — up to Grade Six.
But, the religious and the lumads’ initiative to gain access to basic education had been undermined with lack of government support.
Even if the Salugpungan school offers free education, the Department of Education (DepEd) has continuously denied its accreditation.
“That’s because we were not able to meet all the department’s requisites; requirements which we think are not practical for a school situated in the mountains,” laments Ronnie Garcia, the school’s first teacher.
He added, they were only given a permit to operate which they have to renew every year.
Garcia, a Mansaka lumad from Mabini, Compostela Valley province, was an RMP scholar himself who took up education course in college.  After his graduation, he volunteered to teach the Ata-Manobos here in Talaingod.
He shared that this year has been more difficult for the school as DepEd required them to submit electrical, building and Bureau of Fire Protection permits, among others.
Garcia also noted that they have modified the school’s curriculum so that it will fit the community’s needs, especially on their culture and tradition.  He added, the school has yet to discuss how to effectively implement DepEd’s new program, the K to 12.
As a teacher and a student once, Garcia said that requiring them to comply with the numerous requirements is tantamount to denying the indigenous peoples’ right to education, an added burden in the midst of their suffering from severe poverty.
Bago himself has witnessed how some of his classmates come to school with an empty stomach.
“Because of hunger, some of them cannot concentrate on the day’s lesson and many just fall asleep,” he said.
Students here bring with them root crops and yams, whenever it’s possible.  They also look for food very early in the morning, which most of the time, stretches until school time.  “That’s why some of them come to school late,” Bago said.
These lumad children long for knowledge.  Not even their parents can stop them from going to school, even if it means they have to contend with their empty stomachs.
“I’m really happy because since he goes to school, he has learned how to speak Bisaya, and to read and count,” said Bago’s father, Dolfo.
But for Bago, he hungers for more knowledge, not only for him but for his fellow lumad children, as well.
“I hope a Salugpungan High School will be established.  We want to reach high school, also, and eventually graduate” Bago said with full of hope.  (John Rizle L. Saligumba/davaotoday.com)

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Robredo’s Body Found

State Funeral For DILG Chief Readied
By GENALYN D. KABILING
August 21, 2012, 8:35pm
The body of Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo was recovered yesterday after divers found it in the wreckage of the ill-fated Piper Seneca plane 180 feet below sea level in the waters off Masbate at about 7:45 a.m. yesterday.
This was confirmed by Transportation Secretary Mar Roxas who said Robredo's body was found by technical drivers in the cabin of the plane, which was lying upside down.
As this developed, Malacañang started preparations for the official honors and state funeral for Robredo, as retired Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz, a close friend of Robredo, and Quezon City Rep. Winston Castelo called for a hero’s burial for the DILG Secretary.
In Memorandum Circular No. 36, Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr., whom President Benigno S. Aquino III designated as DILG officer-in-charge, created an inter-agency committee to organize the funeral arrangements and interment of Robredo, whose tragic death caused “deep sorrow” for the nation.
The chartered Piper Seneca plane crashed Saturday in Masbate City while en route to Naga City from Cebu.
National Days Of Mourning
President Aquino, upon arrival from Naga City last night, signed Proclamation No. 460 declaring August 21 until the day of Robredo’s interment “National Days of Mourning.”
The proclamation also directed that flags in all government buildings will be at half-mast “from sunrise to sunset” in the country and posts abroad for the next six days.
Philippine National Police Director General Nicanor Bartolome had earlier ordered all flags in all police camps and stations at half-mast.
Cut In 3 Big Chunks
Roxas said Matt Reed, a volunteer British technical diver, was the one who saw Robredo's body underwater. The diver said the plane was broken into three big chunks.
A military diver said Robredo's body was floating inside the plane wreck when found.
Divers also found one other body in the cockpit of the ill-fated plane, but they could not ascertain the identity as of press time.
However, search and retrieval operations were temporarily halted after German diver Danny Brumbach suffered decompression sickness. His mouth was frothing as he resurfaced after the search and retrieval operation but is now in stable condition.
Maj. Gen. Eduardo del Rosario, Southern Luzon Command (Solcom) chief and head of Task Force Kalihim, said personnel involved in the retrieval operations will attempt to bring to surface the aircraft’s wreckage today. He said it will now be a purely military operation when the recovery mission resumes today following the accident involving Brumbach.
Del Rosario described the wreckage as rested upside down on the seabed.
“Nakataob yung eroplano and then yung nose nagkaroon ng indention kaya maaring naipit yung mga piloto. Si Secretary Robredo nandun siya sa likuran, natanggal yung pintuan kaya open yun nung puntahan ng ating mga divers at siguro masasabi ko na lucky tayo because kahit na hindi naka-seatbelt si Sec. Robredo hindi siya napalabas ng eroplano,” said Del Rosario.
Roxas had earlier reported that divers also found the bodies of Capt. Jessup Bahinting and his co-pilot Kshitiz Chand in the cockpit. But he later clarified the report that only one other body was found.
The wreckage was found about 800 meters from the shoreline.
The body of Robredo reached the surface at about 8:15 a.m. and was immediately loaded on a rubber boat and then taken directly to the La Funeraria Eternas in Masbate City.
After confirming the body as that of Robredo, Roxas immediately informed President Aquino.
Hope Turned To Heartbreak
Hope turned to heartbreak when President Aquino learned about the passing of Robredo.
Already commemorating the death anniversary of his father, the President grieved over the loss of Robredo, his close friend, and personally brought his remains to his hometown in Naga City.
The grief-stricken leader flew back to Masbate upon learning of the retrieval of Robredo’s body. Aquino then personally saw the return of Robredo, whose body was placed in a metal casket, to his family in Naga City via a Philippine Air Force C-130 plane. Robredo’s body arrived in Naga at 12:55 p.m.
Because of this development, the President was unable to attend a mass commemorating the 29th death anniversary of his father, the late Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr., at the Manila Memorial Park. It was Aquino who contacted the DILG chief’s wife, lawyer Lenie Robredo, and informed her about the retrieval of her husband’s body, three days after his plane crash off the coast of Masbate.
Aquino was joined by Roxas, Budget Secretary Florencio Abad, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, and Presidential Communications Development Secretary Ramon Carandang in the sad flight to Naga.
Pain Of Blessing A Friend
Before leaving Masbate, Robredo’s friend for 10 years, Father Leo Casas, gave his final blessings for the DILG Secretary.
“Here we are, a friend blessing a friend,” Father Casas, who was among the few allowed to open the casket, was quoted as saying as he blessed Robredo’s body at the La Funeraria Eternas in Masbate City.
Upon seeing Robredo’s casket, Cabinet officials present and residents touched and hugged it with affection.
From Naga airport, Robredo’s body was taken directly to the Imperial Homes funeral house accompanied by President Aquino, who met with the DILG Secretary’s widow, and their children Aika, 24; Patricia, 18; and Jillian, 12.
Family spokesman Jun Lavadia said the wake for Robredo will be held at the Naga Archbishop's Palace.
In Malacañang, grief and gratitude enveloped Malacañang following the passing of Robredo, whose integrity and diligence were well known in the Aquino Cabinet.
Ochoa and several other Cabinet members mourned the death of Robredo and praised him as a “dedicated public servant and a champion of good governance.”
Dedicated Public Servant
“I join my colleagues in the Cabinet and the whole nation in mourning the passing of Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo,” Ochoa said in a statement.
“Secretary Robredo was a  dedicated public servant and a champion of good governance whose track record in public service has been an inspiration to all those who believe in government as an instrument for positive change,” he added.
Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda and Presidential Communications Operations Secretary Herminio Coloma also expressed grief over the death of Robredo.
“Jesse has passed. The nation has lost one of her finest servant-leaders,” Lacierda said on his Twitter account, a few minutes after Robredo’s body was found.
The public was encouraged to use hashtag #salamatjesse for memories and messages of sympathy via Twitter.
Coloma hailed Robredo for serving the people selflessly and honorably, saying he was “an exemplary public servant, a pathfinder in implementing innovations in governance.”
Budget Secretary Abad also praised Robredo’s integrity and diligence that served as example to many officials in government. Abad said these were the qualities that made Robredo “a most valuable and highly regarded member of President Aquino’s cabinet.”
Vice President Jejomar C. Binay asked Filipinos to pray for the family of Robredo that they may be given the strength during this difficult time.
Iloilo Representative Jerry Treñas, chairman of the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability, remembered Robredo as one of the “most decent” members of President Aquino’s Cabinet team. Eastern Samar Rep. Ben Evardone, chairman of the House Committee on Public Information, agreed with Treñas, saying the DILG Secretary was “a great loss to our country and our people.”
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) caretaker-Governor Mujiv Hataman and Governors Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu of Maguindanao, Mamintal “Bombit” Adiong Jr. of Lanao del Sur, Sakur Tan of Sulu, Sadikul Sahali of Tawi-Tawi, and Jum Akbar of Basilan described as “great loss” the demise of Robredo.
The Canadian and British governments also issued messages of condolence to the Philippine government, the Filipino people, and to the family of Secretary Robredo.
“The government of Canada would like to extend its deepest sympathy to the family of Secretary Robredo, the Government of the Philippines and the Filipino people,” Canadian Ambassador to Manila Christopher Thornley said in a statement. “He will be remembered as a leader who ushered in a new era of political reform in the Philippines, and inspired government workers to selfless devotion in public service.”
 “The British embassy is saddened by the death of Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo. We extend our heartfelt condolences to the Government of the Philippines and the family of Secretary Robredo,” said British Ambassador Stephen Lillie in a statement.
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima was in disbelief upon learning yesterday of the confirmation of the death of Robredo.
De Lima and Robredo, both natives of Camarines Sur in Bicol region, were known close buddies in the Cabinet of President Aquino.
Education Secretary Armin Luistro said the Department of Education joins the nation in mourning the passing of the untiring public servant which he called “an icon of good governance and faithful stewardship.”
Bulacan Governor Wilhelmino M. Sy-Alvarado requested all government units of the province as well as his constituents to pray for the eternal reposed of Secretary Robredo who always supportive and gave help to the Bulakenyos whenever there is a need from his office.
Former Senate President Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr. said yesterday Robredo “was an exceptional public servant, able, and faithful to his oath of office.”
Senators Manuel Villar, Loren Legarda, and Ramon Revilla Jr. extended yesterday their “deepest condolences” to the family Robredo.
Cotabato Governor Lala Taliño-Mendoza was grateful of having worked with a public official like Robredo whose main goal is to reach out to LGUs, even in far-flung areas. (With reports from Elena L. Aben, JC Bello Ruiz, Charissa M. Luci, Freddie C. Velez, Ali G. Macabalang, Ina Hernando Malipot, Roy C. Mabasa, Mario B. Casuyuran, Leslie Ann G. Aquino, Malu Cadelina Manar, Leonard D. Postrado, and Edd K. Usman)