SILVESTRE Afable, until now, remains awestruck with the “mercurial emotions” of over a million people who took to the streets for a four-day vigil to protect military rebels during the 1986 Edsa People Power Revolution. As the Ministry of National Defense (MND) information service chief, he was the only civilian…
By TRISTAN JAMES BIGLETE Bulatlat.com MANILA – The abduction happened nine months after a people’s uprising that deposed an ailing dictator. When the bodies of labor leader Rolando Olalia and trade unionist Leonor Alay-ay were finally found in Antipolo, hours felt like decades for the grieving families. Olalia and Alay-ay were shot to death. Hogtied.…
“Our victory today has only stiffened our resolve to never abandon our search for the remaining nine men involved in our father’s brutal killing.” - Rolando Rico Olalia, son of Ka Lando
Trial Court Three members of the Reform the Armed Forces Movement (RAM) have been found guilty of two counts of murder for the killings in 1986 of labor leader Rolando “Ka Lando” Olalia and his aide Leonor Alay-ay. Sentenced to a maximum of 40 years in jail without eligibility for parole