“It is a resounding and indubitable proof that extrajudicial killings had been committed by state security forces, in this instance by members of the military. The government cannot, with any credibility say that there are no extrajudicial killings much less its security forces are not engaging in such atrocious acts and more than that, that it is an orchestrated and premeditated policy and practice.”
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
Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Although it had been a long journey to attain justice, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Wednesday, Oct. 13, welcomed the conviction of three members of the Reform the Armed Forces Movement (RAM) for the deaths of labor leader Rolando “Ka Lando” Olalia a