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Lamentations of victims of Philippine war on the poor
State of the Nation Address should have been an apology for what President Duterte has done with his bloody drug war
Updated: July 27, 2021 10:43 AM GMT
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“Oh my Aldrin, how nice it was to be your mother …
The many dreams you had …
Shattered all of a sudden.
In an instant, you were gone.
On the night of October 2, you were killed
By motorcycle-riding offenders without license plates
Their faces were covered …
Ordered by the butcher .”
This is an excerpt from a poem written by Nanette Castillo, one of the innumerable mothers of victims of extrajudicial killings during Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. She lost her only child, Aldrin, on Oct. 2, 2017.
Gunmen shoot radio commentator dead in Philippines
Reynante Cortes was gunned down shortly after finishing his morning program in Cebu
A veteran commentator has been shot dead outside his radio station in Cebu City in the Philippines.
Reynante “Rey” Cortes had just emerged from DYRB-AM radio station after finishing his program when he was reportedly approached by two men on a motorbike at about 9am on July 22.
One of them shot Cortes in the chest before they made their escape.
The commentator was rushed to a nearby hospital but was declared dead on arrival.
Police have yet to establish a motive for his murder, which drew swift condemnation.