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NEGROS OCCIDENTAL. Colonel Michael Samson, deputy commander of the 303IB. (Contributed photo)
+ March 10, 2021 THE 303rd Infantry Brigade (303IB) of the Philippine Army on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, denied that they were behind the death threats received by 10 activists through text messages in Negros Occidental.
Colonel Michael Samson, deputy commander for the 303IB, said they were not behind the messages received by activists, although they were surprised that the list was accurate.
Samson said the military was unable to accurately get the list of names of activists in Negros Occidental.
Based on the list presented on a screenshot of the text messages which were uploaded online by Karapatan-Negros, among those in the list were Iver of Bacolod, which is believed to be Iver Larit of Kadamay-Negros; Butch of Bacolod or John Butch Lozande of the National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW); Erning of Bacolod, who has been identified as Ereneo Longinos of