Thursday, May 2, 2013

Indignation rally against NPAs in Misamis Oriental

From the Philippine News Agency (May 1): Indignation rally against NPAs in Misamis Oriental

Municipal and barangay officials,religious group, and other people’s organization condemned the atrocities of the New People’s Army (NPA) in an indignation rally in Gingoog City, the military said Wednesday.

Maj. Leo E. Bongosia, spokesperson of the army’s 4th Infantry Division, said the military also joined the peace rally where local leaders took turns in condemning the atrocities by the NPA rebels in the hinterlands of Misamis Oriental.

Bongosia said that the local leaders condemned the crimes and atrocities done by the NPAs, not only in Gingoog City, but in other places in Misamis Oriental where these brought so much damage - physically and psychologically- to the communities.

He said Brig. Gen. Ricardo R. Visaya, newly installed commander of the army’s 4th ID, who was present during the rally also expressed, on behalf of the army command, sympathy to the families of the slain Velasco brothers.

Bartolome and Nestor Velasco, both drivers and close-in security escorts of Gingoog City Mayor Ruthie Guingona, died when their convoy was ambushed in Barangay Capitulangan on their way home from a fiesta celebration last April 20.

Ruthie Guingona, mother of incumbent Senator Teofisto Guingona III, survived the attack with bullet and shrapnel wounds in various parts of her body.

Visaya said that peace could be attained if the government, non-government organizations, and other stakeholders will work together to counter the atrocities of the NPA in their areas.

“It is only by acting together we can attain peace and cease the existence of NPAs which have been the burden of the country for more than four decades,” Visaya said.

The Guingona ambush prompted the government to send a battalion of Marines soldiers to Gingoog City to flush those responsible for the attack and to ensure a peaceful election on May 13 in Misamis Oriental.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=521597

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