Related activity: There will be an indignation rally on Wednesday (Dec.9) in Mendiola (Chino Roces Avenue), starting at 10:30 a.m.Assembly, in front of UST on España. Organized by the November 23 Movement.
by Romel Regalado Bagares
Cotabato City – The independent forensic team led by Peruvian forensic anthropologist Dr. Jose Pablo Baraybar said yesterday it is “now almost sure that there is a 58th body” that is yet unaccounted for after his team’s discovery of a partial upper left denture with a metal clasp at the crime scene that did not fit any of the remains already recovered.
From ABS-CBN:
The military on Thursday unearthed a large cache of arms and ammunition, enough to supply a brigade-size unit of the military near the mansions of the Ampatuans in Shariff Aguak, capital town of Maguindanao.
Statement of Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV
The recent discovery of the large cache of firearms, ammunition and other military armaments at a vacant lot near the Mansion of the Ampatuans in Maguindanao as reported by ABS-CBN and GMA News confirms our claim that, during all this time, the arms and ammunition of warlords and other rogue groups which have wreck havoc in our country are being supplied and sourced from the arsenals and factories of the AFP and the DND.
This corrupt and condemnable practice has not only led to the sacrifice of countless lives of soldiers, law enforcement officials and innocent civilians but has been fueling the endless war in Mindanao and other volatile areas. This was also one of the root causes which impelled us to demonstrate and speak out against the current administration at Oakwood way back in 2003; at Manila Pen two years ago; and whenever we get the chance to be heard.
Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, as Commander-In-Chief, and his anointed former DND Secretary Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro, must be made accountable for all the deaths caused by these guns.
As this developed, Baraybar and his team were set to fly back to Manila yesterday on the advice of their private security consultants who reported that the group was being cased by armed men.
Dr. Baraybar said the dentures belonged to slain Midland Review staff Reynaldo “Bebot” Momay, of Tacurong City Sultan Kudarat, according to his dental records.
“However, the dentures did not fit the set of human remains earlier identified as belonging to Momay,” said the forensic anthropologist, adding that the same body is being claimed as well by the families of Victor Nuñez and a certain Tiamzon, both of UNTV based in General Santos City.
The discovery of the dentures brings to 58 the number of people who perished in the Nov. 23 carnage. Ealier, authorities reported that a total of 57 human remains have been recovered from the site and of these, only three have remained unidentified.
However, Dr. Baraybar’s team found that of the three remains, two have a full set of teeth while the third has full upper and lower dentures. “This clearly means we have another body still missing.”
Baraybar’s team began evidence-gathering at the massacre site in Barangay Salman, Ampatuan town Sunday. The dentures were recovered Wednesday in a grassy area near one of the vehicles – a Songgyang van – in the convoy that was waylaid by some 100 armed men linked to the powerful Ampatuan clan.
The Peruvian forensic expert said Momay’s dentures are held in place by a metal clasp and could not be easily dislodged unless extracted by an indirect force. “That is the best guess we can have at this moment.”
Dr. Baraybar and his British counterpart Christopher Cobb-Smith, a weapons expert and experienced field investigator, lead a team of forensic investigators and lawyers from the Center for International Law (CenterLaw) deputized by the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to conduct an independent parallel investigation on the Ampatuan massacre. He also directed the Office on Missing Persons and Forensics of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo.
Baraybar and Cobb-Smith are joined in the team by Centerlaw lawyers Harry Roque, Joel Butuyan, Romel Bagares and Gilbert Andres.
The group’s recovery efforts had been hampered by the lack of heavy equipment. “We need a backhoe to empty out the previously excavated mass graves to sift through the debris to ascertain whether an untouched part of the grave may still hold some human remains,” said Dr. Baraybar. “It has to be carefully done – we have some experience doing this in the Balkans in our work for the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.”
The legal team’s chief counsel, Harry Roque, said he was able to arrange for a backhoe and a truck for the use of the forensic investigation to be fielded to the crime scene by Saturday morning.
“We’re moving our base of operations from Cotabato City to Koronadal City, where the security risks are not as high,” said Roque.
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Big arms cache near Ampatuan mansions unearthed
abs-cbnNEWS.com
The military on Thursday unearthed a large cache of arms and ammunition, enough to supply a brigade-size unit of the military near the mansions of the Ampatuans in Shariff Aguak, capital town of Maguindanao.
In an interview, Col. Leo Cresente Ferrer, Philippine Army’s 601st Infantry Brigade acting commander, said they found different types of high-powered firearms and ammunition buried in the ground in a vacant lot in Poblacion 3 in Shariff Aguak.
He said the lot is near the mansions of the Ampatuans, who are being investigated for their role in the Ampatuan massacre last November 23.
As of 8:30 p.m., Ferrer said they have discovered 141 boxes of ammunition for high-powered firearms such as M60 machine gun, M16 automatic rifles as well as caliber .45 bullets.
The Army commander said the ammunition found can supply the requirements of a brigade-size unit. An Army brigade consists of at least 1,500 men or at least 2 battalions plus several companies.
He said they also found the following:
* two 81mm mortars;
* a 60mm mortar;
* two 90mm and one 57mm recoilless rifles commonly known as bazookas;
* 4 M60 machine guns;
* caliber .50 Barrett sniper rifle;
* 200 other high-powered guns;
* 1 Ultimax light machine gun;
* 1 Bushmaster 5.56mm carbine;
* 2 Browning Automatic rifles (BARs);
* 1 FAL automatic rifle;
* 1 AK-47;
* 1 Heckler & Koch HK 11 light support machine gun;
* one 5.56mm M4 carbine;
* 9mm and caliber .45 pistols.
Gun replacement parts were also found.
More ammos expected
Ferrer estimated that the military hardware they have so far found has been placed in an area the size of a basketball court. He said the armaments found so far are worth around P1.4 million.
He said they expect to recover more guns and ammunition since the digging is still ongoing.
The digging may take 2 days since the soldiers are only using their hands.
Ferrer said they initially used a bulldozer but decided to stop using it since it might trigger an explosion in case they hit a bomb, artillery or mortar round buried in the ground.
Ferrer said a concerned citizen reported the arms cache to the Army on November 25, 2 days after the massacre which killed at least 57 people in Ampatuan town. The concerned citizen claimed to have seen a backhoe digging in the vacant lot after the killings.
“We have information from a concerned citizen, this was given to the Army and the police, that there was something buried on the night of Nov. 25,” he said.
He said they immediately sent a unit with bomb-sniffing dogs to confirm the report.
From gov’t arsenal
Ferrer said the ammunition boxes found bore markings of Armscor, meaning it came from the Government Arsenal in Bataan. He said some of the boxes even indicate the date of manufacture, June 2009.
Armscor supplies ammunition to the military, police, and also civilians, but only upon authorization of the government.
He said military and police uniforms were also found at the excavation site.
Ferrer, however, declined to connect the Ampatuans to the buried arms cache.
He said it would be up to the police to file a case based on the evidence found by investigators.
He said he could not confirm if the firearms were used in the Ampatuan massacre.
“I don’t know. We have the mortars and I don’t believe the mortars were used. May mga bala rin dito, different calibers, puwedeng nagamit noon o ibinaon para sa ganoon magamit pa ng mga goons ng mga private armies,” said Ferrer.
However, he said everyone knows who has the capacity and influence to buy such a large amount of firearms and ammunition.
“We will find out. Wala pa kaming personality. Pero obvious naman eh,” said Ferrer.
Ferrer also expressed his thanks to the civilian who tipped them off. He said the informant is helping achieve peace in Maguindanao.
A breakthrough
Director Felizardo Serapio Jr., directorate for Integrated Police Office-Western Mindanao, hailed the arms and ammunition find.
“This is a breakthrough sa investigation side. Naka-breakthrough na tayo dun sa shells ano… This has been one of the clamor na bakit nakikita natin old firearms. Here, we can see bago, mga brand new… we have not only assault rifles but we have offensive weapons like the Barrett,” said Serapio.
The military earlier recovered firearms from the two Special Civilian Active Auxiliary (SCAA) companies of Maguindanao which are alleged to have been used by the Ampatuans as part of their private army.
However, the recovery of the firearms was criticized since only old firearms such as World War II-vintage M1 Garand rifles were turned over.
The military said the arms and ammunition from the excavation site would be turned over to police, who are expected to test the firearms and see if they were used in the Ampatuan massacre.
“We will know that after the investigation. We will find out…That will be one of the objectives of our investigation. Most probably, may koneksyon sa mga nangyayari,” said Serapio.
Hold accountable
Meanwhile, Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) public information chief, said that whoever was responsible for the buried arms cache found would be held accountable.
He said that the AFP and the Department of National Defense (DND) will immediately launch an investigation.
He confirmed that the ammunitions found were from the Government Arsenal.
Brawner said only soldiers and police should be using supplies from the Government Arsenal located in Limay town in Bataan province, which is where ammunition is manufactured.
Like Ferrer, he also declined to identify who is responsible for the arms cache. — with a report from Lerio Bompat, ABS-CBN Central Mindanao and Nickee Butlangan
The Commission on Human Rights statement on collaboration with the Executive Department (DOJ,PNP,NBI) in the investigation of the Maguindanao massacre
Several times since the beginning of the Fourth Commission, we have witnessed human rights emergencies, atrocities and crises which have called our nation’s institutions to attention and action. Several times, the public had been restive, clamoring for redress and for justice. But never before since the beginning of the Fourth Commission had we encountered such an atrocious affront to civility, decency, humanity and human rights as the mass killings this week in Maguindanao. It is incredible, inconceivable and therefore incomprehensible that a crime of this magnitude can be carried out by human beings against other human beings, against the unarmed, against those who had no conviction to die, against women and men who had every intention of returning to their families and children. It was not war between warlords but mass murder of innocents.
It was not an outburst of uncontrollable anger – it was premeditated. Where the perpetrators’ conviction to carry out the killings had materialized, it developed into frenzied baseness, not only to rob the victims of their lives, but their honor and dignity as well. It was rape, it was mutilation, it was execution, it was the most vicious form of murder perpetrated by the most grotesque version of human beings.
The public outrage over the crime committed is not only understandable – it is essential. Our people’s freedom to speak out against and be enraged by affronts to our laws and human rights lays the predicate for calling out the government to take decisive action and deliver justice. Even where the outrage is directed at the government-at-large and not just the perpetrators, and where the clamor takes on stinging and even hostile character, we, in government, must welcome the criticism. The people’s ability to speak and speak openly is the basis of our faith in our freedom, rights and democracy, the very things we must now re-assert amidst this dreadful backdrop of the murders in Maguindanao.
Now that the people have done their part, it is our turn to do ours. It is the government’s turn to vindicate our people’s faith in our institutions, in our Constitution and laws.
There is no one government institution that can fully address the Maguindanao Massacre. In order to ensure a complete and expeditious resolution of the case and impartial levy of justice against all those who must be held accountable, various institutions must work harmoniously towards the same ends of justice. The DOJ, PNP, NBI and the CHR must work collaboratively, now more than ever, to ensure that our governmental response to the massacre lives up to the most scrutinizing expectations of the public-at-large.
The collaboration between the Executive Department and the CHR will partake of a sharing of expertise at the center of parallel investigations covering the criminal, administrative and human rights aspects of the Mindanao Massacre. It is not an abrogation of each institution’s individual mandates, and certainly, the CHR will conduct its investigation independently, as it has always done in the past.
Moreover, the collaboration must extend beyond the investigation of the murders to the extremely tense and volatile situation prevailing in Maguindanao. While the perpetrators are on the run save for one suspect, there are furtive forces that remain and continue to assert a culture of intimidation and impunity throughout Maguindanao. Just as the national government has mobilized its vast resources to address the killings, there are insidious counter-forces mobilizing as well to thwart justice yet again. The collaboration between the Executive Department and the CHR must address the very serious human rights situation that affects all bystanders to the Maguindanao Massacre.
Even with Executive collaboration, the CHR will still assuredly exercise one of its most important mandates, and that is to oversee and thus ensure that governmental efforts meet the standards of utmost integrity and devotion to obtaining justice for the victims and their families. As much as the massacre is a human rights catastrophe, less-than-ardent effort to investigate, prosecute and deliver a just resolution is itself a grave violation of human rights. Even with collaborative efforts with the Executive Department, the CHR remains firmly independent in its oversight function in relation to the government.
The avowed purpose in collaboration is to enhance each agency’s effectiveness, just as the CHR’s purpose of oversight function over the government on human rights obligations has always been to enhance the government’s functions, which must always be attuned and compliant with human rights.
There are many who are working very hard to ensure that no effort will be spared to bring the criminals behind the Maguindanao Massacre to justice. We ask the public to preserve their faith in the rule of law, to extend faith to our government and its institutions, but to remain vigilant and vocal, especially where justice remains unserved.
28 November 2009.
From the November 23 Movement:
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
The November 23 Movement and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) invite you to take part in the International Day of Action against Impunity, a collective expression of outrage against the killings of journalists and innocent civilians in Maguindanao and the call for justice for all victims.
Invited Speakers: Representatives of media organizations, press corps, international media groups, and multisectoral groups
Let’s wear black shirts and black wrist bands on this day. We would also be enjoined to bring and tie black ribbons around lamp posts and trees during the march from UST to Malacanang.
We need your presence so that our voices would be heard in raising these urgent calls:
Justice for Slain Journalists and all Victims of the Ampatuan/Maguindanao Massacre!
Stop Killing Journalists!
End Impunity, Justice Now!
See you there.
there are so many witnesses already held in camp crame and yet only one is in jailed. bakit ba ang tagal kumilos nila diyan… it’s too embarassing.
poor filipinos… represented by turtles
off topic but related to the sorry state of our judicial system for your information.
http://www.pcij.org/blog/wp-docs/CenPeg_judicial_research_summary.pdf
Off-topic, but related to Philippine media reporting. Inquirer reported death-toll-64 a few days ago.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20091128-238874/Massacre-death-toll-reaches-64
Massacre death toll reaches 64
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:50:00 11/28/2009
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao – The grassy hill of Barangay Salman in nearby Ampatuan town continued to give up corpses.
A total of 64 cadavers have been retrieved since Monday’s mass murder . . . .
How many have they arrested so far out of the 100 or so killers or suspected killers?
Meanwhile, Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) public information chief, said that whoever was responsible for the buried arms cache found would be held accountable.
Puro “would be” lang ang alam sabihin! All bark, no bite. C’mon Colonel, get off your backside and do something.
There were supposed to have been 100 members of Ampatuan’s brigade who were responsible for the massacre and up until now, not even a dozen have been caught?
No wonder, we can’t end the war in Mindanao…
correction: is in jail pala..
many witnesses at camp crame/a>
maybe the current administration is arranging a soft escape of the other members of the Ampatuans or this administration is waiting for 150 witnesses before they can build a solid case…
Like Juan Tamad waiting for the guava fruit to fall unto his face?
you see folks, this country is very very sick.
the backhoe, the killer Jr and the police station nearby which is on the way to the graveyard are solid evidence that will link the governor to the crime. The governor’s relationship to the killer Jr. can be considered a decision of ONE knowing that this family is known by normal people as a CLAN…
oh my goodness Philippines, move move move…
pepito, you link is 2006. that’s old. it;s not new and yet the President GMA is still in office and psend $20,000 of your money…
Yousee what’s wrong with this country? The majority of the people are kept in the dark. No voters awareness program have reached the provinces nor even in Manila. No resource management done by the Commission to recruit a better leader. The commission is dependent upon what the big boss is saying but it is comon knowledge that the COMSION is supposed to act independently for the benefit of the people… what have they done? they allow Manny Pacquaio, encouraged him to run for congressman and yet his fight with mayweather is scheduled in may 1. It allows a convicted plundered Jpseph Estrada to file candidacy. It allows candidate to offer the people to seel their votes that is not in GOOD faith. Furthermore, the commission does not understand that recruiting honest local representatives based on good moral character is as important as electing a president. Worst, it allows private entities to donate big chunks of money to a political candidates as to influence policymaking such as road construction close to its businesses and many more….
This country is too sick and I am embarrassed by how the many levels of government treat their people like servants.
God bless ya’ll
correction again : pepito, your link is 2006. that’s old. it’s not new and yet the President GMA is still in office and spent $20,000 in Le Cirque. Now she is running for congress to divert votes and many other tactics for her allies to win.
There will be a lot of back negotiations here. The ampatuans are arroyos’ private army as well. Di ba sila ang nagpanalo sa kanya noong 2004 at nagbigay ng 12-0 sa senatorial candidates noong 2007. Sila rin ang nagpanalo kay Zubiri?
All the prolonged interrogations are primarily done to negotiate with this hoodlum clan. Para soft landing nga naman ang dating.
I suspect that they are the operators of the abductions in the South as well.
Boobuwit can not have an iron hand on this clan kasi kakanta sila sa mga pinaggagawa ni boobuwit sa turf nila. Kaya parang larong chess yan. Isang pawn isang opisyal hanggang ma-mate yung queen. I am so waiting for that day!
The ampatuans are not the only cultivated clan. Marami pa ang mga clusters na yan. Wala lang talagang magawa si boouwit kasi in cahoots siya sa kanila sa election fraud. Kaya tameme yung bansot kasi kapag ginalaw niya sila, she will be brought down as well. This is something she can not afford to do right now. This is why she can not even condemn the perpetrators of the massacre. Her ten year tenure grew these clans. Erap was able to take over the camps of these terror groups. Si pandak ang ipinalit, families of criminals. Let us see what kind of strategy she will have. Ingat lang siya dahil traidor ang mga yan. Once she is no longer protected by the armed forces of the Philippines ( who are now acting like her bodyguards) madali lang siyang iligpit ng mga ampatuans sampu ng mga clan na pinalaki niya para protektahan ang pandaraya niya.
This is an old issue of Trillanes and the Oakwood soldiers. They are now proved true and vindicated.
Guns, Goons, Gold & Gloria!!
Tingnan niyo, Imelda is running too. wala talaga ang pinas… the majority are not well aware. This country has not created a majority of middle class who are highly educated that are capable of understanding the complexity. Many of our people are not aware of what true democracy is all about.. The function of a leader is to initiate and act to educate majority including appointing the right person to implement the plan of action. When did comelec and the other departments in charge of educating the poor majority propose, publicize and make aware o people’s voting rights. The vote buying is simply undermining democracy.
ang alam ko.. nabibili pa rin si Mang Juan and Pedro… even your own representative,binibili rin nang mga private elites…
all of us at ellen are a minority in numbers even if we add the members of the other non profit NGO… marami pa ring Mang Juan and Pedro that can easily be manipulated…
But I believe that people are manageable and they can be trained but the initiative must come from a good national leader and local leaders. There must be teamwork to accomplish a goal, pero kanya kanya sila..
Im not over yet with this massacre. Nakakainis..
“This country has not created a majority of middle class…”
Whatever the previous administrations have accomplished is not enough. JOBS! JOBS! JOBS! Not jobs in Abu Dhabi for OFW’s, not sailor-jobs in Africa nor accounting jobs in Singapore or teacher-jobs in Hongkong, Pilipinas needs jobs in Pilipinas.
Triple the number of micro-loans; hire 50% more teachers for the schools; hire more police personnel for Mindanao, Makati, Mindoro. Politician-candidates always say they will fight corruption because it is easy to get UP-students and barbershop-kibitzers agitated when you say “fight corruption!!!”. Politicians do not say “…create new jobs” because then everyone listens, and when folks are listening, they can see through lies.
GMA-corrupt!! Talsik diyan!!!
If my recollection is right, Teodoro one time as Defense Minister mentioned that the Milirary was short of Ammunition and now we can figure why…and there are many Private Armies in the country, other the Ampatuans…
Teodoro always says siya lang ang walang anomaliya. Eh ano ang tawag mo dyan sa nangyari sa mga ampatuans? Isn’t peace and order his primary job when he was at the DND? Kaya naman pala panay ang photo ops niya na kasama yung kalaban ng mga ampatuans. He failed just like the boobuwit!
is it true that the Int’l FORENSIC INVESTIGATORS have gone home because of death threats?
Sa kaganapang ito, naaalala ko yung naging kasa natin dito sa blog na ito. Isang Muslim na taga Patikul Sulo o Tawi Tawi ata yun?
May naging hamon siya noon sa mga sundalo at pulis na pasukin nila yung isang isla na malapit sa Sulu. Bawal daw doon ang mga sibilyan pero ang mga pulis at militar ay nakakarating doon. Sila pa yung naghahatid ng mga bihag nila patawid.
Ang mga warlords lalo na at maraming pang bigay kahit kaaway ng estado ay nakukuha nila? Pati yung mga dapat magbigay ng proteksyon sa mga sibilyan ay nagiging tao din ng mga warlords? Kaya pala pati mga uniporme ng pulis nakita sa isang bahay ng isang PO2 lang. PO2 lang pero ang laki ng bahay. Paano kaya yung mga SPO 10?
Masaydong malakas ang kapit nung warlord na iyan para magkaroon sila ng mga ganoong malalakas na baril.
“We ask the public to preserve their faith in the rule of law, to extend faith to our government and its institutions,…”
As long as Gloria Arroyo continue to ignore the rule of law and heads the government, this statement has no appeal to me. Ang hirap mag-build ng trust habang ang nakikita ay pagmumukha ni Gloria.
“We ask the public to preserve their faith in the rule of law, to extend faith to our government and its institutions,…”
As long as there’s no concrete plans to improve our Judiciary, as long as pork barrel is not re-allocated from Congress to local governments, and as long as the thieves and corrupt remains unfunished it will be very hard to live with it knowing. OK na ngayon matibay kami and will fight this till kingdom come!!!
oops rewite..As long as there’s no concrete plans to improve our Judiciary, as long as pork barrel is not re-allocated from Congress to local governments, and as long as the thieves and corrupt remains unpunished, it will be very hard to live with it knowing that most in the government are the ones violating the Law. OK na ngayon matibay kami and will fight this till kingdom come!!!
Eh paano ba naman you have a deputy national security adviser ang alam lang ay dumikit kay Pacquiao. Pati yun pangulo ang alam na province na puntahan ay Pampanga. She visited 50X sa pampanga ang namatay sa mindanao 50+. KUng lagi siyang bumibisita sa mindanao eh di laging alert ang mga sundalo…dapat yata doon itayo ang malacanang para isang batallion laging may sundalo at laging may airforce sa maguindanao
Asian Delight, in the above story, Harry Roque is quoted:
“We’re moving our base of operations from Cotabato City to Koronadal City, where the security risks are not as high,” said Roque.
So they are still there but changed base of operation.
Tongue:This is an old issue of Trillanes and the Oakwood soldiers. They are now proved true and vindicated.
Correct , Tongue. That’s one of the issues they raised as they called for the resignation of Angelo Reyes and Gloria Arroyo. I remember Trillanes on July 27, 2003 saying, “Ang bala na ginagamit sa pagbaril sa amin ay galing sa AFP.”
Yan na nga.
Some military officials are acting as gun-runners and in business with the Ampatuans. How can they explain the cache that bore the markings of the ammunition supplier of the government? It’s not everybody or anybody can do business with the supplier unless you are close to the powers that be. It’s not that hard to guess by now that the arms cache found its way from the hands of the military to the Ampatuans. Who else has the authority and power to do such?
It’s no wonder that often times soldiers complain that they are running short of ammos. Now we know that it’s because they are being traded for cash by corrupt officers.
No amount of denying from the military will clear the air of corruption within their ranks. The evidences are right their before their eyes.
oy my goodness, the ampatuans just filed writ of amparo… that’s what happen when investigations are slow.
thanks ellen.. there was a FAN of Facebook definitely filipino who made such update…
RE: Ferrer said the ammunition boxes found bore markings of Armscor, meaning it came from the Government Arsenal in Bataan?
Sige ipaliwanag ito at panagutin sina gloria bilang commander-in-cheap at Gibo as sickretary of National Defenseless?
Puro kayo yabang…imagine, #3 poor province ang Magindanao pagkatapos itong mga berdugong lingkod-bulsa e isang katutak ang armaments at di pa nga pinakita diyan yong LAV (Tangke) na ibalita kagabi sa TV Patrol?
Ang nakakapundi ng kukote e galing sa Armscor ang mga armas? Ano ibig sabihin nito…guns runner itong AFP/PNP disgruntled personnel na siyang nagtutulak ng armas sa mga berdugong tradpols.
Kaya di matapos-tapos ang kaguluhan diyan sa Mindanao e ginagawang negosyo ng mga General problems ng AFP/PNP na ibenta itong armas sa mga berdugo…pero ang kanilang isyu ng armas sa mga sundalo at kapulisan e puro teka-teka lang kaya pag napasabak ng barilan sa mga bandido hayon tigok.
Sige ipaliwag…100% sangkot ang awtoridad sa krimeng ito sapagka’t fresh pa sa kukote ng Kapinuyan yong kinumpiskang mga baril ng CVO at Cafgus ng mga Ampatuwad na puro WWII riples pa ito na kinakalawang na?
He he he…buking ang mga TONTO akala nila lusot na sila sa kagaguhan pero may matino pa pala sa AFP/PNP na nakasakote ng matataas na armas…sure marami pa yan kaya huwag titigilang magkalkal sure marami pa kayong matitisod niyan.
Good job…sa mga matitinong Kasundaluhan, ibangon nýo ang wala ng dangal nýong institution?
* two 81mm mortars;
* a 60mm mortar;
* two 90mm and one 57mm recoilless rifles commonly known as bazookas;
* 4 M60 machine guns;
* caliber .50 Barrett sniper rifle;
* 200 other high-powered guns;
* 1 Ultimax light machine gun;
* 1 Bushmaster 5.56mm carbine;
* 2 Browning Automatic rifles (BARs);
* 1 FAL automatic rifle;
* 1 AK-47;
* 1 Heckler & Koch HK 11 light support machine gun;
* one 5.56mm M4 carbine;
* 9mm and caliber .45 pistols.
There is no numerical figure for “caliber .50, 9mm and .45 pistols on the above list. But for arguments sake, let’s say “10 caliber .50; 50 9mm and 50 .45 pistols – the WHOLE TOTAL number of cache of arm is still, according to my count: 377 Arms
According to the Army Commander, that’s enough to supply a 1,500 brigade. What arms would the remaining 1,123 soldiers use since they are only equipped with 377 arms? As Dolphy once said “pag tumakbo akong Senador at panalo…ano na ang gagawin ko? Just a thought.
To our loyal soldiers who are bloggers and commenters, I ask? Isn’t a brigade supposed to be 10,000 strong? Seemed like 1,500 is a weak brigade.
parasabayan – December 4, 2009 9:18 am
Teodoro always says siya lang ang walang anomaliya. Eh ano ang tawag mo dyan sa nangyari sa mga ampatuans?
PSB…korek ang kwento ng marami nating Kababayan na di matitigil ang kaguluhan sa Mindanao at ibang parte ng Pinas kasi nga kung magkaroon ng peace in order e konti na budget ng AFP/PNP at wala na silang mainegosyong armas para ibenta sa mga warlords at criminal elements.
Buking…imagine, isang katutak na armas at may tangke pa…galing ng Armscor, yaks…ibig sabihin may hokus-pokus talagang nangyari at nangyayari sa AFP/PNP kaya kita nýo halos karamihan sa mga Generals e ang yayaman?
idagdag ko lang – ang mga nahukay na boxes containing guns and ammunitions have dates – June 2009. Panahon ni Gibo.
Dapat busisiin din ang mga assets and liabilities ng mga Ampatuans. Langya, ang lalaki ng mga mansion. Aside from monkey business with the Glue, ano ba ang legal na source of income ng mga Ampuitans.
“ano ba ang legal na source of income ng mga Ampuitans.” – martina
Ampuwetans are “pek di vi di Lords” of the LuzViMinda, hehehe. Thousands of pek dividis are scattered all over here in Baguio. Baka si Tongue T alam yan.
Bakit pa inilibing yung ammos and guns, didn’t make sense since they’re powerful anyways, what were they afraid of? Di na lang nilagyan ng kumot so they’ll be ready anytime for
any fire fight.
Ang lahat na mga nangyayari sa atin bansa ay dapat na isisi sa mga ungas na botante,di dapat lumawig ang kapangyarihan ng mga halimaw,ilan beses na ang halalan ay pilit na inuluklok ang mga tongressman na kaalyado ng REYNA upang nakawan at walanghiyain ang sambayanan.Sa impeachment walang nangyari dahil lahat ay mga congressman na ibinoto ng ang atin mamayan,sa OMBUDSMAN may nangyari ba? bokya rin. Hangalan oops halalan na naman,iluklok nanamn ang mga iniidolong mga Halimaw.Papanong uunlad ang ating bayan kung ating mga mamayan,parang isang UNGAS na kumahaa ng latigo upang ihampas sa sarili.
martina – December 4, 2009 2:41 pm
idagdag ko lang – ang mga nahukay na boxes containing guns and ammunitions have dates – June 2009. Panahon ni Gibo.
Yaks…Martina, ang bukang-bibig ni Gibo malinis siyang magtrabho eh?
Kaya pala…ang mga Ampatuwad e untouchable sa Magindanao, kwento na isa kong kaigibang Muslim e tirador ang mga iyan at malaki ang atraso sa MILF at iba pa.
Pero private armies yan ni Gloria kaya yong armas e galing ng Armscor…ipaliwanag Gibo bakit June 2009 mfr. date ng ammunitions?
Kayo ha…puro kayo sinungaling!
“oy my goodness, the ampatuans just filed writ of amparo… that’s what happen when investigations are slow.” – asian delight
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“The Court of Appeals approved on Friday the Ampatuan family’s petition for a writ of amparo, effectively preventing security forces from restricting clan members’ movement within the province.
“This means that the military personnel there in Maguindanao can no longer restrict the movement of these persons,” said Anwar Khalid Maliawao of the Ampatuans’ legal team in an interview over ANC.” – GMA News
Pakitang gilas na naman si Pandak diyan and will order investigation kung papano napunta sa kamay ng mga warlords ang pang-gerang armas.Maliwanag na galing sa armory ng AFP,hindi kaya iyung mga lumang baril na isinurender na puro luma ay galing sa PMA na kagagawan ni Victor Corpus. Zarzuela na naman ang kalalabasan ng invistigation na ito.
Kailangan panagutin ang mga general na may kargo ng mga armas na nakalusot at sila naman ang ibabaon sa hukay.They should look for the Memo authorizing the release of those firearms, whoever is the commander, the author of the Memo charged as an accessory before the fact to the massacre of the innocent people.Kaso nag retire na yata ang mga punyakules na henerales.
Kapag si Gibo ang magiging Presidente,kawawa na ang Pilipinas sa kuko ng mga berdugong warlords, biruin ninyo after the Maguindanao massacre sabi ni Gibo the Ampatuans are considered expelled from the partido ng mga Palaka.That punishment is a tap at the wrist and not even considered as a child abused.Gibo could have at least recommended the immediate arrest of the Ampatuan clan and declared that no one is above the law even those whom he should now consider as allies. Instead it is clear that the Ampatuans are getting special treatment pa.
Naalala niyo pa ba ang kaso ni Ted Failon,kinaladkad ng mga pulis sa hospital na parang hinatulan na siya ng guilty.Kaya doble kara ang pamamalakad ng batas,kung kakampi ka nila,pitikin ka lang sa daliri,kung salungat ka ay garutihin ka ng latigo.Ay Oo nga pala,nakatikim ng posas si Ellen at ibang mga journalist na nag cover sa Pen mabuti na lang naibulsa sa saya si Kapitan Faeldon at nawala na parang bula.
Kaya siguro di matalo-talo ang insurgencies sa Mindanao, lahat ng sophisticated ammunition hawak ng private armies ni Ampatuan! Jusko Lord, magtigil nga si Gibo na walang anomalya sa Defense!
Silent operator din yan si Gibo Teodoro. Nagmamalinis siya and yet he’s the DND secretary on that time. Nasa DND siya ng time na yon and yet di niya alam ang mga nangyayari? the reasons DND gave these arms in advance to Ampatuans & others ay para sa prelude nila ng panghaharass sa darating na 2010 eleksyon kaya nagpabigay na ang DND ng mga armas from DND c/o Gibo para matulungan din siya sa mindanao ng mga cohorts operator! eh medyo maiinit na ngayon ang mga kamay ng Ampatuans kaya inumpisahan na nila lipunin at patayin ang mga kalaban.
Beware of Gibo Teodoro! another president from Malakanyang cohorts will drag our country again for another 9 pestilent years.
Wake up na mga kababayan. This is already a sign that we should aware which President we should elect for. Even the whole world & United Nations have got chilling effects now on our country. Don’t vote for Malakanyang cohorts like Gibo Teodoro, Gordon, Money-Manny Villar or MMDA Baya-bayani Fernando. At yong mga Senators like Merriam Defensor-Santiago, Enrile, Lapid and other Malakanyang cohorts candidates. Wala naman ginawa mga yan kundi suportahan si Bubwit Evil Glorya!
This is an old issue of Trillanes and the Oakwood soldiers. They are now proved true and vindicated. -tongue
The Magdalo knew where they’re coming from. Ikinulong tuloy sila ng babaeng puta!
Good observation!
FLASH! FLASH! FLASH!
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/12/04/09/arroyo-orders-martial-law-maguindanao
Martial law ordered in Maguindanao Thursday.
Soon to follow:
Masbate
Nueva Ecija
Abra
Lanao del Norte
Lanao del Sur
Basilan
Sulu
Samar
With the Baraybar and Cobb-Smith team joined by the team of Centerlaw lawyers Harry Roque, Joel Butuyan, Romel Bagares and Gilbert Andres,and Lila de Lima of CHR…the truth will out about the Ampatuan carnage. CHR is the only government “institution” I put my faith in because of Miss de Lima.
Dapat lang dagain si Gloria Arroyo, baka hindi lang s’ya ma-Fujimori. Kung tuluyang mag-sing-along ang Ampatuans kung maipit ng todo, of course they will sing no other than Hello Garci medley.
Mas masaklap kesa kay Erap ang future ni Gloria Arroyo kaya nananakot na s’ya ang next Speaker of the House onto Prime Minister for life. Sabagay, the bitch has a license to dream according to the rule of law of the Enchanted Kingdom.
Martial Law needs the sanction of both houses of Congress voting jointly and a simple majority is required to uphold or reject it.
But the majority party, represented by Speaker Nograles says,
Aha! The cops and soldiers CAN, ok let’s say, WILL now arrest all suspected warlords and hold them prisoners beyond the normal 3-day limit since the Writ of Habeas Corpus is suspended. This, while we wait for Arroyo’s partymates in Congress who are busy shopping abroad for Christmas or busy blazing the campaign trail.
Are these being done in the name of justice or just to intentionally render the actions of PNP/AFP illegal hence, the Ampatuans, et al, and their ilk can go scot-free?
Ganun ba, tongue? Dinaga ng tuluyan dahil sa presence ng independet forensic team.
Will Gloria’s martial law affect the unearthing of the truth by the team of Dr. Baraybar?
Rule of law ha?! Without the joint Congress nod, nag-martial law na si Gloria impakta!
tongue, binili ko na ang last line mo, so her “ilk can go scot-free”.
Ewan ko chi, ang basa ko dito pinainan ang mga Ampatuan, binigyan ng mga bagong armas at supplies, saka ginatungan sila pati ang mga Mangudadatu para magkatuluyan na ang patayan. Parehong gahaman at feeling malakas sa Palasyo kaya ganyan ang nangyari, nagduruan sila, hanggang bumigay ang pasensiya ng isa.
Sabit nga diyan si Teodoro. Si Gilbert ang humihimas sa Mangudadatu, Malakanyang naman ang nagtari sa manok nilang Ampatuan. Kinagat nila, sila ngayon ang binabalikan.
Alam mo naman ang takbo ng utak sindikato: kung hindi na kita pakikinabangan, walang ibang makikinabang sa iyo.
Baka ganun din ka-rami yong mga armas ng mga Mangudadato … bigay din nila Glorya. Bakit hindi rin nila halughugin ang bahay ng mga ito? Parehong “Aso” ni Glorya yang Ampatuan at Mangudadato.
tongue, pareho silang trumabaho sa Hello Garci, di ba?
Ayan, pinagsasabong na sila. Hala patayan na kayo, ubusan ng lahi at huwag kalimutan na isama sa inyong katapusan si Gloria at Mike Arroyo.
@Tru #20:
Skeleletal strenght lang yang 1,500 na brigade. Kung susundin mo yung AFP TOE, baka nasa 4,000 to 5,000 dapat ang ideal strenght. At best palagi lang tayong nasa minimum. So yung tinutukoy na 1,500 baka 5 battalions na yan with 300 personnel each. Kulang talaga ng tao. No choice. The AFP operates on a shoe-string budget for personnel procurement.
Statement of Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV:
“How many have they arrested so far out of the 100 or so killers or suspected killers?” – AdeBrux
Uhmmm… investigators say that there are about a dozen who are willing to become state witnesses, plus the mayor, Ampatuan Jr. Thats 13 suspects in police custody.. 😛
Saan galing ang maraming pera ng mga warlords?
“Drugs” kaibigan at alam ng malakanyang ito.
I read somewhere that Governor Ampatuan was belittling the car of one official and asked him what he was doing with his IRA. That means Ampatuan is using IRA for whatever pleases him with impunity. Ano ba ang ginagawa ng COA, uso ba ang audit sa Ampatuan country o nauna ng massacre ang mga ito?
“Kulang talaga ng tao. No choice. The AFP operates on a shoe-string budget for personnel procurement.” – henry90
AFP definitely has fund, kaya lang ninanakaw din. Just remembered MGen Garcia as Controller, di ba ang daming sinungkit na pera for a house in the US and expensive apartment in New York. It’s a tragedy even the AFP is not spared in corruption and greed.
Who is surprised with all that is happening now? If there is fire, there is heat. if there is firearm someone is bound to be hit. And who gets the firearm? the goons and the favored and their friends, of course. Did I miiss out the politicos, and of course the soldiers and police and g-men. How they get it, everyone knows it. I see a common denominator. They are all men. So what could be a solution? I got one. Just do not allow men to hold , to keep or even touch a firearm. Leave those toys to the fairer sex. And see the great peaceful transistion in our too savage country.
Valdemar, fairer sex?
Huwag mong sabihing ‘yung mga kaliga ni Joanna?
Nasaan na nga pala si Atcheng? Nakagarahe na?
Sarap ng buhay ng bruha.