{"id":230560,"date":"2019-09-11T21:07:48","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T01:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=230560"},"modified":"2019-09-11T21:07:48","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T01:07:48","slug":"bounty-for-negros-cops-killers-raised-to-p7m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/09\/11\/bounty-for-negros-cops-killers-raised-to-p7m\/","title":{"rendered":"Bounty for Negros cops’ killers raised to P7M"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte commiserates with the kin of one of the slain police officers as he visits the wake at Camp Lt. Col. Francisco C. Fernandez Jr. in Sibulan, Negros Oriental on July 20, 2019. During his visit, the President honors the four police officers who were killed in an ambush by suspected communist rebels last July 18. With the President are Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo A\u00f1o, Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, and Philippine National Police Chief General Oscar Albayalde. ALBERT ALCAIN\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— President Rodrigo Duterte has further raised to PHP7 million the bounty for suspects in the killings of four police officers in Negros Oriental last July.<\/p>\n

“May<\/em>\u00a0promise\u00a0ako \u2018di ba<\/em>? Six million\u00a0na. O\u00a0<\/em>seven million\u00a0na ngayon<\/em>\u00a0(I made a promise, didn\u2019t I? it\u2019s PHP6 million already. Now, it\u2019s PHP7 million),\u201d Duterte said during a press briefing after the oath-taking of the Malaca\u00f1ang Press Corps, Malaca\u00f1ang Cameramen Association, and Presidential Photojournalists Association in Malaca\u00f1ang on Tuesday night (September10).<\/p>\n

\u201cHanapin talaga ninyo ang totoo. Ang gawain lang ninyo, putulin ninyo \u2018yung ulo, ilagay ninyo sa<\/em>\u00a0box,\u00a0\u2018yang<\/em>\u00a0Styrofoam,\u00a0lagyan ninyo ng<\/em>\u00a0ice,\u00a0at dalhin mo dito kay magtawag tayo ng<\/em>\u00a0press con. (Find the real killers. All you have to do is cut the head, put inside the box, Styrofoam, put some ice and bring it here. I will hold press conference),” he added.<\/p>\n

Four intelligence operatives of the police were tortured and killed in Barangay Mabato in Ayungon town on July 18.<\/p>\n

Following this, a spate of killings plagued the province, where a total of 13 people were killed, including a lawyer tagged as sympathetic to the New People’s Army, a former mayor of Ayungon town, an incumbent councilor and a barangay captain in Canlaon City, a school principal and his sister, and a barangay captain also in Guihulngan City.<\/p>\n

PNP chief, Gen. Oscar Albayalde had earlier blamed local communist rebels for the series of deaths, as he also cited \u201ca scheme on the part of the CPP (Communist Party of the Philippines)-NPA where \u201cthey sacrifice their own and then blame government forces for alleged human rights violation.”<\/p>\n

During the 2019 Outstanding Government Workers Awards rites also at Malaca\u00f1ang on Tuesday, Duterte renewed his order to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to go on \u201cfull-scale\u201d attack against the NPA.<\/p>\n

He later clarified to the media that his order was equivalent to an \u201call-out war\u201d against the CPP-NPA listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines.<\/p>\n

\u201cWalang hintuan. Magpalit-palit ‘yung isang<\/em>\u00a0battalion\u00a0diyan na walang gamit na wala masyadong kalaban \u2018yang ano.. Pagka<\/em>\u00a0bone-weary\u00a0na ang mga sundalo, palit na naman. Tuluy-tuloy.<\/em>\u00a0(It will not stop. Each battalion will take turns going after the enemies. If soldiers are already bone-weary, another battalion will take place. It will be relentless),” Duterte told the media.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt kung maaari, lumaban sila nang husto kasi hindi ako magtanggap ng<\/em>\u00a0surrender (And if possible, they should continue fighting because I will not accept surrender),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Duterte said he went out of his way after he appointed \u201chard-core communist members\u201d in his Cabinet when he assumed presidency in 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen I initiated talks.\u00a0Dito sila sa<\/em>\u00a0(Here in the) Palace. The Tiamzon even. Pumunta\u00a0sa<\/em>\u00a0Davao,\u00a0nag-dinner kami. Kaibigan.<\/em>\u00a0No personal hatred\u00a0pero hindi kami magkaintindihan<\/em>\u00a0(They even went to Davao, we had dinner as friends. No personal hatred but we did not understand each other),\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

In November 2017, Duterte terminated the peace talks between the government peace panel and the CPP\u2019s political wing, the National Democratic Front (NDF), amid the series of attacks launched by the NPA against government forces and civilians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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