{"id":92428,"date":"2017-03-04T05:57:04","date_gmt":"2017-03-04T10:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=92428"},"modified":"2017-03-04T05:57:04","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T10:57:04","slug":"more-senators-condemn-slay-of-volunteer-doctor-in-lanao-del-norte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/03\/04\/more-senators-condemn-slay-of-volunteer-doctor-in-lanao-del-norte\/","title":{"rendered":"More senators condemn slay of volunteer-doctor in Lanao del Norte"},"content":{"rendered":"
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More senators on Saturday condemned the murder of a physician deployed in Lanao Del Norte who was shot dead last Wednesday. (Photo: Justice For <\/a>Dr Dreyfuss Perlas\/Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u2014More senators on Saturday condemned the murder of a physician deployed in Lanao Del Norte who was shot dead last Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Reports showed that Dr. Dreyfuss Perlas, a native of Aklan, was shot dead by unidentified persons while he was riding a motorbike in Kapatagan town in Lanao del Norte around 7 p.m. Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Sen. Risa Hontiveros said that she had met Perlas before and described him as an \u201cidealistic young man who wanted to push for meaningful change.\u201d<\/p>\n

She described his death as \u201ctragic.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have few enough bright young doctors who are willing to serve in the provinces. I urge the authorities to identify his killers and bring them to justice,\u201d Hontiveros said.<\/p>\n

The neophyte senator also urged the health community to express their strong indignation against the killing of Perlas.<\/p>\n

“No one is safe anymore. Even those who are silently and selflessly working for the promotion of universal healthcare are not spared from an assassin’s bullet,” she added.<\/p>\n

Sen. Richard Gordon, chair of the Senate Committee on Justice, who expressed outrage, urged law enforcement authorities to quickly solve the case.<\/p>\n

\u201cI urge the authorities to immediately solve his killing so that the perpetrators would be brought to justice. I am outraged that a doctor who is serving the community is killed like this,\u201d Gordon said.<\/p>\n

He also expressed sympathies to the Perlas\u2019 family noting that Perlas was \u201ca good man and a dedicated doctor who was not afraid to serve even in area where no one dares to work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Expressing his outrage, Gordon stressed that Dr. Dreyfuss Perlas\u2019 murder should be solved immediately and his killers brought to justice for their crime.<\/p>\n

\u201cRest assured that his killers will not be able to evade the long arm of the law,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Perlas was a 31-year-old physician who had been working under the Doctors to the Barrios (DTTB) program.<\/p>\n

He reportedly had the opportunity to return to his home province of Aklan, but chose to stay in Lanao del Norte even after his contract expired three years ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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