February 6, 2010
LEGAZPI CITY – A farmer was gunned down by three unidentified armed suspects in Irosin town, Sorsogon on Thursday night, a police spokesperson said Saturday morning.
Domingo Oliquino, 55 was shot dead at around 7:15 p.m. outside his residence at Barangay Cogon, Sorsogon, said Police Superintendent Eliciar Bron, Bicol regional police spokesperson.
Initial investigation showed that the gunmen, carrying long firearms of unknown rifle, entered into the house of the victim and forcibly dragged the latter outside his room.
Despite escape attempts, the suspects fired upon him several shots, sustaining multiple gunshot wounds on the different parts of his body, Bron added.
Relatives tried to bring the victim at the Irosin District Hospital for necropsy but the physician declared him dead on arrival.
Local police authorities were conducting further investigation to identify the perpetrators and determine the motive of the killing. Johana Vi Gasga/Inquirer Southern Luzon
Sunday, April 25, 2010
KARAPATAN-Bikol condems martial law declaration
December 7, 2009
LEGAZPI CITY – Human rights group KARAPATAN-Bikol expressed dissent over the declaration of martial law in Maguindanao on Monday, calling on the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to observe the human rights situation in the Bicol region.
“Just like what they did in Maguinadano, we are asking the CHR main office to send their commissioners to come and see the horrendous human rights situation in the region because we now have the most number of victims of extra-judicial killings in the country,” said John Conception, spokesperson of KARAPATAN-Bikol.
In a statement, Conception added that they hope the CHR can help stop the military rampage in Bicol, so Bicolanos can fully exercise their rights not just in the elections but through their lives and prevent the Palace from declaring martial rule in Bicol or the whole country.
“What is happening now in Bicol is all part of Oplan Bantay Laya 2 and is highly systematized to prevent the further growth of militant organizations and to cripple the structure of militant party-list groups in the coming elections,” he said.
“The present state in Maguindanao is part of the plan to further extend Gloria’s hold on power,” added the human rights defender during the press conference, Monday.
Conception said it would definitely cause more harm than good. This is more likely a way of Malacañang to gauge the reaction of the Filipino people and prelude of worse things to come,” ended Conception.
There are at least 198 victims of political killings in the region including the slain peasant leader Rodrigo de Torres , BAYAN Muna coordinator in Del Gallego town, Camarines Sur, as the last victim. Johana Vi Gasga/Inquirer Southern Luzon
LEGAZPI CITY – Human rights group KARAPATAN-Bikol expressed dissent over the declaration of martial law in Maguindanao on Monday, calling on the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to observe the human rights situation in the Bicol region.
“Just like what they did in Maguinadano, we are asking the CHR main office to send their commissioners to come and see the horrendous human rights situation in the region because we now have the most number of victims of extra-judicial killings in the country,” said John Conception, spokesperson of KARAPATAN-Bikol.
In a statement, Conception added that they hope the CHR can help stop the military rampage in Bicol, so Bicolanos can fully exercise their rights not just in the elections but through their lives and prevent the Palace from declaring martial rule in Bicol or the whole country.
“What is happening now in Bicol is all part of Oplan Bantay Laya 2 and is highly systematized to prevent the further growth of militant organizations and to cripple the structure of militant party-list groups in the coming elections,” he said.
“The present state in Maguindanao is part of the plan to further extend Gloria’s hold on power,” added the human rights defender during the press conference, Monday.
Conception said it would definitely cause more harm than good. This is more likely a way of Malacañang to gauge the reaction of the Filipino people and prelude of worse things to come,” ended Conception.
There are at least 198 victims of political killings in the region including the slain peasant leader Rodrigo de Torres , BAYAN Muna coordinator in Del Gallego town, Camarines Sur, as the last victim. Johana Vi Gasga/Inquirer Southern Luzon
NPA medical supply found
November 11, 2009
LEGAZPI CITY – The Army troops recovered stockpiles of medicines, allegedly owned by the communist guerrillas in a combat operation in the island-province of Catanduanes on Friday afternoon, a military spokesperson said Saturday.
While conducting internal security operation, the joint elements of the 3rd Scout Ranger Battalion, 83rd and 22nd Infantry Battalions discovered some health supplies at 2:45 p.m. at Barangay Sagrada in Bagamanoc town, Catanduanes, said Captain Razaleigh Bansawan, spokesperson of the 901st Infantry Brigade.
Bansawan added that the supplies were recovered from the residents of certain Felix Ubani, a collector of the New People’s Army in the area.
Medical supplies recovered were 21 pieces of syringes with needles; four bottles of hydrogen peroxide; a bottle of betadine; four bottles of local anesthesia; two rolls of elastic bandages; five rolls of micropore rapes and; a bottle of IV fluid.
The military troops also found medicines, including 400 capsules of mefenamic acid, 300 capsules of amoxillin, 200 capsules of cloxacillin sodium, 200 tablets of paracetamol anaseran, 100 tablets of danzen and 109 pieces of biogesic. Johana Vi Gasga/Inquirer Southern Luzon
LEGAZPI CITY – The Army troops recovered stockpiles of medicines, allegedly owned by the communist guerrillas in a combat operation in the island-province of Catanduanes on Friday afternoon, a military spokesperson said Saturday.
While conducting internal security operation, the joint elements of the 3rd Scout Ranger Battalion, 83rd and 22nd Infantry Battalions discovered some health supplies at 2:45 p.m. at Barangay Sagrada in Bagamanoc town, Catanduanes, said Captain Razaleigh Bansawan, spokesperson of the 901st Infantry Brigade.
Bansawan added that the supplies were recovered from the residents of certain Felix Ubani, a collector of the New People’s Army in the area.
Medical supplies recovered were 21 pieces of syringes with needles; four bottles of hydrogen peroxide; a bottle of betadine; four bottles of local anesthesia; two rolls of elastic bandages; five rolls of micropore rapes and; a bottle of IV fluid.
The military troops also found medicines, including 400 capsules of mefenamic acid, 300 capsules of amoxillin, 200 capsules of cloxacillin sodium, 200 tablets of paracetamol anaseran, 100 tablets of danzen and 109 pieces of biogesic. Johana Vi Gasga/Inquirer Southern Luzon
Sunday, November 22, 2009
6 soldiers wounded in clash
LEGAZPI CITY – At least six soldiers were wounded in an hour clash between government troops and the communist guerillas in Caramoran town, Catandunes on Sunday afternoon, a military spokesperson said Monday.
Wounded army troopers were initially identified as Corporal Felix Riodique, Private First Class Victor Robianes and Lope Abanil, Privates Juvy Cerdon and Ryan Toldanes and CAA Juanito Lucero, said Captain Razaleigh G. Bansawan, spokesperson of the 901st Infantry Battalion, in a text message.
Bansawan said the elements of the 83rd Infantry Battalion by 2 Lieutenant Jerry Doldol were on their way to the area to conduct humanitarian service when undetermined number of armed rebels attacked at around 4:30 p.m.
The firefight lasted for about 40 minutes.
On the other hand, witnesses reported that fleeing rebels, carrying killed and wounded comrades were seen withdrawing towards east direction of the encounter site.
Bansawan said that the wounded soldiers were brought to the nearest hospital in Catanduanes, while others with serious condition were airlifted to Legazpi City and Naga City for treatment. Johana Vi Gasga/Inquirer Southern Luzon
Wounded army troopers were initially identified as Corporal Felix Riodique, Private First Class Victor Robianes and Lope Abanil, Privates Juvy Cerdon and Ryan Toldanes and CAA Juanito Lucero, said Captain Razaleigh G. Bansawan, spokesperson of the 901st Infantry Battalion, in a text message.
Bansawan said the elements of the 83rd Infantry Battalion by 2 Lieutenant Jerry Doldol were on their way to the area to conduct humanitarian service when undetermined number of armed rebels attacked at around 4:30 p.m.
The firefight lasted for about 40 minutes.
On the other hand, witnesses reported that fleeing rebels, carrying killed and wounded comrades were seen withdrawing towards east direction of the encounter site.
Bansawan said that the wounded soldiers were brought to the nearest hospital in Catanduanes, while others with serious condition were airlifted to Legazpi City and Naga City for treatment. Johana Vi Gasga/Inquirer Southern Luzon
Saturday, November 14, 2009
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Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. -Thomas Jefferson, 1787.
For my part I entertain a high idea of the utility of periodical publications; insomuch as I could heartily desire, copies of ... magazines, as well as common Gazettes, might be spread through every city, town, and village in the United States. I consider such vehicles of knowledge more happily calculated than any other to preserve the liberty, stimulate the industry, and ameliorate the morals of a free and enlightened people.- George Washington, 1788.
Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech or of the press... -Article One, Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution, 1789.
Here is the living disproof of the old adage that nothing is as dead as yesterday's newspaper... This is what really happened, reported by a free press to a free people. It is the raw material of history; it is the story of our own times. -Henry Steel Commager, preface to a history of the New York Times, 1951
The Origins of Newspapers
The history of newspapers is an often-dramatic chapter of the human experience going back some five centuries. In Renaissance Europe handwritten newsletters circulated privately among merchants, passing along information about everything from wars and economic conditions to social customs and "human interest" features. The first printed forerunners of the newspaper appeared in Germany in the late 1400's in the form of news pamphlets or broadsides, often highly sensationalized in content. Some of the most famous of these report the atrocities against Germans in Transylvania perpetrated by a sadistic veovod named Vlad Tsepes Drakul, who became the Count Dracula of later folklore.
In the English-speaking world, the earliest predecessors of the newspaper were corantos, small news pamphlets produced only when some event worthy of notice occurred. The first successively published title was The Weekly Newes of 1622. It was followed in the 1640's and 1650's by a plethora of different titles in the similar newsbook format. The first true newspaper in English was the London Gazette of 1666. For a generation it was the only officially sanctioned newspaper, though many periodical titles were in print by the century's end.
Beginnings in America
In America the first newspaper appeared in Boston in 1690, entitled Publick Occurrences. Published without authority, it was immediately suppressed, its publisher arrested, and all copies were destroyed. Indeed, it remained forgotten until 1845 when the only known surviving example was discovered in the British Library. The first successful newspaper was the Boston News-Letter, begun by postmaster John Campbell in 1704. Although it was heavily subsidized by the colonial government the experiment was a near-failure, with very limited circulation. Two more papers made their appearance in the 1720's, in Philadelphia and New York, and the Fourth Estate slowly became established on the new continent. By the eve of the Revolutionary War, some two dozen papers were issued at all the colonies, although Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania would remain the centers of American printing for many years. Articles in colonial papers, brilliantly conceived by revolutionary propagandists, were a major force that influenced public opinion in America from reconciliation with England to full political independence.
At war's end in 1783 there were forty-three newspapers in print. The press played a vital role in the affairs of the new nation; many more newspapers were started, representing all shades of political opinion. The no holds barred style of early journalism, much of it libelous by modern standards, reflected the rough and tumble political life of the republic as rival factions jostled for power. The ratification of the Bill of Rights in 1791 at last guaranteed of freedom of the press, and America's newspapers began to take on a central role in national affairs. Growth continued in every state. By 1814 there were 346 newspapers. In the Jacksonian populist 1830's, advances in printing and papermaking technology led to an explosion of newspaper growth, the emergence of the "Penny Press"; it was now possible to produce a newspaper that could be sold for just a cent a copy. Previously, newspapers were the province of the wealthy, literate minority. The price of a year's subscription, usually over a full week's pay for a laborer, had to be paid in full and "invariably in advance." This sudden availability of cheap, interesting reading material was a significant stimulus to the achievement of the nearly universal literacy now taken for granted in America.
The Industrial Revolution
The industrial revolution, as it transformed all aspects of American life and society, dramatically affected newspapers. Both the numbers of papers and their paid circulations continued to rise. The 1850 census catalogued 2,526 titles. In the 1850's powerful, giant presses appeared, able to print ten thousand complete papers per hour. At this time the first "pictorial" weekly newspapers emerged; they featured for the first time extensive illustrations of events in the news, as woodcut engravings made from correspondents' sketches or taken from that new invention, the photograph. During the Civil War the unprecedented demand for timely, accurate news reporting transformed American journalism into a dynamic, hardhitting force in the national life. Reporters, called "specials," became the darlings of the public and the idols of youngsters everywhere. Many accounts of battles turned in by these intrepid adventurers stand today as the definitive histories of their subjects.
Newspaper growth continued unabated in the postwar years. An astounding 11,314 different papers were recorded in the 1880 census. By the 1890's the first circulation figures of a million copies per issue were recorded (ironically, these newspapers are now quite rare due to the atrocious quality of cheap paper then in use, and to great losses in World War II era paper drives) At this period appeared the features of the modern newspaper, bold "banner" headlines, extensive use of illustrations, "funny pages," plus expanded coverage of organized sporting events. The rise of "yellow journalism" also marks this era. Hearst could truthfully boast that his newspapers manufactured the public clamor for war on Spain in 1898. This is also the age of media consolidation, as many independent newspapers were swallowed up into powerful "chains"; with regrettable consequences for a once fearless and incorruptible press, many were reduced to vehicles for the distribution of the particular views of their owners, and so remained, without competing papers to challenge their viewpoints. By the 1910's, all the essential features of the recognizably modern newspaper had emerged. In our time, radio and television have gradually supplanted newspapers as the nation's primary information sources, so it may be difficult initially to appreciate the role that newspapers have played in our history.
Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. -Thomas Jefferson, 1787.
For my part I entertain a high idea of the utility of periodical publications; insomuch as I could heartily desire, copies of ... magazines, as well as common Gazettes, might be spread through every city, town, and village in the United States. I consider such vehicles of knowledge more happily calculated than any other to preserve the liberty, stimulate the industry, and ameliorate the morals of a free and enlightened people.- George Washington, 1788.
Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech or of the press... -Article One, Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution, 1789.
Here is the living disproof of the old adage that nothing is as dead as yesterday's newspaper... This is what really happened, reported by a free press to a free people. It is the raw material of history; it is the story of our own times. -Henry Steel Commager, preface to a history of the New York Times, 1951
The Origins of Newspapers
The history of newspapers is an often-dramatic chapter of the human experience going back some five centuries. In Renaissance Europe handwritten newsletters circulated privately among merchants, passing along information about everything from wars and economic conditions to social customs and "human interest" features. The first printed forerunners of the newspaper appeared in Germany in the late 1400's in the form of news pamphlets or broadsides, often highly sensationalized in content. Some of the most famous of these report the atrocities against Germans in Transylvania perpetrated by a sadistic veovod named Vlad Tsepes Drakul, who became the Count Dracula of later folklore.
In the English-speaking world, the earliest predecessors of the newspaper were corantos, small news pamphlets produced only when some event worthy of notice occurred. The first successively published title was The Weekly Newes of 1622. It was followed in the 1640's and 1650's by a plethora of different titles in the similar newsbook format. The first true newspaper in English was the London Gazette of 1666. For a generation it was the only officially sanctioned newspaper, though many periodical titles were in print by the century's end.
Beginnings in America
In America the first newspaper appeared in Boston in 1690, entitled Publick Occurrences. Published without authority, it was immediately suppressed, its publisher arrested, and all copies were destroyed. Indeed, it remained forgotten until 1845 when the only known surviving example was discovered in the British Library. The first successful newspaper was the Boston News-Letter, begun by postmaster John Campbell in 1704. Although it was heavily subsidized by the colonial government the experiment was a near-failure, with very limited circulation. Two more papers made their appearance in the 1720's, in Philadelphia and New York, and the Fourth Estate slowly became established on the new continent. By the eve of the Revolutionary War, some two dozen papers were issued at all the colonies, although Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania would remain the centers of American printing for many years. Articles in colonial papers, brilliantly conceived by revolutionary propagandists, were a major force that influenced public opinion in America from reconciliation with England to full political independence.
At war's end in 1783 there were forty-three newspapers in print. The press played a vital role in the affairs of the new nation; many more newspapers were started, representing all shades of political opinion. The no holds barred style of early journalism, much of it libelous by modern standards, reflected the rough and tumble political life of the republic as rival factions jostled for power. The ratification of the Bill of Rights in 1791 at last guaranteed of freedom of the press, and America's newspapers began to take on a central role in national affairs. Growth continued in every state. By 1814 there were 346 newspapers. In the Jacksonian populist 1830's, advances in printing and papermaking technology led to an explosion of newspaper growth, the emergence of the "Penny Press"; it was now possible to produce a newspaper that could be sold for just a cent a copy. Previously, newspapers were the province of the wealthy, literate minority. The price of a year's subscription, usually over a full week's pay for a laborer, had to be paid in full and "invariably in advance." This sudden availability of cheap, interesting reading material was a significant stimulus to the achievement of the nearly universal literacy now taken for granted in America.
The Industrial Revolution
The industrial revolution, as it transformed all aspects of American life and society, dramatically affected newspapers. Both the numbers of papers and their paid circulations continued to rise. The 1850 census catalogued 2,526 titles. In the 1850's powerful, giant presses appeared, able to print ten thousand complete papers per hour. At this time the first "pictorial" weekly newspapers emerged; they featured for the first time extensive illustrations of events in the news, as woodcut engravings made from correspondents' sketches or taken from that new invention, the photograph. During the Civil War the unprecedented demand for timely, accurate news reporting transformed American journalism into a dynamic, hardhitting force in the national life. Reporters, called "specials," became the darlings of the public and the idols of youngsters everywhere. Many accounts of battles turned in by these intrepid adventurers stand today as the definitive histories of their subjects.
Newspaper growth continued unabated in the postwar years. An astounding 11,314 different papers were recorded in the 1880 census. By the 1890's the first circulation figures of a million copies per issue were recorded (ironically, these newspapers are now quite rare due to the atrocious quality of cheap paper then in use, and to great losses in World War II era paper drives) At this period appeared the features of the modern newspaper, bold "banner" headlines, extensive use of illustrations, "funny pages," plus expanded coverage of organized sporting events. The rise of "yellow journalism" also marks this era. Hearst could truthfully boast that his newspapers manufactured the public clamor for war on Spain in 1898. This is also the age of media consolidation, as many independent newspapers were swallowed up into powerful "chains"; with regrettable consequences for a once fearless and incorruptible press, many were reduced to vehicles for the distribution of the particular views of their owners, and so remained, without competing papers to challenge their viewpoints. By the 1910's, all the essential features of the recognizably modern newspaper had emerged. In our time, radio and television have gradually supplanted newspapers as the nation's primary information sources, so it may be difficult initially to appreciate the role that newspapers have played in our history.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Rebel camp seized in Catanduanes
LEGAZPI CITY – Government troops have captured an abandoned rebel camp during their operations in Catanduanes on Tuesday morning, a military spokesperson said on Wednesday.
The camp was discovered by the operating troops of the 83rd Infantry Battalion led by First Lieutenant Darre P. Mariano at Sitio Sara, Barangay san Miguel Panganiban at around 7:00 a.m., said Captain Razaleigh G. Bansawan, spokesperson of the 901st Infantry Battalion, in a text message.
According to Lieutenant Coronel Romeo Basco, battalion commander of the 83rd IB, the recently found camp can accommodate 15 persons.
This is the fifth encampment recovered by the soldiers since August 9 in Bicol that came through the assistance of the civilians, said Bansawan.
Meanwhile, prior to this, a woman rebel was arrested by the government troops on Monday evening.
Dominga Cristobal alias Enggay was apprehended at around 7:00 p.m. in Catanduanes and resulted to the recovery of a .38 revolver pistol with eight rounds of ammunition from her possession.
The camp was discovered by the operating troops of the 83rd Infantry Battalion led by First Lieutenant Darre P. Mariano at Sitio Sara, Barangay san Miguel Panganiban at around 7:00 a.m., said Captain Razaleigh G. Bansawan, spokesperson of the 901st Infantry Battalion, in a text message.
According to Lieutenant Coronel Romeo Basco, battalion commander of the 83rd IB, the recently found camp can accommodate 15 persons.
This is the fifth encampment recovered by the soldiers since August 9 in Bicol that came through the assistance of the civilians, said Bansawan.
Meanwhile, prior to this, a woman rebel was arrested by the government troops on Monday evening.
Dominga Cristobal alias Enggay was apprehended at around 7:00 p.m. in Catanduanes and resulted to the recovery of a .38 revolver pistol with eight rounds of ammunition from her possession.
Albay top NPA rebel nabbed
LEGAZPI CITY -- A high-ranking member o f the New People’s Army in Albay was captured by the government troops in Ligao City on Tuesday noon, a military spokesperson said Wednesday.
Miguel Pedrateja alias ‘Mike’, one of the staff members of the Albay Terrorist Group in the 1st district of the province under Edgardo ‘Palong’ Sevilla was arrested in his safe house at Barangay Nabunton, Ligao City at around 1:00 p.m., said Captain Razaleigh G. Bansawan, spokesperson of the 901st Infantry Battalion, in a text message.
Police operatives seized an M-16 rifle, one M-653, one caliber 22 rifle, an Ingram with ammos and four hand grenades after the arrest, said Bansawan.
The rebel was also responsible in the reported series of extortions activities, intimidations and harassment in the 2nd and 3rd districts of Albay.
Bansawan added that Pedrateja has pending standing warrant of arrest before Ligao City Prosecutor for a murder case after killing CSU Chief Expedito Ribaya on Decmber 12, 2007
Miguel Pedrateja alias ‘Mike’, one of the staff members of the Albay Terrorist Group in the 1st district of the province under Edgardo ‘Palong’ Sevilla was arrested in his safe house at Barangay Nabunton, Ligao City at around 1:00 p.m., said Captain Razaleigh G. Bansawan, spokesperson of the 901st Infantry Battalion, in a text message.
Police operatives seized an M-16 rifle, one M-653, one caliber 22 rifle, an Ingram with ammos and four hand grenades after the arrest, said Bansawan.
The rebel was also responsible in the reported series of extortions activities, intimidations and harassment in the 2nd and 3rd districts of Albay.
Bansawan added that Pedrateja has pending standing warrant of arrest before Ligao City Prosecutor for a murder case after killing CSU Chief Expedito Ribaya on Decmber 12, 2007
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