ILOILO CITY –– Church leaders and human rights groups have decried the killing of a transport leader and the arrest of a pastor and nine other members of church and farmers groups on Negros Island since last week. He is the 67th activist killed on Negros Island under the administration of President Duterte, according to Defend Negros. The Silay City police arrested Jorex Escapalao for illegal possession of firearms at Hacienda Raymunda in Barangay Kapitan Ramon in Silay City, Negros Occidental. The human rights group Karapatan in Negros reported the arrest of three persons in La Castellana town in Negros Occidental. On June 28, soldiers under the Army’s 11th Infantry Battalion arrested four alleged NPA rebels in Barangay Lamogong in Manjuyod town in Negros Oriental.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 06, 2019 06:22 UTC