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REPORT: PNP seeks removal of Kalinga monument honoring Igorot heroes who fought the dictatorship

The Kalinga Provincial Police Office asked the local government through the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Committee on Oversight to “enact a resolution to remove the monuments of Macliing Dulag, Pedro Dungoc and Lumbaya Gayudan", according to the Cordillera People's Alliance.

CPA said the monument was built in 2017 in honor of the heroes and martyrs of the struggle against the Marcos dictatorship's Chico Dam project.

Francis Macliing, one of the sons of Macliing Dulag, asked CPA to build such a monument in 2000.

"The planning, actual construction and inauguration of the monument in 2017 were jointly conducted by the CPA, representatives of the families of Ama Macliing, Dungoc and Lumbaya, and umili from Bugnay, with the support of known artists and architect." - CPA

The PNP request to remove the monument came soon after a visit in Kalinga by a General R’win Pagkalinawan, the notorious red-tagging regional director of the PNP in Cordillera.

(Pagkalinawan is also behind the cyberlibel charge against Northern Dispatch staffmembers.)

Here's a story on the 2017 unveiling of the Igorot heroes' monument:

bulatlat.com/2017/04/26/cor…

And another story from Northern Dispatch:

nordis.net/2017/04/30/art…