NEWS UPDATE: ANOTHER DUMAGAT IP, 2 FARMERS ARRESTED IN ST
Another Dumagat IP named Loreto Miranda Bolino was arrested today in General Nakar, Quezon, Karapatan Timog Katagalugan (TK) says.
According to witnesses, Bolino was taken by a helicopter, and his current whereabouts are still unclear.
Bolino is the second Dumagat to be arrested today, with Garry Doroteo being arrested earlier today in Tanay, Rizal.
Meanwhile, the alliance added that farmer Benito Lucido and his wife were also arrested in their home in Rodriguez, Rizal. They were then brought to Rodriguez Municipal Police Station (MPS). Details are still unclear as to what cases will be filed against the two.
Benito currently serves as the president of Integrated Association of Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries, and was the former president of peasant group Anakpawis in 2016.
There are currently four progressives confirmed to have been arrested today by the police, at the effect of what Karapatan-TK called as "questionable" search warrants.
Karapatan TK adds that the whole Southern Tagalog region stays on high alert, brought by more recent police and military raids akin to COPLAN ASVAL, more infamously known as the Bloody Sunday massacre, which took place last March 7.
LOOK: 'PETITION FOR FEDERALISM' CIRCULATING IN CALAMBA JEEPNEY STOP
In an interview, Rich Adriel de Guzman of National Union of Students of the Philippines Southern Tagalog (NUSP-ST) says that a "petition for federalism" was circulating in an SM Calamba jeepney terminal.
According to de Guzman, he initially assumed that the form was for contact tracing purposes, adding that there was no explanation as to what the form was for and was only passed from passenger to passenger.
However, de Guzman later found-out the truth from the jeepney driver: the form holder.
In her opening remarks, UPLB USC Vice-Chair Ma. Shaira Lei Daludado asserted that even though the students are not part of the workforce, they are still affected by the socio-economic effects brought about by the pandemic.
Daludado emphasizes the importance of upholding the students’ democratic right to academic freedom and #LigtasNaBalikEskwela, and for the admin to heed to the needs and calls of the students.
@_N3TC is a newly formed alliance to unify the community of University of the Philippines - Los Baños (UPLB) in ensuring the end of Dr. Fernando Sanchez’s two-term leadership as chancellor.
Students and representatives from the administration will discuss the preparations for remote learning and student affairs programs for AY 2020-2021 in the UPLB Student Townhall Meeting today at 2PM.
LOOK: A memorandum issued by the UP Vice President for Academic Affairs, outlining the university-wide plans and preparations for the incoming academic year.