Later in the film, Dante’s senatorial campaign brings him to Davao City, braving the place that has been called Alsa Masa territory. The said group was captured in a photo carrying a head of an activist.
Pala gets to be interviewed by Wild inside his radio booth, where he evoked Goebbels and “God-fearing ideology” to justify his advocacy.Īlso making an appearance in the film is a young Senator Ronald ‘Bato’ dela Rosa as a military officer patrolling Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur, where the Tadtad group struck fear among villagers. The film also has a chilling account of a labor leader in Mandug hacked to death by the Tadtad (chop-chop) paramilitary as his family and comrades recalled witnessing the horror. Colonel Franco Calida also figures in the film as they patrol Agdao district, which was called “Nicaragdao” where Alsa Masa and NPA sparrow units clashed as villagers are divided between the two groups. The counterpoint comes from Davao City’s Alsa Masa, where paramilitary or vigilantes fueled by Pala’s words would attack activists. Meanwhile, a young Ka Oris and rebel priest Father Frank Navarro continued the armed struggle in Surigao. New People’s Army leader Bernabe ‘Kumander Dante’ Buscayno, released from detention through Cory Aquino’s amnesty, joined the 1988 senate elections of the progressive Partido ng Bayan. The two-hour-long documentary was filmed by acclaimed director Canadian Nettie Wild, who documented the armed Left in the crossroads post-EDSA. Pala and the Alsa Masa days of Davao City may be forgotten in this generation, but he will appear in this award-winning documentary “Rustling of Leaves: Inside the Philippine Revolution” that will premiere 32 years from its release in the Daang Dokyu online screening in its Martial Law Never Again section commemorating the history of Marcos and Post-EDSA. The voice belonged to the late Jun Pala, the infamous radio broadcaster who shot to fame for his daily “Anti-Communist Crusade” program that ran around the clock on the defunct DXOW along V. “That is why it has taken so long…it will not rely on mere allegations or statements, it will conduct a thorough independent verifiable process of uncovering evidence and truth and only if it has sufficient evidence will it proceed to charges filed and trial,” he added.DAVAO CITY, Philippines – He was the voice that evoked fear from the people of Davao City in the 1980s, a voice heard over the radio, calling out “Redemp-terrorist” priests, union activists, and others as communists.
“Let me assure you that the ICC has established standards for the protection of the rights of victims as well as for the protection of the rights of the accused,” Gascon told the senator. Unfortunately these investigations in relation to the war on drugs here have not led to significant convictions,” he said.įurther, the CHR chief said the ICC observes certain standards in its investigation and will not rely on mere allegations. (I am confident that with the investigation, if they will be fair, they will see as clear as day what is really happening in the Philippines.)īut Gascon pointed out that there have been no “significant” convictions in the Philippines in relation to the killing of drug suspects. “I am confident naman na itong gagawin na imbestigasyon, kung magiging patas lang sila, they will see as clear as day kung ano talaga ang nangyayari dito sa Pilipinas,” he added.
“I don’t think so na we still have to prove to the whole world that our criminal justice is working,” the former PNP chief said. He also insisted that the criminal justice system in the country is “working.” ‘Fair’īut Dela Rosa raised concern over the fairness of the ICC investigation, claiming the court only receives reports from those with political motives. “So what is critical is that we show to the entire world that the Philippine government is serious about addressing those issues that were brought to the attention of the ICC,” Gascon said. He said that if the ICC sees that the country being investigated is “able and willing to investigate and hold accountable perpetrators of the most serious crimes,” then it will no longer proceed with the probe.
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