The Philippine Air Force has no problem displaying weapons on a university campus, yet apparently cannot stomach sharp questions protests from students about military operations and civilian casualties. Even the University of Santo Tomas (UST) disciplinary resolution notes that PAF personnel themselves considered the students’ questions valid. What offended them, it seems, was the students’ supposedly rude manner.
NUPL | Oct 11, 2026
The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) takes exception to the NTF-ELCAC’s claim that it is distorting the truth on the reported arrest, torture, and summary execution of five NPA members in Bilar, Bohol. Among them was Hannah Cesista, a bar passer and former...
"...the brutal torture and killings of the captured NPA members is a grave breach of international humanitarian law which mandates the humane treatment of captured combatants as prisoners of war. They contradict President Marcos Jr.’s posturing about his government’s supposed pursuit of a “human rights based approach to development” and betray their tyrannical scheme to show no quarters to dissenters."