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==[[Zamboanga Sibugay News]]==
==[[Zamboanga Sibugay News]]==
'''Groups to mount protest caravan against Balikatan'''
'''Bartolome assists Makati rob victim while in Zamboanga'''
*Source: http://www.mindanaotimes.net/groups-to-mount-protest-caravan-against-balikatan/
*Source: http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php/news/national/27841-bartolome-assists-makati-rob-victim-while-in-zamboanga
*Wednesday, 11 April 2012
*Friday, April 13, 2012  
:By  Emilord Castromayor
:By  Alfred Dalizon






Around 4,000 people from different sectors are expected to join the Mindanao-wide caravan to protest the Philippine-US war games dubbed as Balikatan exercises which will run for five days from Apr. 16-20.
STAFFERS of a Makati City office which was burglarized thanked PNP chief Director General Nicanor A. Bartolome yesterday for immediately responding to their call for assistance even though he was in Zamboanga Sibugay investigating an NPA attack last Wednesday.
A staff of the office told the Journal Group that after an almost six hours delay, three apologetic investigators from the Makati City Police Station’s Criminal Investigation Division rushed to them. This was right after one of their female friends contacted the PNP chief and asked for his help.


Lawyer Carlos Zarate Jr., convenor of Patriyotiko Mindanao representing the lawyers’ group United People’s Lawyers in Mindanao, said that the main theme of the campaign is to abrogate the Visiting Forces Agreement and other onerous agreements between the GPH and the US.
The friend who called Bartolome was Ivy Mendoza, an editor of Manila Bulletin and friend of People’s Tonight acting managing editor Ma. Teresa Lardizabal.


He said the country booted out the US military bases in 1992 but in 1999, the RP-US Visiting Forces Agreement, “converted the entire Philippines into a US military base.”
Mendoza  met Gen. Bartolome during Lardizabal’s  birthday party in 2011.    Lardizabal and Journal Group publisher and editor-in-chief Augusto Villanueva had introduced Mendoza to the country’s top cop.


“Despite being unconstitutional, policies which undermine national sovereignty such as the visiting forces agreement and the mutual logistics support agreement persist,” Sheena Duazo, spokesperson of Bayan-Southern Mindanao said in a statement.
The Manila Bulletin editor said she was told that the burglary was discovered around 7:50 a.m. Wednesday when the employees reported for work.  After 30 minutes, the employees called up the Makati police to report the incident.


She said both treaties allow “American impunity and the continuation of human rights violations in the Philippines” and the “pillage of the country’s natural resources.”
One employee was told by an officer that they had to wait for investigators who had been dispatched to other incidents. The long wait took more than five hours until Mendoza was informed of it.


The protest caravan is spearheaded by Bayan, Patriyotiko Mindanao, United People’s Lawyers in Mindanao, Kawagib and other progressive groups.
Mendoza said she remembered that Gen. Bartolome gave her his business card when they met during Lardizabal’s party and sent him a message asking for his help 2:20 p.m. Wednesday. She said she was surprised when a minute later, Gen. Bartolome called her up and asked for details.  


The groups estimate that around 6,000 US soldiers will arrive in Camp General Basilio Navarro in Zamboanga, which will serve as the main operating base.
The PNP chief was then in Zamboanga Sibugay assessing the situation after New People’s Army guerrillas raided a local police station and seized a cop.  


Bai Ali Indayla, secretary general of Kawagib, said participants of the caravan will converge on Apr. 16 in Davao Region, General Santos City, Butuan City, Cotabato City and Iligan City before heading off to Zamboanga.
Bartolome ordered the relief of two local police commanders in the aftermath of the daring rebel raid.


For April 18, the participants will gather in Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay for solidary activities and initiate a unity walk on April 19.
After 20 minutes, three Makati CIB investigators, Senior Police Officer 1 Noli Jucal and PO3s Gerry Jose and Minly Gutierez, arrived at the scene to investigate.
 
The Makati office’s staff said the Makati police officers made a thorough investigation, taking the statements of all people present and getting the necessary fingerprints.
 
The policemen later asked the help of the PNP Crime Laboratory in investigating the case which include subjecting some people to a lie-detector test amid the possibility it could be an ‘inside job.’
 
The office lost P85,000 in cash, a mobile phone and a digital camera to the suspect or suspects. However, the burglar or burglars did not touch other equipment in the office including a computer set and a printer.
 
“Medyo nakakainis na talaga ’yung ganun kahabang paghihintay sa imbestigador. Pero mawawala rin ang init ng ulo ng mga tao ’pag maiisip nila na mismong ang PNP Chief ang personal na tumutulong sa mga biktima. Maraming salamat po, Gen. Bartolome,” Mendoza said.


Bishop Modesto Villasanta, convenor of the Patriyotiko Mindanao, said the presence of US troops in country ,especially in Mindanao, will run in conflict with the interest of the people. “They are here to strengthen their economic political interest and thus it would intervene our economy as well as other sectors,” he said. (with reports from Ma. Cecilia Badian/MSU Intern)


==Zamboanga Sibugay Zip Codes==
==Zamboanga Sibugay Zip Codes==
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