VOL. 10 ISSUE 223 • SUNDAY-MONDAY FEBRUARY 11-12, 2018
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TOUCHED BY OFWS’ PLIGHT. An infuriated President Rodrigo Duterte, in his speech during the Manila Times 7th Business Forum at the Marco Polo Hotel in Davao City on Friday night, shows photos of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who were reportedly abused in Kuwait. PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO
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Duterte reward to IPs for every NPA fighter killed P By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.
resident Rodrigo R. Duterte has announced a bounty of P20,000 to members of the Indigenous Peoples communities for every member of the rebel New People’s Army killed.
This is the president’s reaction to the continued harassments of IP leaders in Mindanao by the NPAs, that included the killing of two IP
leaders last week. Duterte bared in a press conference on Friday at the Matina Enclaves in Davao City that he wants these
IP to be trained as Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit (Cafgu) for them to be able to �ight against the rebels.
“Go out and hunt those who killed your comrades,” he said. He said the IP will be trained for three months and after �inishing their training they will be given �irearms to use in �ighting the rebels. “I’ll put a reward, those Lumad (IP) who will become Cafgu, one NPA
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resident Rodrigo Duterte has banned the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Kuwait due to the increasing number of abuses and deaths, including Filipi-
na worker Joanne Daniela Demafelis whose body was recently discovered inside a freezer of an abandoned apartment in Al-Shaab, Kuwait. In a press conference at the Ma-
tina Enclaves Friday evening, Duterte said he wants Filipino workers in Kuwait who want to return home, to be repatriated in 72 hours and that he
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you will kill I’ll pay you. You want money, I give you money, I’ make P20,00 per head,” he said. Duterte said that there will be no problem for the reward because the government has a lot of money. However, for the meantime, the president advised the IP groups who
harrasments from the NPA to evacuate their ares temporarily and live near military camps for them to be secured. The Eastern Mindanao Command has reported that there were already two IP leaders were killed by the rebels days after the
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