NATIONAL NEWS
August 4-10, 2022
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Marcos appoints Bacarro as AFP chief of staff, de Lemos as NBI chief B y J ean n e M i c h ael Pen ar an d a MANILA – President F erdinand Marcos J r. has chosen Lt . G en. B art olome V icent e B acarro, commander of t he Armed F orces t he Philippines – S ou t hern Lu z on Command, as new AF P chief of staff. Marcos J r. also appoint ed long -t ime Assist ant D irect or Medardo de Lemos as t he new direct or of t he Nat ional B u reau of Inv est ig at ion ( NB I) . “ D irect or D e Lemos rose from t he rank s and his appoint ment as NB I D irect or is a st rong indicat ion of President
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Marcos’ commit ment in st reng t hening t he sy st em of ‘ merit ocracy ’ in t he promot ion, placement and hiring of g ov ernment personnel, ” said Press S ecret ary Trix ie Cru z -Ang eles. D e Lemos, a lawy er and career officer who had been with the NBI for 3 7 y ears, was earlier desig nat ed NB I o cer-in-charge (OIC) by Justice Secret ary J esu s Crispin Remu lla. He replaced Eric Distor, who was appoint ed b y President Rodrig o D u t ert e last March. An at t ached ag ency of t he D OJ , t he NB I is mandat ed t o inv est ig at e or assist
in t he inv est ig at ion of maj or crimes in t he cou nt ry . B acarro will assu me his post du ring t he chang e of command for t he new AFP chief of staff on August to give him t ime t o wind down at t he S OLCOM and prov ide him wit h t he t ransit ion t o his new posit ion in Camp Ag u inaldo. A g radu at e of t he Philippine Milit ary Academy , B acarro was b orn on S ept . 1 , 19 in San Fernando, La Union. H e g radu at ed in t he u pper q u art ile of L t. G en . B ar to l o me V i c en te B ac ar r o PMA “Maringal” Class of 19 . in PMA, is slated for a new post befitAng eles said ou t g oing CS -AF P G en. ting a former chief of staff. Andres Cent ino, a classmat e of B acarro
(From page 1) be done on eve n cul t ur al releva nt and re- D aly Cit y Police D epart ment .
be arers, relat ionships wit h law enforcement , fear, all play a role in t he hesit at ion,” Magbua l said. “ S ome of t he hesit at ion for report ing st ems from cul t ur al st igm a and mist rus t of law enforcement . There are fears t hat j us t ice will not preva il be caus e of t he bur eauc rat ic process. ” Magbual said that the process of filing a complaint , possibi lit y of obt aining represent at ion, t he t ime and money t o prov e t hat suc h cases can b e charge d as a hat e crime are challengi ng and t hat langua ge can be ba rrier as well. “ We have a cur rent campaign suc h as our D aly Cit y aga inst H at e. We’ ve part nered wit h local bus inesses, communi t y orga niz at ions, and st ude nt s t o be proact ive , bu t I t hink t here’ s more t hat needs t o
sponsive servi ces t o serve vi ct ims of hat e crimes,” Magbua l st at ed. “ As a preve nt at ive measu re, we need t o st art educ at ing our yout h about race, racism, sexi sm, homophobi a at a younge r age .” The Mayor added that Jefferson Elementary and Jefferson Union High S chool D ist rict hav e t ak en measu res to integrate Ethnic Studies to their curricu lu m as a req u irement , adding t his is import ant t o u nderst and t he root cau ses of oppression so ou r st u dent s can learn how v iolence and racism has b een embedded in the establishment of the United S t at es and how cu rrent hat e crimes are produ ct s of t his lineag e. H e also adv ised v ict ims of hat e crimes t o g o t o t he v ict im assist ance sect ion of t he D aly Cit y B rochu re b y
Mag b u al said he b eliev es v ict ims of hat e crimes are t arg et ed and t hat it is a shame for people, especially elders, shou ld not b e afraid of g oing ou t side. “ They came t o t his cou nt ry for freedom and t he au t onomy t o g o t o work and raise t heir children. F or elders, I’ d st rong ly adv ise t hem t o b e cau t iou s of t heir su rrou nding s, carry pepper spray , a whist le t o draw at t ent ion if t here are t hreat s, ” said Mag b u al. “ F or y ou ng people, t o u nderst and and edu cat e ou rselv es ab ou t racism and v iolence. To u nderst and t hat racism are produ ced and reprodu ced in ou r ev ery day conv ersat ions wit h family , friends, co-work ers. S t ereot y pes dehu maniz es people t hat allows b ehav ior and v iolence t o occu r. ” Magbual admitted that his o ce has
not reached ou t y et and collab orat ed wit h org aniz at ions lik e S TOP AAPI HATE to talk about the issue on cases of hat e crimes ag ainst Asians b u t recalled hav ing D r. Ru ssell J eu ng , who leads S t op AAPI H at e, as his professor in Asian American S t u dies at S an F rancisco State University. “ Alt hou g h cu rrent ly t here are no ag reement s wit h any org aniz at ions, I am open t o creat ing part nerships. Ag reement s wit h t hem may inclu de sharing of informat ion on hat e incident s, hav ing common cont act persons and/or nu mb ers t hat v ict ims of hat e incidents can run to/call on, united effort in helping v ict ims in any way inclu ding recov ering from t rau ma, report ing incidents and pursuing filing of cases etc.,” Mag b u al said.
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