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PHL RED CROSS LAUNCHES WEBSITE TO FIND
PERSONS MISSING IN MARAWI CONFLICT
“WITH each day that the fighting
continues, our hope diminishes. We
praise Allah if my husband is still
alive. But if he is dead, then we need
to recover his remains so that we can
bury him according to our religion
and traditions. Every Maranao family
looking for a loved one wishes for this.” not have the means to contact their kin.
These were the words of Aisha (not
her real name). Her husband went
missing in Marawi City during the
conflict between government forces
and local terrorists, now in its 100th
day.
Due to cases like this, the Philippine conflict situation.
Red Cross (PRC), together with the
International Committee of the Red
tPeinrrooyr aftatmacikly bainck BinarIcreelloannda
THE terrorist attack in Las Ramblas
in Barcelona, Spain, earlier this month
left the two children of a Filipino-Irish somewhere,” Pederlita told RTÉ.
couple so “traumatized” that they
“shout and cry” at the smallest noise,
according to a report on the Irish Times. guns, the Potot family and other victims
Norman and Pederlita Potot’s son
Nathaniel, 5 years old, suffered a
broken femur from the attack while
their daughter Nailah, 9, suffered a
broken arm. The attack left 13 people
dead and more than 100 injured.
The family has since returned to
Ireland.
Speaking about their experience
with RTÉ News, Norman recalled that
they were buying souvenirs in Las
Ramblas when the van sped toward his
family and other tourists.
Norman suffered a fracture to his
forehead and a bruised kidney when
the impact from the van threw him to
the ground. Pederlita saw her husband’s
bloody face and thought he died but
struggled until he woke up.
“By the time he woke up, I went to
Cross (ICRC), on Wednesday launched
an online page that would help trace
missing persons in the war-torn area:
“People could be trapped by the
fighting, detained or even killed. They
could be in an evacuation center but
At the end of the day, it’s important to
remember that families have a right
to know what has happened to their
loved ones, and wherever possible,
be reunited with them,” said Camilla
Matteucci, head of the ICRC, in a news
release, noting that there are many
possible reasons for separation during
“Our tracing website offers a platform manage dead bodies.
my kids. That’s the time the police told
us to run away from that place, to hide
Out of fear that the attackers had
were taken to a basement to hide until
authorities cleared the area.
“While she’s wiping my forehead, I
told her ‘My love, hopefully this is only
a dream.’ And she replied: ‘No my love,
it is real.’ That’s what I remember,”
Norman said.
Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia
visited the family while recuperating at
a hospital.
Norman said they feel “very safe”
back in Ireland but described the attack
as a “really horrible experience,” while
his wife said they were “very sad, but
I’m trying to be okay for my kids.”
Another vehicular attack took place
in the seaside resort of Cambrils hours
after the attack in Barcelona. Both
attacks were claimed by the Islamic
State group. n Rie Takumi, KBK, GMA News
| Published August 30, 2017 3:48 PM
IMMIGRATION / OFNEWS
for people to share information about
their missing relatives and request our
help in tracing them,” Matteucci added.
Since the start of the Marawi siege,
the PRC has received 402 tracing
requests. A total of 179 cases are still
being looked into.
According to Matteucci, the website
supplements existing tracing services
such as the 12 PRC welfare desks
in evacuation centers in the cities of
Marawi and Iligan.
In Marawi, the ICRC and the PRC
have been providing technical and
material support to help the authorities
The PRC also has provided
psychosocial support to more than
10,400 people, including children,
affected by the conflict.
President Rodrigo Duterte placed
the entire Mindanao under martial
law after ISIS-inspired Maute group
attacked Marawi City on May 23.
CONTRARY TO DUTERTE CLAIM
Palace says France ‘accords primacy to
the presumption of innocence’ like PHL
MALACAÑANG on Wednesday
agreed that France too observes
presumption of innocence in their
judicial processes just like the
Philippines, contrary to President
Rodrigo Duterte’s claim that
suspects in the European country
are considered guilty unless proven
otherwise.
“The Philippines and France
share the same values of respect
for human rights, due process and
accords primacy to the presumption
of innocence,” presidential
spokesperson Ernesto Abella said in a
statement to reporters.
He clarified that Duterte’s remark
on Monday that suspects were
presumed guilty until they prove
their innocence under French laws
means that “while no judicial or
legal system in the world is perfect,
countries are continuously working
Sinabotahe nga ba ang PNA?: Alamin ang sagot ni Sec. Andanar
September 2017 – No. 17 • UK & Europe Edition
As of August 28, a total of 133 A total of 45 civilians have also
soldiers and police have lost their lives perished while 1,728 have been
in the firefights while 614 have been rescued. n Anna Felicia Bajo, BM, GMA News
killed on the enemy side.
| Published August 30, 2017 4:41 PM
to refine their laws and improve their “She should just go home. They can
respective national systems in order detain a person almost indefinitely,
to ensure protection of human rights under French law. And the French
while maintaining peace and order law says you are guilty, and you have
within its territory.” to prove your innocence. Here, the
presumption is you are innocent.”
Duterte made the statement in
reaction to French national and United The French Embassy in Manila
Nations Special Rapporteur Agnes earlier refuted Duterte’s remark and
Callamard’s fresh criticisms of his said that the presumption of innocence
government’s bloody anti-narcotics until proven guilty is “at the core of the
war following the death of 17-year-old French judicial system.” n Trisha Macas,
Kian Loyd delos Santos in an anti-drug
operation in Caloocan City. GMA News | Published August 30, 2017 7:26 PM
In a post on her Twitter account,
Callamard described Delos Santos’
death as murder and called on the
Philippine government to “stop all
murderers.”
Duterte lashed back at Callamard, a
French national, calling her “stupid.”
He said that in France a person
can be detained indefinitely and is
considered guilty until proven innocent.
SA pagsalang ni Presidential nito. Dagdag pa niya, sumailalim din sa
Communications Operations Office iba’t ibang training ang mga tauhan ng
Secretary Martin Andanar sa programang ahensiya.
“Bawal ang Pasaway kay Mareng Winnie,”
ipinaliwanag niya ang nangyaring sunod- Pero papaano nga ba nakalusot ang
sunod na kapalpakan sa Philippine News mga kapalpakan sa isang news agency ng
Agency. May nanabotahe nga ba sa ahensiya gobyerno, na maging sa simpleng larawan
o hindi sinasadyang pagkakamali lang para sa “logo” ng Department of Labor ay
talaga ang nangyari? sumablay?
Pahayag ni Andanar sa host ng Panoorin ang paliwanag ni Andanar at
programa na si Winnie Monsod, mga reporma na kaniya raw ipinatupad
tinatayang nasa 100 ang empleyado ng para hindi na maulit ang mga pagkakamali.
PNA at pawang beterano ang mga editors
n FRJ/KVD, GMA News | Published August 30, 2017
5:15 PM