Tag: special action force

BBL review head Sen Bongbong Marcos maps way forward following SAF 44 massacre

February 2, 2015December 22, 2022 benign0 6 Comments

The proposed peace agreement between the Philippine government and the terrorist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) need not be declared dead. Amidst the din of chatter around what happens next following the horrific massacre of 44 Philippine National Police (PNP) Special Action Force (SAF) troopers by the MILF, Senator Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr who heads…

Crime, Government, Religion, The South

The 44 SAF troopers died heroes, but their deaths were all in vain

February 1, 2015April 9, 2022 benign0 95 Comments

A lot of people are telling me that the tipping point has finally come — that a critical mass of Filipinos are finally seeing Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III for who he really is: the president who should not have been elected. Readers who have followed and read Get Real Post and participated…

Government, Politics, The South

The burden of a historical baggage

January 29, 2015July 1, 2016 Ms. Mike Portes 20 Comments

November 23, 2009 was the day 58 lives were massacred in Maguindanao when an election convoy came under attack by uniformed men allegedly under the payroll of a powerful Ampatuan political clan. Eight years later, carnage once again stained the history of Maguindanao as more than 40 elite policemen of the Special Action Force (SAF)…

Government, The South

The Price of Peace

January 29, 2015January 29, 2015 Grimwald 7 Comments

Now, in a previous article, I’ve already mentioned that peace wasn’t exactly easy back in the day. For instance, before the turn of the 20th century when the World Wars and the Cold War with its “mini-wars” showed the world just how terrible war was, war was generally glorified and encouraged. To have taken part…

PNoy fails to condemn terrorist atrocity against the PNP-SAF in his speech

January 29, 2015April 24, 2022 Ilda 24 Comments

Three days after the tragic deaths of 44 members of Philippine National Police (PNP) Special Action Force (SAF) in the hands of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) fighters in Mamasapano in Maguindanao, President Benigno Simeon (BS) Aquino finally addressed the nation. However, the people who have been speculating for days about how and why the…

Crime, Government, Politics, Religion, The South

What is taking President Aquino so long to address the nation about the PNP-SAF police massacre??

January 28, 2015 benign0 39 Comments

Recall what happened on the 7th January 2015 in Paris, France. Shots were first reported coming from the Charlie Hebdo offices on Boulevard Richard Lenoir at 10:57am. By 11:31am, French President Francois Hollande was reported to be on his way to the scene of the crime. And by 11:54 a.m. Hollande was addressing the French…

Crime, Government, The South

Mindanao carnage: Will the brutal police massacre put an end to the misguided fantasy of #Bangsamoro autonomy?

January 27, 2015December 16, 2022 benign0 51 Comments

Inquirer columnist Rina Jimenez-David called it a mere “wrinkle” in the “peace process”. “Disheartening” news that is a “cause for concern” is how she describes the massacre of 50 members of the Philippine National Police’s (PNP’s) elite Special Action Force (SAF) allegedly by elements of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and the Moro Islamic…

Crime, Government, The South