LEGAZPI CITY – Around 5,000 activists from Bicol were expected to join the protest rally and caravan in Naga City on Wednesday morning, to seek justice for the killings of current and former members of a human rights group and a militant group in the region. Casilihan said Zarate, together with Danilo Ramos alias Ka Daning of KMP, also visited the wake of slain former Bayan Muna Bicol leader Neptali Morada in Barangay Carolina in Naga City. Morada, former Bayan Muna leader in Bicol and a staff member of former Camarines Sur Vice Gov. Fortunato Pena, was gunned down by still unidentified gunmen on Monday in Barangay San Isidro, Naga City. On Thursday, New People’s Army Sorsogon Vice Chairperson Edwin “Ka Dupax” Dematera, was also killed by arresting officers in defense after he allegedly fired at them in Magallanes town in Sorsogon.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 19, 2019 02:26 UTC