SURIGAO TRIBES HAIL SLAIN IP LEADER AS HERO By 1Lt. Krisjuper Andreo Punsalan
Surigao tribal leaders and members and the local government unit of Lianga rendered Indigenous People Mandatory Representative (IPMR) Datu Jumar S. Bucales a hero’s burial parade on October 10 in Diatagon, Lianga, this province. About a thousand tribe members from Surigao and Eastern Mindanao, local government officials, IPMRs, friends, supporters, and relatives flocked in the long walk
to carry his remain to his final resting place. Bayan Muna representative Eufemia Campos Cullamat, her sister, CNT-linked M a l a h u t a y o n g Pakigbisog Alang sa Sumusunod (MAPASU), and Northeastern Mindanao NPA Terrorist spokesperson Sandara Sidlakan accused Bucales to have participated in the killing of the Alternative Learning Center for Agricultural
Livelihood Development (ALCADEV) Executive Director Emerito Samarca but the accusation was eventually found baseless. CPP Information Officer Marco Valbuena, in his statement, claimed that the Communist NPA Terrorists (CNTs) were responsible for the ambush-slay of Bucales and his companions on October 4 in Barangay Banahao, Lianga town. Bucales served October 10-16, 2020 |
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