when i was in iligan and timing kaayo nga naay gbombahan... ang gitira ra sad sa MILF kay muslim communities ra pud...

faets

^^^ murag ingon ana siguro boss.. im not sure..

war = bizniz = profit...

Phillip Andrew A. Pestaño graduated from the Ateneo de Manila High School in 1989, entered the Philippine Military Academy, and became an Ensign in the Philippine Navy in 1993. He was assigned as cargo master, on a Navy ship.

He discovered that the cargo being loaded onto his vessel included logs that were cut down illegally, were carried to the ship illegally, and were destined to be sold, illegally. . .


Then there were 50 sacks of flour, which were not flour, but shabu - worth billions. Literally, billions . . . .


And there were military weapons which were destined for sale to the Abu Sayyaf.

He felt that he could not approve this cargo. Superior officers came to him and said: "Please! Be reasonable! This is big business. It involves many important people. Approve this cargo."

But Phillip could not, in conscience, sign approval.

Then his parents received two phone calls, saying:
"Get your son off that ship! He is going to be killed!"
When Phillip was given leave at home, his family begged him not to go back. Their efforts at persuasion continued until his last night at home, when Phillip was already in bed.

His father came to him and said: "Please, son, resign your commission. Give up your military career. Don't go back. We want you alive. If you go back to that ship, it will be the end of you!" But Phillip said to his father: "Kawawa ang bayan!" And he went back to the ship.

The scheduled trip was very brief - from Cavite to Roxas Boulevard - it usually took only 45 minutes. But on September 27, 1995 , it took one hour and a half. When the ship arrived at Roxas Boulevard , Ensign Pestaño was dead.

The body was in his stateroom, with a pistol, and a letter saying that he was committing suicide. The family realized at once that the letter was forged. They tried desperately for justice, carrying the case right up to the Senate.

The Senatorial Investigation Committee examined all the evidence, carefully. Then they issued an official statement, saying among other things:

Ensign Phillip Pestaño did not commit suicide. He was murdered. He was shot through the head, somewhere outside of his stateroom, and the body was carried to his room and placed in the bed. The crime was committed by more than one person. In spite of these findings, by the Senate, the family could not get justice. The case is still recorded, by the Navy, as suicide. For 12 years they have been knocking at the doors of those in power, to no avail.

Now they realize that they should knock on the door of Him who said: "Knock, and it shall be opened to you. Ask and you shall receive. Seek, and you shall find."

So they are asking all of the friends of Phillip from the Ateneo, from the PMA, friends of the family - including the girl he was engaged to marry - to say this prayer:

Lord, we know that Phillip is safe with you, and will be safe forever, bec au se he gave up his life, as You gave up Your life - for justice. If it is Your will, please let the truth be known of his heroic courage and strength and love of country. Let justice be rendered here on earth. But if it is not Your will that justice be rendered here, give each of us the
grace to live and die as he did - following in Your footsteps. And at the last judgment, Lord, when all that is hidden will be known, let Phillip be seen as he really is - a BRAVE YOUNG MAN who gave his life for honesty, truth, and justice.
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Phillip Pestaño died at the age of 24. He was scheduled to be married in January of 1996, four months after he was MURDERED.
http://www.phillippestano.com/blog/2007/09/killer-haven/

yup uyon ko sa mga previous post nga war=business/money, the existence of both is a necessity..

based on my unreliable source, only the lose group of MILF are causing the rampage not the group as a whole so the government cease to eradicate the so called 20% remaining members(including the head).

We all know that the muslim rebels just want to have a juridical right over its ancestral domain in mindanao, wiping them out wont make the place peace and safe..hinoktoki!.. the move of all out war of former pres. estrada in his term did not stop the muslim rebels ky naa pman sila karon, it instead fuel the budget of military funding in mindanao(meaning daghan nsad mkurakot ky mmalit man og ghost equipments). a peace talk actually will do much, just like what they did to the MNLF, they educate leaders and members of the group so tan.awa karon mga leaders og membro nila ang uban mga abobogado na..

rans wrote:

based on my unreliable source

nak, may pinagmanahan ka..

Ilaga = MILF killer.