CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—The killing of Sonya Gregorio and her son, Frank Anthony last Sunday (Dec. 20) by policeman Jonel Nuezca has sparked indignation by young activists here, some 1,500 kilometers away from where the crime took place in the Gregorios’ and Nuezca’s hometown of Paniqui, Tarlac province.
Youth groups in the city said President Rodrigo Duterte and the Philippine National Police (PNP) should be reminded that the Tarlac murders were not new but just a continuation of a growing string of abuses committed by men in uniform, especially in the pursuit of Duterte’s war on drugs.
Members of progressive group Akbayan Youth expressed their indignation over the killings …
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