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[/caption]There was a heavy downpour the other night while I was on my way home. I thought it was what caused the traffic. But upon reaching corner De La Peña Subd., I found out that somebody was ambushed. Of course, I didn't know who. It was only the following morning, when I watched the news, that I learned it was Dr. Rogelio Peñera who was ambushed. He is the chief epidemiologist of the Department of Health in Southern Mindanao.
Unfortunately, the doctor's 15-year old daughter was with him and was hit in the arm. Both were rushed to Davao Medical Center, but the elder Peñera died while on the way to the hospital.
Policemen are looking into two possible angles: mistaken identity or personal grudge. (See DOH epidemiologsit shot dead in Davao City)
Update: At the press conference militant groups held in United Church of Christ of the Philippines (UCCP) on Friday last week, talks were rife that Dr. Peñera could have been killed because of his involvement in such militant groups as Alliance for Health Workers (AHW) and Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN). (See Doc in military "order of battle")
Progressive groups allege the military killed Dr. Peñera as the latter is "reportedly in the rooster of several progressive groups which could have landed him in the military 'order of battle.'"
Earlier on according to Carlos Conde, a stringer for NYTimes and International Herlad Tribune and whose name is also in the order of battle of the AFP, "In this “order of battle,” more than a hundred individuals – mostly leaders and members of progressive and leftist groups like Bayan, Bayan Muna, among others – are listed and classified as “organized,” “dominated,” or “targeted.”"
In Davao City, local politicians like Peter Laviña, Angela Librado-Trinidad, Jimmy Dureza, and former mayor Benjamin de Guzman are classified in the order of battle as "targeted."
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