Panahon na para magsaya! GRAND FINALS & LIVE CONCERT May 30, 2015 Hamilton Convention Centre FEBRUARY 2015 1st Elimination Rounds Vol. 4 No. 2 Saturday, MARCH 14, 2015 Hamilton Filipino Comm. Centre Sunday, MARCH 15, 2015 Living Words Ministries Church LIAR? LIAR? LIAR? President B.S. Aquino III. “The buck stops here” Suspended and resigned PNP Chief A. Purisima. SAF Commander Getulio Napeñas. Scapegoat? “Pakialamero,” says Miriam Santiago. Mamasapano massacre Philippine Constabulary Integrated national Police (PC/INP) ,the pre- Gallant 44: WE SALUTE YOU! of 44 SAF commandos cursor of the present PNP has lam- By waves news staff basted President B.S. Aquino for “lacking the resolve to deal with the A WEB OF LIES, A LITANY OF DENI- botched operation that resulted in ALS, in the aftermath of that deadly the death of 44 police commandos”. clash in Mamansapano, Maguinda- nao where 44 young elite police He also urged President Aquino, as troopers belonging to the Special commander in chief, to take respon- Armed Forces (SAF) of Philippine sibility for the whole incident at the National Police (PNP) brutally lost same time putting to a stop the their lives, begins to unfold as inves- blaming and finger pointing. tigations by both the senate and the He singled out SAF commander house of representatives also heard Napenas as a “fall guy” for taking stories of blunders, miscalculations, the blame all by himself when he and distrust among military and said the responsibility “takes us all government officials. to the way up”. Aquino hemming and A furious former president Fidel V. (Continued on page 3) Ramos, himself a former chief of the hawing—Ramos Erika Sauler, Philippine Daily Inquirer “I am the father of the nation and 44 of my sons were killed. We can’t turn back the hands of time, the tragedy happened under my term; I will carry this burden up to the last days of my life. They were my responsibility, together with the entire Special Action Force, in this operation, including those who extricated them and who put their lives in danger.”- President Benigno S. Aquino III Former President Fidel V. Ramos removes his Barong to show his shirt with SAF seal during the Battle of Manila anniversary held in Intramuros , Manila. JOAN BONDOC MANILA, Philippines–Former President killed. Fidel V. Ramos on Saturday criticized the Aquino administration for hemming “You must balance your actions with and hawing in the aftermath of the Jan. hot pursuit, this is law enforcement 25 clash in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, with peacemaking,” Ramos said in a where 44 police commandos were (Continued on page 3) February 2015 2 Waves Filipinos Making News February 2015 3 Waves Filipinos Making News Manila Feedback (Continued from page 1) lion price on his head by the United States. SAF 44’s ‘last man standing’ Liar? Liar? Liar? …. On their exit, the SAF com- Ramos helped established the mandos ran into an ambush laid to rest of almost 1,000 MILF and SAF in 1983 which became Fernan Gianan one of the elite forces trained BIFF fighters who were alert- in the same fashion like the ed by the gunfire. VIRAC, Catanduanes- Senior Inspector Max Vietnam-era US Special forc- The SAF troopers thus be- Jim Ramirez Tria was so low profile that he es, the Green beret and the US came sitting targets in the did not want to introduce himself as a police Navy SEALs (Sea, Air Land) middle of a cornfield and a officer, according to his best friend Paulo Special warfare group. Ra- river from the volley of high- Sixto Landig. mos is considered as the powered fire from all sides. “Father of SAF”. And in true Tria fashion, the slain “last man A trending video that was standing” of the Mamasapano encounter in The covert operation to ar- later taken off the internet Maguindanao was laid to rest at noon Satur- rest a high profile interna- showed many of the 44 who day in an out-of-the-way corner of the Palta tional terrorist named Zulkifli died were mercilessly shot in Catholic Cemetery in this town that had to be Bin Hir alias “Marwan”, a Ma- the head, robbed of their be- cleared of vegetation. laysian expert bomb maker longings and firearms. who carried a $5 million Around 2,000 people attended the funeral bounty for his arrest dead or Some who sustained only mi- rites for Tria, 27, who was among the 44 alive, was codenamed “Oplan nor gunshot wounds in their Philippine National Police Special Action Wolverine” last year but was arms or feet were finished off Force (PNP-SAF) troopers killed last January aborted twice. with shots to the head and 25. various parts of the body, a Finally, it was given the go- clear violation of the Geneva Among them were members of the media, signal with the help of the convention and the existing who were asked by his family as well as one of the nights that he, Tria and fellow best United States who allegedly ceasefire between the Philip- Tria’s batchmates at the PNP Academy friend Michael Valderrama met in the latter’s provided surveillance equip- pine government and the (PNPA) not to take photographs and videos condo unit in Metro Manila, Mac-Mac ex- ment such as “Drones” (pilot- MILF which is trying to forge of the last viewing of the casket at the small pressed his thought of the worst that an ene- less remote controlled small a final peace agreement chapel at the cemetery. my could do to him. planes). called the Bangsamoro Basic law (BBL) that aims to grant a Only the loud sobs of his mother, Efigenia, “Hindi ako magpapahuli ng buhay. Hahawak It was it carried out in the Muslim self-government un- broke the silence of the hushed crowd as the early morning of January 25, ako ng dalawang granada. Tingnan ko kung der Philippine sovereignty . rest of the family gathered beside the coffin. makalapit pa sila (They will not capture me under codename “Oplan Exo- alive. I will hold two grenades. Let me see if dus”. The SAF commandos The MILF has promised to The PNP marching band, brought in from the they could still come near),” Tria told him. swooped on a house deep conduct its own probe on the mainland headquarters of the Bicol police in inside the Moro Islamic Liber- incident that many believe Legazpi City, played taps after a squad of po- Landig said Tria apparently sacrificed his life ation Front (MILF) and Bang- could jeopardize the passage licemen fired their rifles during the 21-gun the way he wanted, as he had been found samoro Islamic freedom of the BBL. salute. with grenades in each hand, the “last man Fighters (BIFF) territory and gunned down by the Bangsamoro Islamic camps in barangays The BIFF, a breakaway fac- Also present during the Mass presided by Freedom Fighters and Moro Islamic Libera- Tukanalipao, Mamasapano, tion of the MILF had refused Bishop Manolo de los Santos were Rep. Cesar tion Front (MILF) rebels.” Maguindanao. to return some of the fire- Sarmiento; Chief Supt. Victor Deona, Bicol arms and items belonging to police director; Chief Supt. Ignacio Panti, di- Tria’s classmates at PNPA and SAF, who Marwan was killed in gun- the slain commandos vowing rector of Bureau of Jail and Management Pe- spoke of his courage and concern for his fel- fight while his henchman and to keep them and use the fire- nology in Bicol; several mayors and Provin- low troopers, asked for justice for Tria and accomplish Abdul Basit Us- arms to fight the government. cial Board members. the rest of the SAF 44. man was wounded but es- The BIFF is not part of the caped. peace process and is consid- There were no high-ranking representatives ered as a terrorist organiza- from Malacan ang or the Department of the Usman is a Malaysian born tion, suspected as the ones Interior and Local Government (DILG). Filipino Muslim, a local bomb expert also carries a $3 mil- (Continued on page 5) According to a source, DILG Secretary Mar Roxas sent a wreath of flowers during the (Continued from page 1) group Bangsamoro Islamic wake while a member of the Presidential Freedom Fighters (BIFF) has Management Staff (PMS) of Malacan ang also AQUINO HEMMING AND ... thrown in doubt the passage of delivered a wreath from President Benigno the BBL by March as planned. Aquino III. speech during ceremonies in Intramuros marking the 70th The SAF commandos went into The elder Tria initially refused to have the anniversary of the Battle of Mamasapano to take down President’s wreath placed at the entrance of Manila. Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli bin Hir, alias “Marwan,” and his the house as per protocol but relented after Ramos recalled military action Filipino deputy, Abdul Basit the PMS staffer explained she was just fol- against rebel groups that Usman, but got into gun battles lowing orders. Among the wreaths brought burned down Ipil town in Zam- with the Moro guerrillas after to the burial site, the Roxas wreath was boanga in April 1995 ahead of the mission. placed at the back behind the others while the signing of a peace agree- the presidential wreath was nowhere to be ment with the Moro National In 1995, “200 members of the seen. Liberation Front (MNLF), lost command groups of the which he helped broker as MILF, Abu Sayyaf Group and The Tria family wanted the funeral to stay as chief of staff of the Armed Islamic Command Center killed private as possible.