How long, how long, O Lord?

by Global Ministries | published on Oct 10, 2014

When will the killings of our prophets cease? It is with sadness and great indignation to inform you that a member of the UCCP Christian Youth Fellowship, Rei Mon Guran, was gunned down by motorcycle-riding men at 6 a.m. today while he was on his way to school. An hour after Rei Mon was killed, Dr. Constancio “Chandu” Claver, chairperson of Bayan Muna Kalinga Chapter, his wife Alice, and daughter Samantha were ambushed.

When will the killings of our prophets cease? It is with sadness and great indignation to inform you that a member of the UCCP Christian Youth Fellowship, Rei Mon Guran, was gunned down by motorcycle-riding men at 6 a.m. today while he was on his eay to school. Rei Mon succumbed to four gunshot wounds in the head, body and hand. He was the spokesman of the League of Filipino Students and a student of Aquinas University in Legazpi City, Albay.

Rei Mon was killed 10 days after churches and religious organizations held the Human Rights and Peace Summit.

Dr. Constancio “Chandu” Claver, chairperson of Bayan Muna Kalinga Chapter, his wife Alice, and daughter Samantha was ambushed 7 a.m. today, an hour after Rei Mon was killed. Alice died in the hospital at around 12:30 p.m. while Chandu is in critical condition. Samantha was unharmed.

Once again, we appeal to you to join us in condemning this barbaric cycle of killings and in seeking justice for our fallen brothers and sisters in the church.

Our search for justice goes on!

Militant student leader slain in Sorsogon
By Thea Alberto, Bobby Labalan, 07/31/2006

(2ND UPDATE) SORSOGON CITY — A student leader and member of a left-leaning student group was shot and killed early Monday by two unidentified suspects as he was waiting at a bus terminal here, police said.

Rei Mon Guran, not Reymond or Rie Mon Guran as posted earlier on the website, 21, spokesman of the League of Filipino Students (LFS) and a student of Aquinas University in Legazpi City, succumbed to four gunshot wounds — two in the head, one in the body, and another in the hand, said Senior Police Officer 3 Eugenio Magno, officer-in-charge of the Bulan Municipal Police Office.

Investigation showed that Guran was at a bus station in Zone 2, Bulan in Sorsogon when his assailants on board a motorcycle fired at him at about 6 a.m., Magno said.

The victim was dead on arrival at the Sorsogon Doctors Hospital, Magno said.

In Manila, Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (Movement of Filipino Farmers, KMP) spokesman Carl Ala said Guran was a second year political science student at the Aquinas University.

The victim was on his way to school when he was shot, said Renato Reyes, Bayan secretary general.

The militant groups slammed anew the spate of political killings.
Ala said Duran was the 715th militant slain since President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo came to power in 2001.

Reyes believed that the killings were done by the military, and were “tolerated” by Arroyo.
However, police said they had yet to determine whether the killing was politically motivated, said Superintendent Elciar Bron, Region 5 police spokesman.

3 activists killed in 24 Hours, 1 missing since July 28
BY BULATLAT, July 31, 2006

Three activists were killed in the last 24 hours in the regions of Northern and Central Luzon and Sorsogon province, the three priority areas of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s all-out-war policy.

Dr. Chandu Claver,49, Bayan Muna-Kalinga Chapter chair, and his wife, Alice, 42, were ambushed at around 7 a.m. today, July 31, in front of St. Toni’s College by two unidentified gunmen on board a black van. The couple was dropping off their daughter Samantha to school. At 1 p.m. Alice was pronounced dead at the Kalinga Provincial Hospital while Claver is in critical condition. Samantha was unhurt.

Earlier at around 6 a.m., Rie Mon Guran, 21, spokesperson of League of Filipino Students in Aquinas University in Legazpi City was shot to death in Bulan, Sorsogon by an unidentified gunman. Guran was shot four times and sustained multiple gunshot wounds.

At 4 a.m. yesterday, July 30, Mario Florendo, 56 was killed inside his home in Barangay (village) Parista in the town of Lupao, province of Nueva Ecija, according to Karapatan-Nueva Ecija (Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights) secretary general Beatriz Perido.

The murder of the three brings to 121 the total of civilians killed since January 2006 alone.

Also in Lupao, Dionisio Malapit, a peasant leader of Balbalungao village was abducted on July 28. Perido said the abductors also beat up Malapit’s son then burned his house before leaving. Perido said they were also confirming reports of two other peasants killed in the villages of Salvacion and Bagong Flores, also in Lupao.

In its counter-insurgency program Oplan Bantay Laya, the president named the regions of Ilocos-Cordillera, Central Luzon and the province of Sorsogon as three of its priority areas. Bulatlat
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