LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines – The military dismissed as baseless the insinuation of the Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operator Nationwide (PISTON) that “government elements” had a hand in the ambush of a leader of a jeepney drivers’ association in Bicol during the nationwide transport strike last Monday.
“Our assets in the leftist transport organization told us that there is (a squabble in) the ranks of PISTON in Bicol,” said Lt. Col. Neneveigh Alcovindas, assistant chief of staff for civil-military operations of the Army’s 9th Infantry Division based at Camp Elias Angeles in Pili, Camarines Sur.
A lone attacker shot transport leader Joel Ascutia, 42, president of the PISTON affiliate Concerned Drivers and Operators for Reform, while organizing the transport strike in Daraga, Albay.
“There are several issues hounding the leadership of Ascutia because some members of PISTON in Bicol are questioning his leadership because he does not come from the transport sector but a member of the peasant group ‘Para Uma and Para Sira (Farmers and Fishermen Group)’ who led the protest against the Australian mining firm on Rapu-Rapu Island in Albay,” Alcovindas said.
But police said they were exploring all angles in the slay try.
Superintendent Antonio Freyra, Daraga police chief, said the gunman was not a professional as only one of the five shots that he fired from a 9-mm pistol hit Ascutia. –-Celso Amo with Dennis Carcamo and Cecille Suerte Felipe, Philippine Star
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October –
Monthly Observances:
Industry and Commerce Safety Month
National Statistics Month
Local Government Month
Consumer Welfare Month
Cooperative Month
National Quality and Productivity Improvement Month
National Health and Wellness Tourism Month
National Indigenous Peoples Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Elderly Filipino Week
Week 2: National Health Education Week
Local Government Week
National Mental Health Week
October 17-23:
National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty
October 18 – 24:
United Nations Week
Last Week:
Nurses’ Week
Consumers’ Protection Week
Week of the 4th Sunday:
Barrio Farmers’ Week
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First Monday (Oct 4): Universal Children’s Day i
n the Philippines
Oct 5: National Teachers’ Day
Oct 10: Local Government Day
Third Thursday (Oct 14): Conflict Resolution Day
Oct 21: Tenants’ Emancipation day
Oct 24: United Nations Day
Oct 29: National Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Day
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