DOJ to focus on Ati’s murder
By Nestor P. Burgos Jr.Justice Secretary Leila de Lima has ordered government prosecutors to fast-track the resolution of the murder of the spokesperson of the Ati tribe in Boracay.
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima has ordered government prosecutors to fast-track the resolution of the murder of the spokesperson of the Ati tribe in Boracay.
Members of the Ati tribe on Boracay Island on Friday marked the first month of the killing of their spokesperson with a prayer-march to demand the fast-tracking of the resolution of the murder.
Violence has erupted anew on Boracay Island over a property dispute between two private owners in the world-famous destination.
The sound of budyong (conch shells) blared repeatedly as the white casket on bamboo poles was carried on the shoulders of Ati tribe members along the main road of Boracay.
Police have filed a murder case against the security guard of a hotel chain in Boracay for the killing of a leader of the Ati tribe which is being linked to the tribe’s fight for a piece of land on the island-resort.
An unidentified gunman shot dead the spokesperson of the Ati tribe on Boracay Island Friday evening, police said.
Giant bees, serpents and spiders towered over the city streets on Sunday, but the hundreds of thousands of revelers who came were thrilled rather than scared by the hideous creatures.
ILOILO CITY – Armed security guards of a hotel chain operator destroyed parts of a perimeter fence of the Ati community on Boracay Island on Sunday over property boundary disputes, police said. Armed with shotguns and hand guns, at least 20 security guards of the Cebu-based J. King and Sons Co. Inc. went to the [...]
It’s not only the heat that sizzling in Boracay. A land dispute between the indigenous people of Aklan and some businessmen is about to boil over.
Intermarriages and exposure to the modern lifestyle have changed the Ati tribe, who moved to Cebu 10 years ago from their home in Antique, a province in Western Visayas, west of Panay Island.
