Feast of St. James the Great
When will the killings end?
The barbaric deaths of educators, Arthur Cordevilla Bayawa, his sister Ardale Cordevilla Bayawa, and of Romeo Alipan, the barangay chairman of Buenavista, Guihulngan; the shooting of Raklin Astorias, resident of barangay Maloh in Siaton, Negros Oriental; the killing of Reden Eleuterio in Ayungon, Negros Oriental — all happening in one day — are manifestations of a total absence of peace and order.
We are asking in mercy! Protect our people!
Government leaders of the City of Guihulngan and of Negros Province, please speak up! Let not your silence add to the growing number of killings… Let not your silence embolden more the criminals… Be bold and join us in the cry to end the senseless killings!
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Police and military personnel, our dear state-forces, please act to protect our people. Act to promote peace, not act to instill fear! Maintain peace, do not create violence! Act within the law, not beyond it.
In anger and in a call for justice, in a spirit of communion, and in collective prayer, we exhort our parishes, mission stations, and religious houses to “ring our church bells” every 8 p.m. starting Sunday, July 28 until the killings stop.
Let the tolling of bells remind us that the senseless killings are inhuman.
Let the tolling of the church bells call us to a collective prayer, for us to beg God to touch the hearts of the perpetrators, as we call on responsible government agencies to effectively address the series of deaths.
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