Noynoy knows who gunned down his Dad

By Al S. Mendoza

IS it by any coincidence that killings had greeted the ascent of the Noynoy Administration?

They were done gangland-style.

The Mafia mobsters did it best; and, still continue do it: You don’t behave, you are warned.

First, they kill your favorite horse and next place it beside you while you are asleep in the dead of night.

You remain stubborn, adamant, or, you don’t come across, you die.

They either slit your throat or plug a slug in your temple; they either toss a grenade in your ride or pepper you with bullets.

No way for you to survive and live to tell your tale.

Three teachers dead.

One Bayan Muna member dead.

One farmer dead.

And, yes, four media practitioners dead.

That gory and bizarre.

The youngest was Mark Francisco, 27 (July 9), teacher, of San Isidro Elementary School, Palanas, Masbate.

Isn’t San Isidro the saint of good harvest?

With one teacher claimed, one good harvest is gone.

The oldest among the victims was farmer Pascual Guevarra, 78 (also July 9), of the Alyansa ng mga Magbubukid na Nagkakaisa.

All nine had been gunned down, haplessly.  Between June 15 and July 12.

By mostly motorcycle-riding men in tandem.

They were done cold-blooded, as though a grizzly message was being put through P-Noy’s Facebook?

It’s spine-tingling, if not blood-curdling.

Did Noynoy not start his presidential reign only last July 1?

You barely warm up your seat to wield the most powerful baton in the land, and then this, one cadaver after another, being tossed right at your doorstep.

Now to complete the roster of dead:

Teachers Edgar Fernandez, 44 (July 9), of Roco C. Pahis Sr. Central School in Palanas, Masbate; and, Josephine Estacio, 46 (July 12), of Tenejero Elementary School in Balanga, Bataan.

Fernando Baldomero, 61 (July 5), of Bayan Muna.

Media persons killed before June 30 were Desiderio Camangyan (Manay, Davao Oriental), Jovelito Agustin (Bacarra, Ilocos Norte) and Nestor Bedolido (Digos, Davao del Sur).

On July 3, former radio broadcaster Jose Daguio, 73 (was he related to writer Amador T. Daguio?) of Tabuk, Kalinga, was shot dead to become the first media casualty under P-Noy’s watch.

What could be more morbid than any one of those murders?

The perpetrators are worst than beasts: they take no prisoners.

Who could they be?

Well, all nine died of Armalite blasts.

“Don‘t look at us,” protested the military, the only authorized persons to carry an Armalite.

But this country is Asia’s Wild, Wild West, too, and that absolves somewhat the military.

So that, to say that there are no loose firearms in the country is like saying jueteng is dead in Pangasinan.

Save for the four media persons, the five other victims were mostly militants.

Who could possibly have the most forceful motive to undertake such dastardly acts against the five, against all nine?

If I were Noynoy, I’d immediately have a hunch.  Solid.

He knows who gunned down his Dad, right?

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