Indigenous peoples, residents alarmed over presence of 80 private guards in their island

Indigenous peoples, residents alarmed over presence of 80 private guards in their island

MANILA – Eighty private armed guards have been deployed in Sitio Mariahangin, Bugsuk, Palawan, April 4, according to residents. This is on top of the 16 guards currently in the island, escalating the tension on the land dispute. Marilyn Pelayo, an indigenous Molbog resident of Sitio Mariahangin, said that the guards arrived at 3 a.m. in the morning.  “The situation is still tense. They are still trying to force their way in. We fear that the ten…