CHRONOLOGY OF THE EXPERIENCES OF THE MEDICAL DOCTORS

OF CHD AND COMMED

In compliance with the directive of the Honorable Commission, the

doctors of CHD and COMMED had a meeting on March 28, 2010 to discuss
the chronology of their experiences in connection with the subject matter
of the instant complaint.

The following narration is the result of the said meeting:

DATE NARRATION

February 6, 2010 At around 10:30 AM, Dr. Julie Caguiat (of COMMED),
Dr. Edelina de la Paz (of Health Action for Human
Rights or HAHR), Dr. Geneve Rivera (of Health
Alliance for Democracy or HEAD) arrived at Dr.
Velmonte’s property in Morong, Rizal in response to
an information that the 43 health workers
participating in the training had been taken by around
300 armed elements of the AFP and PNP Rizal.

At around 12:00 noon, Olive Bernardo of Karapatan,

Roneo Clamor (husband of Dr. Mia-Clamor) and Atty.
Ephraim Cortez of NUPL joined the said doctors at the
training venue to search for the 43 health workers.

At around 1:00 PM, the group, excluding Dr. Julie

Caguiat, went to the Public Safety Management Office
and the Provincial Headquarters of the PNP, 419
Provincial Group in Baras, Morong, which is about
five minutes away from Dr. Velmonte’s farm house.

When asked if they knew of the raid at Maybangkal,

Morong, Rizal and where the health workers were
taken, an unidentified police officer said they had no
knowledge of such operation.

It was only later that the group learned the officer they
had asked was P/Supt. Marion Balonglong.

The group then went to Camp Capinpin in search of

the 43 health workers. The group arrived at the Camp
around 2:00 p.m. They inquired from a soldier by the
gate if the 43 health workers were brought to the
Camp. The group, however, was told that nobody
was allowed yet to visit the 43. At that time, the AFP
had released a statement admitting custody of the 43.

The group left the camp around 7:00 p.m.

February 7, 2010 Relatives of the 43 victims trooped to Camp Capinpin

in the hope of visiting the detainees. They were
joined in by Dr. Ramon Pedro Paterno (of COMPASS),
Dr. Geneve Rivera, Dr. Julie Caguiat and Dr. Sylvia

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 dela Paz. Also there were members of support
organizations COMMED, CHD, HAHR, HEAD,
COMPASS and religious organizations.

Two to three phalanxes of military police with rifles,

shields and truncheons blocked the way to the main
gate of the camp. An armored personnel carrier was
positioned just behind the gate. The military was
playing loud music from a mobile system, drowning
the rally of the relatives and support organizations.

Attys. Amylyn Sato and Francis Anthony Principe of

PILC talked with some of the soldiers at the gate and
asserted the right of the 43 detainees to be visited.
But the military denied them, the relatives and the
doctors access to the 43 victims.

At about 4:30 P.M., a certain Lt. Juvelyn Cabading,

who was on her way to the camp, called up and
convinced Roneo Clamor that she could sneak him
into the camp. Clamor asked if he could go with a
lawyer. The lieutenant refused. She agreed instead
that a doctor could go along.
Midway to the camp on board an SUV, Lt. Cabading
was called up by Col. Detoyato. She relayed to Clamor
and Dr. Caguiat that the 43 would be subjected to an
inquest. When asked where and what time the
inquest would be held, Lt. Cabading said that her
superior did not tell her those details.

Clamor and Dr. Caguiat were not able to see anyone

of the detainees. They were brought back outside the
camp as they were told the inquest would be
conducted soon.
From 5:30 to about 8:00 P.M., the remaining relatives,
doctors, health workers and the two lawyers made the
rounds of the possible venue for inquest in Tanay and
Taytay, Rizal to no avail.

February 8, 2010 Upon inquiry at the Regional Trial Court of Taytay,

Rizal, Dr. Caguiat and some of the relatives were told
that no inquest on the Morong 43 was conducted
there.
Later, the relatives, doctors and lawyers learned that
the inquest was conducted in the evening of the
previous day inside Camp Capinpin.

Dr. Geneve Rivera, along with paramedic Celestino

Dizon and two relatives of Eulogio Castillo, was able
to see and talk to some of the detainees when CHR
Chairperson Leila De Lima and her staff went to visit
the 43 detainees.
After the CHR visit, Dr. Julie Caguiat asked but was
refused to visit the detainees.

February 9, 2010 Dr. Julie Caguiat and Dr. Sylvia de la Paz still were not
allowed access to the detainees. They were made to

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 wait for approval from 2:00 to 5:00 P.M. only to be
informed that visiting hours were over.

February 10, 2010 Dr. Julie Caguiat, Roneo Clamor and a representative
of Karapatan reported to CHR Chairperson De Lima
the refusal of the military to allow doctors and
lawyers to visit the Morong 43.

February 11, 2010 Through the intercession of the CHR, doctors and
lawyers for the Morong 43 were allowed to visit the
detainees. These doctors were: Joseph Carabeo,
Irene Habawel, Tony Rebosa, Geneve Rivera, Darby
Santiago, Conor Jan Montes, Fresco B. Yapendon
(volunteer internal medicine specialist), Julie Caguiat,
Carlo Castro (volunteer psychiatrist) and Sylvia de la
Paz.
Dr. Julie Caguiat brought with her some emergency
medicines but they were not allowed inside the cells.

Upon checking up Romeo de la Cruz and finding out

about his high blood pressure (180/120), Dr. Julie
Caguiat asked the warden (later identified as Tabion)
to be allowed to use the emergency medicines .
Tabion refused, saying the military would take care of
giving the medicines.

Dr. Caguiat also endorsed Romeo de la Cruz and

Eulogio Castillo for blood pressure monitoring and
appropritate medications. But later, she learned that
neither complete medical check-up was done on them
nor medicines were given to them.

The doctors were able to check up all the detainees

except Valentino Paulino who was not in the cell at
that time. The warden later told the group that
Paulino was brought outside his cell as Col. Zaragosa
had to talk to him.

February 13, 2010 Dr. Julie Caguiat, Dr. Edelina dela Paz, volunteer
psychiatrists Dr. Carlo Castro, Dr. Hazel Soriano, Dr.
Billy and Dr. Jasmine were given a runaround and
were made to wait from 10:30 A.M. for approval to be
allowed to visit the detainees. After 6 hours, however,
no such approval came.

February 16, 2010 Dr. Alexis Montes’ relatives informed the doctors that
he had complained of severe chest pains after the
hearing at the Court of Appeals but that he was not
immediately brought to a medical facility. He was
merely made to undergo ECG at the camp hospital
without consultation with a doctor.

February 17, 2010 Dr. Geneve Rivera was not allowed to enter the
detention cells. Dr. Julie Caguiat and Dr. Carlo Castro
who were supposed to visit and check up Dr. Alexis
Montes and other detainees were likewise refused
entry on the pretext that Brig. Gen. Jorge Segovia was

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 not around and no approving officer was present.

Health workers from San Lazaro Hospital were also

refused entry.

At 5:00 P.M., a lady officer told the visitors to write a

request letter to visit the detainees.

February 18, 2010 The doctors wrote to the CHR requesting that they be
deputized to regularly check-up the detainees.

February 19, 2010 The relatives of the Morong 43 wrote to Brig. Gen.
Segovia requesting that the detainees be seen by the
doctors of their choice.

February 21, 2010 The detainees wrote letters to certain doctors

requesting regular medical check up.

February 24, 2010 Dr. Julie Caguiat, Dr. Carlo Castro and Dr. Hazel
Soriano were supposed to visit the detainees,
together with Gabriela and Senator Jamby Madrigal.
But the warden, Tabion, barred the doctors from
entering the detention center, saying they were
identified with Gabriela and (later changed to)
Karapatan. Even with the intervention of Sen.
Madrigal, the doctors were denied entry. Later on, the
warden allowed but only Dr. Soriano.

February 26, 2010 CHR Chairperson De Lima wrote to Brig. Gen.

Segovia directing the military to respect the rights of
the detainees under RA 7438 and to allow the doctors
listed therein to visit them.

February 27, 2010 With the CHR letter to Brig. Gen. Segovia and the
request-letters of the detainees, Dr. Julie Caguiat, Dr.
Marlene Bermejo and Dr. Jason Bascos (psychiatrist)
went to visit them again. Although their entrance was
delayed, Dr. Bermejo and Bascos were allowed to
enter. But Dr. Caguiat, who forgot to bring her ID and
despite the CHR letter and the request letters, was
denied entry and was even called an impostor.

March 7, 2010 Dr. Julie Caguiat, Dr. Amor Martelino, Dr. Charles
Marquez, Dr. Christian Gomez, and psychiatrists Dr.
Carlo Castro and Dr. Charie were to visit the
detainees. After waiting to be allowed to enter the
detention center, the doctors were led to the holding
area of the detention center. From the list of doctors
mentioned in the CHR letter, warden Tabion called out
Dr. Martelino and Dr. Gomez whom he let in. Dr.
Caguiat, Dr. Marquez and psychiatrists Dr. Charie and
Dr. Castro were refused entry. The said doctors asked
Tabion to sign a statement saying that he denied
them entry. But Tabion refused and left.

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 CERTIFICATION

I, JULIE CAGUIAT, of legal age, Filipino, with address at No. 35

Examiner St., West Triangle, Quezon City, after being duly sworn to in
accordance with law, do hereby certify that the above Chronology of the
Experiences of the Medical Doctors of CHD and COMMED are true and
correct based on the minutes of the meeting.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have affixed my signature this 8th day of

April 2010 at Makati City, Philippines.

JULIE CAGUIAT
Affiant

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 8th day of April 2010 at

Makati City, affiant exhibiting to me her SSS ID No. 33-4076387-1.

Notary Public

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