Written by Jay-ar Arante
Boracaynons
commemorates the first death anniversary of then Ati Spokesperson Dexter
Condez.
This is as
the Ati Community offers a mass for Condez at the Ati Village in Sitio Lugutan,
Manoc-manoc Boracay.
According
to the Daughters of Charity who oversees the group, after the mass they will
visit the place where Dexter was slain.
The
indigenous group meanwhile continues to hope that their spokesperson’s death
will be given justice.
Condez’s
death was considered heroic as it surfaced the real status of the Aetas in
Boracay, and he was killed while fighting for the rights of their community.
The
killing of Dexter Condez occurred on February 22 last year, while he was on his
way to the village.
He served
as the Spokesperson of the Boracay Ati Tribal Organization (BATO) and has
fought for the ancestral domain of the Aetas in Boracay.
Translated
by Shelah Casiano
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