COURAGE DOCUMENTED CASES OF HARASSMENT: 1. THREATENING LETTERS FROM THE MILITARYOn April 27, members and officers of Confederation of Unity of Recognition and Advancement for Government Employees (COURAGE) received letters accusing them as leaders and members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New Peoples Army (CPP-NPA) operating in their respective agencies through their unions. Among those who received the letters were: Rosalinda Nartates, CUE-NHA National President and COURAGE Secretary General, Santiago Dasmarias Jr. NFAEA National Adviser and COURAGE 1st Vice President, Roman M. Sanchez, National Food Authority (NFA) employee and National Food Authority Employees Association (NFAEA) National President, Evelyn P. Garcia, NFA employee and national assistant secretary general of NFAEA, Fely Sao, NHA employee and CUE-NHA 2nd Vice President, and Manuel Baclagon SWEAP-DSWD (Social Welfare Employees AssociationDepartment of Social Welfare and Development) National President and former COURAGE Deputy Secretary General. COURAGE Leaders Nartates and Dasmarias Jr. letters were supposedly from Capt. Evangelista and Capt. Magdiwang respectively of the Philippine Army. It said COURAGE is a front organization of the CPP-NPA and alluded that the information against them was from one of the COURAGE 2 organizers (Randy Vegas and Raul Camposano) who are currently detained on trumped-up charges. From among those who received the letters, Mr. Baclagon was the most threatening for it mentioned they knew his residence, his family background and other personal circumstances. It warned he should immediately cooperate by calling the cellphone number listed on the letter before its too late. Garcias note said, Ate Evelyn, Call me for the countrys sake. A cellphone number was also written on the note. The note was given to her by a man who introduced himself as a government employee. He sat beside her on the jeepney but alighted immediately when Garcia asked further questions. 2. UNWELCOME VISITS OF MILITARY AND POLICE AGENTSOn April 21, a certain Sgt. Borres who introduced himself as liaison officer of the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP) entered the NFA premises looking for Hilario M. Tan, a retired NFA employee and former vice president of the NFAEA. He was stopped by the lobby guard and brought to the Security Service office of the NFA for questioning because he was carrying a .45 calibre pistol. The security personnel asked Borres for a mission order but he could not produce one, so he left. Ms.Elvira Prudencio, an employee of the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) and President of the NWPC Employees Association and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Employees Union National President, reported that also on April 27, 2015, an unidentified person went to the NWPC office (2nd flr.) and looked for her through the NWPCs security guard. When Ms. Prudencio proceeded to leave the office, he was approached by the unidentified man at Malvar St. just outside the office. The man said that he knew her and that she occupied a high position in the organization. He added that he can help her in all her problems provided that she help him. He only said that he was from the OP (possibly meaning Office of the President). He gave her a a small note indicating his name and number. On April 27, at the MMDA Main Office two unidentified men looked for Ms. Theresa Gonzales, an employee of the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and President of the union KKK-MMDA. On the same day later in the afternoon, another employee of MMDA and the unions Education Committee Steward Josephine Delloro was approached by a man who identified himself as from the Department of National Defense in a sari-sari store near her house. He said Delloro should cooperate with them because she is doing activities other not related to her office and union work. She was given a cellphone number with instruction to call him and an assurance he will protect her should she cooperate with them. On June 16, employees of the National Housing Authority in its District office in Sta. Mesa, Manila said a policeman went to the office and took pictures of them. They confronted the said policeman, asked why he took their photos and required him to delete the pictures. When he said he did not know how to delete the pictures, the staff took upon themselves to ensure the pictures were deleted. The policeman said it was allegedly because of the rallies. The NHA District Office is the work office of Rose Nartates, COURAGE Secretary General.Just recently, Erwin Lanuza, an employee of the Quezon City Hall and their union President, was met by a man again who said he is a military, along the corridors leading to his office, The man was wearing a baseball cap and eyeglasses. He also left a cellphone number. 3. THREATS AGAINST COURAGE NATIONAL OFFICE STAFF AND ORGANIZERSOn June 16, a man who introduced himself as Joey from the military approached Mr. Benny Angeles, a retiree of the MMDA, former union leader of the KKK-MMDA and now works as a volunteer organizer for COURAGE. The man said they knew Benny as a member of the CPP-NPA and all the others in the union as well and their anti-government activities. Ha gave a note where his name and a cellphone number and instructed Angeles to call him should he decide to return to the fold. On the same day, Bob Reyes, a COURAGE National organizer for more than 15 years and former contractual employee of the Caloocan City Government was alone in his house with his youngest son. A man who introduced himself as a military said he knew him and his involvement with the CPP-NPA. Reyes insisted he is with for COURAGE for several years now working for the state workers salary increase and union rights. The man gave him a cellphone number and warned call me or blame yourself if something bad happens to you.The same thing happened to Generosa Manilag. Nanay Lance as she is fondly called volunteers for COURAGE for its community welfare assistance program in Taguig City before COURAGE finally made her a full-time member of its administrative staff.Chito Juliano and Romeo Manilag in their affidavits claim the COURAGE rented jeepney was tailed by a man in a motorcycle from the rally at the Office of the Presidential Adviser for the Peace Process in Ortigas last Friday, June 26. The same man supposedly took photos of the staff during the said rally. Husband and Wife Oliver and Rowena Rosales complained of heightened daily surveillance to and from their homes, the COURAGE Office and the union offices assigned to them. A former colleague who now works in the private sector informed them that military men also visited him looking for the whereabouts of Oliver. A leader from a union assigned to Rosales also received a text message from a man claiming to be him asking for an urgent meet-up. And just as COURAGE is preparing for the filing of the second batch of cases, another National Staff, Raquel Toquero was visited by two unidentified men in her home in Silang, Cavite on June 28. They also introduced themselves as military. One went directly near the dirty kitchen where Raquel was standing. With only a screen door between them, he said the same lines before he left and came back again as if forgetting something and told her to think about what they relayed. The other man talked to her husband in the kitchen window. Both left hurriedly. Other staff and organizers complain of stalking and surveillances (taking photographs, recording conversations and videos) while travelling to and from the office. 4. COURAGE NATIONAL OFFICE UNDER SURVEILLANCE Suspicious looking men lurking in the corner of the street where the COURAGE National Office is located. Vehicles were also parked just outside the gates for days, sometimes with two or more unidentified men just inside the parked vehicles. Bolder ones took photos of the staff and organizers who frequent the office.