Rep.Crispin Beltran dies

[Zeus]

The man who's almost always present in all labor and anti-gov't rallies died not from ambush but by falling from the roof of his house!

(UPDATE 5) Anakpawis Congressman Beltran dies


By Abigail Kwok
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 10:21:00 05/20/2008


MANILA, Philippines -- Anakpawis Representative Crispin Beltran died Tuesday from brain injuries after falling from the rooftop of his home in Bulacan, according to reports culled by INQUIRER.net.
Dr. Arnold Corpus, emergency room doctor and attending physician to Beltran, said the former Kilusang Mayo Uno chairman died at exactly 11:48 a.m.
The doctor said he suffered a cut at the right side of the head and broken ribs.
Corpus said the head injuries proved fatal to the militant congressman. He was brought into the hospital at 9:42 a.m. Doctors tried to revive him for two hours and was resuscitated five times before the family decided to discontinue life support.
Beltran’s daughter, Ofelia Beltran-Balleta, announced his death to reporters.
Beltran lapsed into a coma at the hospital, after he developed a blood clot in the brain caused by the fall at around 6 a.m.
In a phone interview with INQUIRER.net, Balleta said Beltran went up to his roof from the mezzanine to fix a leak. While going down, the congressman suddenly lost balance and fell. She added that it was a 14-foot drop and Beltran fell face first.
Balleta said that when Beltran was brought to the hospital, he was still conscious and then suddenly went into cardiac arrest.
She also clarified that a heart attack did not cause Beltran’s fall. “The heart attack is just secondary but he died from hemorrhage that led to him being brain dead,” Balleta said.
Doctors told the family that Beltran was brain dead as of Tuesday morning, said Lualhati Roque, Beltran’s chief of staff.
Bayan Muna partylist Representative Satur Ocampo, who rushed to the hospital after learning of the accident, informed reporters before Beltran died that “only his heart and lungs were being revived. He's experiencing repeated heart seizures.''
Roque added that his family was informed that they had to make a decision whether to continue life support for the congressman. His doctor had explained to the family that his heart was only being kept alive by a drug being injected into his body.
His family said Beltran was really fond of fixing things in his house, an activity, which became a morning habit for him.
“He was physically active,” Balleta said.
“The whole family is grieving,” Mau Hermitanio, another staff of Beltran, told INQUIRER.net.
Beltran, 75, left a wife and 11 children.
Balleta also revealed that the family did not have a chance to talk to Beltran before he died.
“Walang chance kami nagkausap [We did not have the chance to talk],” she said.
Prior to Beltran’s accident and eventual death, Balleta said the family was busy preparing for the congressman’s privilege speech at Congress on Tuesday on power rates and the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP).
Balleta said Beltran’s body would be initially transferred to the Funeraria Paz in Quezon City. After which, the family would bring Beltran to his hometown in Muson, Bulacan then to the University of the Philippines Chapel in Quezon City.
“We are thankful to those who extended their support and condolences. He died for the plight of the workers,” Balleta said.
With reports from Norman Bordadora, TJ Burgonio, and Marlon Ramos, Philippines Daily Inquirer

[s_quilicot]

bad news for the masses, but good news for the goverment ..

[uls]

condolence dun sa family...

pero i can't help but react to the last sentence in the article...

"He died for the plight of the workers."

He didnt die for anyone, dude.

He died falling off the roof of his house.

[coiter]

condolence dun sa family...

pero i can't help but react to the last sentence in the article...

"He died for the plight of the workers."

He didnt die for anyone, dude.

He died falling off the roof of his house.

hehe trying to add a bit of drama i guess. maybe it was just to emphasize the lack of safety equipment roof-workers often overcome when on the job or that he died in a "blue-collared" manner.

i was actually waiting for allegations that it was a murder or putting some blame on the government. buti na lang wala.

condolences na lang to the family and no further comment as a sign of respect to the person.

[s_quilicot]

condolence dun sa family...

pero i can't help but react to the last sentence in the article...

"He died for the plight of the workers."

He didnt die for anyone, dude.

He died falling off the roof of his house.

+1 :bwahaha: pero totoo naman na sa pagkadulas sya namantay ..

condolence pala sa family ..

[Monseratto]

Dapat hinde na pinaakyat ng anak niya sa bubong. Irresponsible talaga considering the frailty of his condition. Baka sabihin ng anak niya na conspiracy yung pagkadulas niya ng bubong...

[SELEGNA_35]

Condolence. sayang naman, pangit ng pag ka matay.

[Memphis Raines]

So long brave warrior Sir

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[rion]

looking at his home, I am very much surprised how casual his house and even his wife is. parang below average class lang talaga. hindi pa nga tapos yung bahay kaya nahulog siya.

akala ko kasi lahat ng congressman bonga yung bahay.

another sad day for us.

[chua_riwap]

That only means na talagang kapos din sa buhay si Ka Bel. He can't afford to pay somebody to fix his roof.

[Monseratto]

WOW, masipag...

Beltran, 75, left a wife and 11 children.

There was a time that their home didn't even have any electricity

Power cutoff: Beltran curses not the darkness, but PPA

“In the meantime, it’s candles for us,” says Bayan Muna Rep. Crispin Beltran as the Meralco linemen tasked to cut off his power supply did just that.

Weeks after trying to do their job, Meralco linemen finally found the courage to cut off the power supply to the home of Beltran who is spearheading the campaign against the imposition of purchased power adjustment on all Meralco clients.

At 9:30 a.m. yesterday, four Meralco linemen arrived at Beltran’s house in Barangay Gao, Litex, Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City.

A few days earlier, a militant group had been conducting a daily vigil in front of Beltran’s home and this kept the Meralco linemen at bay.

Yesterday, those conducting the vigil were out and Beltran was left with no choice but to talk to the Meralco linemen who said they would not confiscate the electric meter but would just turn over on its dial.

Seeing that a crowd had already gathered and worrying that a scuffle might break out, he allowed the linemen to do what they were ordered to do by their superiors at the Meralco branch along Commonwealth Avenue.

Beltran, however, asked the linemen to allow him to first finish ironing his barong which he was to wear in yesterday’s afternoon sessions in Congress. The linemen obliged and after 10 minutes proceeded to turn over the electric meter.

Beltran’s unpaid electricity bill, plus PPA charges, has reached P14,602.26, since April.

In a statement, Beltran said: “It’s an outrage that Meralco is forcing millions of other customers to shoulder the PPA. Meralco is committing criminal acts a millions times over everyday by charging its customers with PPA, and then again the criminality of it is exacerbated when they cut off the electricity supply to Filipino households who refuse to pay this anomalous charge.”

Beltran said he is appealing to his colleagues in Congress to support the fight against the PPA and the unused power being charged to consumers by other independent power producers.

He said his household would be living in the dark for the next few days, but he will attempt to work it out with the Meralco Commonwealth Branch and have its linemen restore electricity to his house.

http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/i...s02_oct23_2002


Sadly to this day we are still at the mercy of MERALCO...

[jpdm]

...Condolence to a brave warrior...one of the few true representatives of the ordinary pinoy masses.......

...can't even afford to have a handy man to repair his roof....

[oliver1013]

Hindi talaga nangurakot, siya pa mismo nag ayos ng sira ng bahay...condolence to the family..Totoo nga talaga yung kasabihan pag mabait kinukuha agad ni Lord..yung iba na stoke na tas na ICU pa, nabuhay pa to fight(steal) another day

[s_quilicot]

wala man lang nagmalasakit sa kanya nag mag ayos ng bubong? kawawa naman ..

[uls]

...Condolence to a brave warrior...one of the few true representatives of the ordinary pinoy masses.......

...can't even afford to have a handy man to repair his roof....

He probably didnt want to hire someone coz he fights for workers' rights diba?

Baka sabihin ng tao "Beltran mababa magsahod" "Beltran mapang api"

hehe

Pinanindigan nya ang pagka- pro-masa, pro-manggagawa nya...

Hindi sya magbabayad ng tao para gumawa ng trabaho kasi that would make him look --- what's the word --- bourgeoisie.

[badsekktor]

condolence......

[empy]

wow, this brings back memories of a good friend of mine, who died the exact same way, falling headfirst off the roof of his house. he also had many kids (4) and was very comfortable fixing stuff on the roof. the only difference was that my friend was in his mid-30s

:rip: to you both

[chua_riwap]

He probably didnt want to hire someone coz he fights for workers' rights diba?

Baka sabihin ng tao "Beltran mababa magsahod" "Beltran mapang api"

hehe

Pinanindigan nya ang pagka- pro-masa, pro-manggagawa nya...

Hindi sya magbabayad ng tao para gumawa ng trabaho kasi that would make him look --- what's the word --- bourgeoisie.

Pero at his age, dapat di na siya gumagawa ng mga bagay na yan, like fixing his roof.

Wala man lang tumulong? Asan yung 11 children nya? Nasa Mendiola, nagra-rally?

[Monseratto]

Wow, blame the goverment for everything. Pati pagkahulog ni Ka Crispin ay kasalanan ng US-Arroyo rehimen blah blah blah...We should be asking them knowing the fraility of his health and having 11 children, why send a 75 year old man to fix the roof? There's a word called common sense and another called stupidity. Wonder which applies here?

Oppression of Beltran led to poor health, death--KMU

‘Arroyo will pay’

MANILA, Philippines -- The leftist labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU, May 1st Movement) on Wednesday blamed President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, saying the oppression by her administration led to the death of its former chairman, Anakpawis (Toiling Masses) Representative Crispin Beltran.

“She will pay for Ka [Kasama, comrade] Bel’s death,” KMU chairman Elmer Labog said.

Labog said Beltran’s more than year-long detention from 2006 to 2007 weakened the solon’s body and made possible the accident that killed him on Tuesday.

Beltran died Tuesday morning from head injuries he suffered after falling from the roof of his Bulacan home. He was 75.

“Peke at hindi sinsero ang pamahalaang Arroyo sa pakikiramay sa pagkamatay ni Ka Bel [The Arroyo administration is false and sincere in its condolences at Ka Bel’s death][,” Labog said.

In February 2006, when Arroyo declared a state of emergency because of a purported “Left-Right” conspiracy to oust her, Beltran was arrested on a more than 20-year old rebellion case.

In May that year, he was transferred to “hospital arrest” at the Philippine Heart Center (PHC), where he stayed until his release in July 2007.

“Arroyo should expect more protest actions and rallies from militant groups because she has to pay for what she did to Ka Bel,” Labog added. “The struggle continues.”

The KMU will welcome and pay tribute to Beltran’s remains late Wednesday afternoon at the Philippine Independent Church on Taft Avenue, Manila, where the late lawmaker will lie in state this week.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakin...lth-death--KMU

[CVT]

RIP.... The plight of an ordinary Pinoy...

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