Negros 19: I Know Marienne Cuison — And I Believe Her Over the AFP
Negros Occidental • May 2026. Negros 19: I Know Marienne Cuison — And I Believe Her Over the AFP. Lyle Prijoles, Marienne Cuison, Negros 19, AFP massacre, Filipino American human rights, Toboso Negros Occidental 2026, 5/13. Negros Occidental • May 2026 Negros 19: I Know Marienne Cuison — And I Believe Her Over the AFP A personal reckoning with the April 19 massacre in Toboso — and why two generations of Philippine state violence have made it impossible for this Fil-Am editor to take the military at their word. PinoyBuilt illustration, not a photograph: a family in silhouette holds one lit candle beside a torn official report and an empty medal ribbon. The question at the heart of this piece is whose account of April 19 deserves belief. The last time I saw Marienne Cuison, we were standing outside Skyview Memorial in Vallejo, California. January 2022. We were there for Tito Maning — Manuel Perseveranda, my uncle — and the...