Pablo Tariman sought solace again in poetry upon hearing the news of another death in the family. The journalist on 30 November announced on Facebook that his son-in-law Ericson Acosta, husband of his daughter Kerima, was killed in Kabankalan, Negros Occidental.

A spokesperson of the National Democratic Front-Negros said Acosta, who was an NDF consultant, was captured, along with a peasant organizer, by the military and, "a few hours after, tagged them as casualties of a fake encounter."

The military claimed it was an encounter.

Bagong Alyansang Makabayan Secretary-General Renato Reyes Jr. said Acosta was an NDF consultant for the drafting of the agreement on Socio-Economic Reforms and participated in the formal peace talks and discussions of the reciprocal working committees in 2016 until 2017.

Just three months prior, on 20 August, Kerima Tariman was likewise killed in an "encounter" in Silay, also in Negros Occidental.

"Gone at fifty/With just his poems/For his only son to peruse," Tariman wrote. "No more time to grieve/The container of sadness is dry/From previous year's constant grief…"