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Military denounced for ‘lies’ on Grecil

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Jun 22, 2007

By GERMELINA A. LACORTE

Kabiba Foundation, a child advocate, said Brigadier General Carlos Holganza, chief of 1001st Infantry Brigade, was lying when he said that Grecil was killed by NPA fire. Its a big lie, the group said, citing testimonies that the soldiers had strafed and ransacked the girl’s house.

Court stops Davao law that bans aerial spraying

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Jun 22, 2007

By GERMELINA A. LACORTE

The Regional Trial Court suspended for three months the city ordinance that is supposed to take effect tomorrow, June 23. The Davao City residents who claimed to have been affected by the chemicals sprayed from the air by banana companies denounced the decision. Our agony will be prolonged, said one of them.