Two farmer-beneficiaries were killed and six others were wounded when security guards of former landowner Roberto Cuenca fired on some 100 farmer-beneficiaries who tried to cultivate their land this morning in Hacienda Velez-Malaga in Barangay Robles, La Castellana, Negros Occidental.
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MANILA , Philippinwa — Anakpawis Rep. Crispin Beltran today slammed National Security Adviser (NSA) Norberto Gonzales for calling him and the other progressive lawmakers collectively known as the Batasan 5 ‘liars now in celebration.'”
Since President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo assumed power in January 2001, 196 Filipinos have become victims of enforced disappearances or politically motivated abductions.
All that United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) Pastor Berlin Guerrero, 46, could think of when he spent a horrifying night at the hands of police captors was that he could either rot in jail or join his ?Creator.?
While GABNet welcomes the Philippines Supreme Court dismissal last Friday, June 1, 2007 of rebellion cases against six progressive congress representatives, the US Based, Philippine- US women?s organization insists that the ruling by itself is not nearly enough. The Philippine Dept of Justice, the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Philippine National Police, and Philippine de facto president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo must be held accountable.
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