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6,200 families in Tarlac, Pampanga told to evacuate

by Len Espinosa - August 2, 2006 - 12:00am

Rising floodwaters from heavy rains dumped by tropical depression "Henry" prompted officials of Tarlac and the Pampanga town of Candaba to order the evacuation yesterday of a total of 6,223 families...

Masked men abduct Bulacan peasant leader

by Len Espinosa - July 27, 2006 - 12:00am

TARLAC CITY — A leader of a peasant group was abducted from his Bulacan home late Monday night by four ski mask-wearing armed men whom the victim’s family suspects to be government troops. Ernesto Santiago,...

Hacienda Luisita clarifies quarrying reports

by Len Espinosa - April 29, 2006 - 12:00am

TARLAC CITY — The management of Hacienda Luisita belied reports that more than 70 hectares of the sugar estate are being illegally quarried. This came in the wake of complaints from residents of three barangays...

Luisita youth activist reported missing

by Len Espinosa - April 6, 2006 - 12:00am

HACIENDA LUISITA, Tarlac City — A youth leader of a militant organization inside this sprawling sugar estate has been reported missing since Tuesday. Ronald Intal, 24, leader of the Samahan ng mga Kabataang...

Tarlac newsman killed

by Len Espinosa - April 4, 2006 - 12:00am

TARLAC CITY — A land dispute is being pursued by local police in the death of the editor-in-chief of a local newspaper here. Orlando Mendoza, 58, of the Tarlac Profile, was on his way home from his farm in...

17 upland CL villages face threats of landslides

by Len Espinosa - February 25, 2006 - 12:00am

TARLAC – The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) have placed 17 upland villages in Central Luzon under surveillance due to their "high risk" of landslides. MGB officials said three of the 17 landslide-prone...

CPP-NPA releases Air Force major

by Len Espinosa - February 5, 2006 - 12:00am

TARLAC CITY — Communist rebels finally released an Air Force major they had held captive for eight months. In a statement, Gregorio "Ka Roger" Rosal, spokesman of the Communist Party of the Philippines...

Reds ready to free captive PAF major

by Len Espinosa - December 16, 2005 - 12:00am

TARLAC CITY — After more than six months in captivity, Air Force Maj. Neptune Elequin will be released in time for Christmas. This was confirmed by Jorge de los Reyes, spokesman for the National Democratic...

Sugarcane-laden trucks troop back to Luisita

by Len Espinosa - December 10, 2005 - 12:00am

TARLAC CITY — After a year, hundreds of sugarcane-laden trucks are expected to return to Hacienda Luisita starting tomorrow. This, after the 13-month-old labor dispute between the management and striking workers...

Luisita, unions finally end labor dispute

by Len Espinosa - December 9, 2005 - 12:00am

HACIENDA LUISITA, Tarlac City — The management and striking workers of Hacienda Luisita finally reached an agreement yesterday, resolving the 13-month-old labor dispute and paving the way for the reopening of...

Panel upholds revocation of Luisita stock plan

by Len Espinosa - December 8, 2005 - 12:00am

Farmworker-beneficiaries of Luzon’s largest sugar estate seem to have achieved another victory. The inter-agency group tasked to validate the earlier findings of the Department of Agrarian Reform’s (DAR)...

13 suspected Reds nabbed in Hacienda Luisita

by Len Espinosa - November 15, 2005 - 12:00am

HACIENDA LUISITA, Tarlac — Tension grips Hacienda Luisita anew after 13 people, including a 10-year-old boy and two women, were arrested by the military in Barangay Balete at around 1:30 a.m. yesterday. Col....

Luisita refinery workers to finally get wages

by Len Espinosa - October 24, 2005 - 12:00am

TARLAC CITY — After almost a year of negotiations, the management of the Central Azucarera de Tarlac (CAT), which runs the sugar refinery at Hacienda Luisita, is set to pay the wages and benefits of its striking...

Bayan Muna’s Tarlac office set on fire

by Len Espinosa - October 19, 2005 - 12:00am

TARLAC CITY — At least 10 ski mask-wearing men torched the provincial office of the militant party-list group Bayan Muna here last Tuesday morning. Witnesses said the armed men, clad in military uniforms,...

Dominguez relinquishes Nolcom post

by Len Espinosa - July 16, 2005 - 12:00am

CAMP AQUINO, Tarlac City — "I have done my part. I have served." With these words, Lt. Gen. Romeo Dominguez relinquished his post as chief of the Armed Forces Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) to Maj....

Military to stay apolitical — AFP chief

by Len Espinosa - July 16, 2005 - 12:00am

CAMP AQUINO, Tarlac City — The military will remain apolitical amid the ongoing turmoil surrounding the Arroyo government, Armed Forces chief Gen. Efren Abu said here yesterday. Abu reiterated the military’s...

Court orders arrest of Tarlac City vice mayor

by Len Espinosa - July 2, 2005 - 12:00am

TARLAC CITY — A Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTCC) judge has ordered the arrest of this city’s woman vice mayor for slapping the publisher-editor of a local weekly in the face last May. Judge Eleonor...

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