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Wednesday, March 21, 2007 |
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Bishops back Negros
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BACOLOD City: Catholic bishops have embraced the
cause of farmers of La Castellana, Negros Occidental, some of whom
are on a hunger strike to compel the Department of Agrarian Reform
(DAR) to install them as beneficiaries of Hacienda Velez-Malaga
owned by businessman Roberto Cuenca.
Task Force Mapalad (TFM), which
is composed of the farmer-beneficiaries, earlier sought the help of
the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) in their
bid to win the Church’s support for their struggle.
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Malaga farmers
challenge bishops
to ‘come to Negros and see the truth’
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BACOLOD CITY: Disappointed and
probably misinformed. This was the statement of the officials of
Hacienda Malaga Independent Workers Union and the Hacienda Malaga-Cuenca
Multipurpose Cooperative who challenged members of the Catholic
Church hierarchy...
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Cebu eyes China
tourism market
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CEBU CITY: Cebu is set to tap the
rich Chinese tourism market with the introduction of the first
direct flight to mainland China through Shanghai by May this year.
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Clark as free-port
zone generating excitement
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CLARK ZONE, Pampanga: Huge
challenges like more job generation, influx of more foreign
investments and revenues await the establishment of the Clark
Freeport zone.
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Ex-vice-mayor hits
‘Latin City’ tag for Zamboanga
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ZAMBOANGA CITY: Former vice-mayor
Susan de los Reyes has denounced the declaration of Zamboanga as
“Asia’s Latin City” instead of City of Flowers by City Mayor
Celso Lobregat in August.
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‘Dagdag-bawas’
in place in ARMM
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Fifty pesos is apparently the
going rate in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) for a
single vote to be shaved from one senatorial candidate and then
added to another...
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