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Friday, January 25, 2008

 

Blast rocks DAR Negros office

Anti-CARP advocates are suspected to be responsible for explosion

BACOLOD CITY: A blast, allegedly from a hand grenade, tore through the provincial Agrarian Reform Office in Bacolod City at about 1:50 a.m. on Thursday.

Police recovered from the crime scene a hand grenade safety lever, a pin and shrapnel. Farmer beneficiaries camping outside the DAR office told investigators that they saw two men with towels covering their faces and head, on board a red motorcycle throwing something toward the compound before the blast.

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O T H E R   R E P O R T S

 

ZAMBOANGA CITY: The peasant federation Task Force Mapalad (TFM) condemned the attack on the agrarian reform office in Negros Thursday.

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AGRARIAN Reform Secretary Nasser Pangandaman condemned the attack on the provincial office of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Bacolod City. He said that no amount of harassment and intimidation could stop the government from implementing the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP).

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Paracelis mayor slay

CAMP DANGWA, Benguet: Three of the six primary suspects in the ambush-slay of Mayor Ceasar Rafael of Paracelis, Mountain Province categorically admitted their participation in the killing on December 25.

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Former Masbate Vice-Governor Antonio Ag. Medina, Norberto Quisumbing Sr. Management and Development Corp. (NQSRMDC) spokesman and vice-president for corporate affairs urged the bishops on the eve of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines plenary meeting on Saturday to be impartial and respect the rule of law and democratic processes in addressing the issues on Sumilao.

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Reacting to claims of a mining firm of untoward acts to its application, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Under­secretary for Field Operations Eleazar P. Quinto said that everything was done “by the book.”

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