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Thursday, November 18, 2004 (Philippines)
| Protesters, enraged by the deaths of four striking farmers at Hacienda Luisita, a sugarcane estate owned by the family of former president Corazon Aquino in Tarlac province, picketed a Cojuangco-owned building in the Makati financial district. (Sun.Star Manila/Miko Santos) |
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PNP Chief Edgar Aglipay ordered Wednesday the relief of Central Luzon Police Director Quirino dela Torre and Tarlac Provincial Police Chief Angelo Sumlao following the violent dispersal at the Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac City last Tuesday, where 14 laborers were killed and several others were wounded.
Aglipay said Chief Superintendent dela Torre will be replaced by Chief Superintendent Enrique Galang while Senior Superintendent Sumlao's post will be taken over by Senior Supt. Ager Ontog from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA).
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Gov't fails anew to resolve labor row at Luisita
AFTER the death of seven workers in a violent dispersal at Hacienda Luisita Tuesday, the government failed again to resolve the labor dispute in the sugar milling company after striking workers snubbed negotiations being brokered by the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole).
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DOJ blinks on parricide case v. scion of mall owner
JUSTICE Secretary Raul Gonzalez Sr. Wednesday ordered the filing of criminal charges against a son of a prominent family that owns a shopping mall who is accused of attempting to shoot his spouse.
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DA head sees hike in pork prices
AGRICULTURE Secretary Arthur Yap said the cost of pork and its by-products will continue to rise and government is studying the cause of the market distortion.
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