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Monday, June 20, 2005 (Philippines)
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| About 30 Filipino labor activists and workers shout slogans, holding placards that read "Out with Graft! Out with Gloria!" outside a hotel where Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo meeting with business leaders and drum up investment in Hong Kong Monday.(AP) |
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HONG KONG (Updated, 1:47 p.m.)-- Filipino labor activists and workers Monday protested President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as she began a one-day visit to Hong Kong with allegations swirling back home that her family was corrupt and she rigged the last election.
About 30 demonstrators stood outside President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's hotel, shouting slogans and holding up small white signs that said, "Out with Graft! Out with Gloria!"
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In a statement, the mining company said it has been losing around P5-6 million per day, as a result of the strike, which started June 2. |
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