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News in Pictures: Christmas Lights Fantastic in Tarlac
Like laser beams, lighted Christmas decorations on sale illuminate the dark national highway in Gerona, Tarlac. These decorations are already selling briskly with Christmas barely a month away. Gerona is home to the famous lighted decorations in the north, a cottage industry that has made Tarlaquenos proud through the years. (Photo by Artemio A. Dumlao…
Luisita Farmers Go Back to Basics
After the strike ended more than two years ago, the HLI farm workers have been planting rice and vegetables providing them with income and food. But more than the earnings, they find fulfillment in cultivating the land that is rightfully theirs. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 28, August 19-25, 2007 Hacienda Luisita, Tarlac…
International Mission to Probe Labor Killings
BY ABNER BOLOS Gitnang Luson News Service Posted by Bulatlat.com Alarmed by the unabated killing of political activists, world labor leaders will visit the country next month to investigate killings of labor leaders and organizers and repression of the labor sector. San Fernando, Pampanga—Alarmed by the unabated killing of political activists, world labor leaders will…