TARLAC CITY – Police killed a notorious drug pusher in a buy-bust operation before dawn Saturday, July 23, in Barangay Ungot here. The suspect was identified by his alias “Mart.” He was considered a top priority regional high-value individual-drug personality. Mart drew and fired his gun when...
Farmers’ group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), on Monday, June 20, refuted various claims, reiterating that planting food is not a crime and supporting farmers is not a criminal act. Farmers and advocates on Hacienda Tinang (Photo from Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas) The statement is in...
Outgoing Senator Francis ‘’Kiko’’ Pangilinan on Friday, June 10 asked the government to free the farmers and peasant advocates who were arrested in Concepcion, Tarlac yesterday. Inquest proceedings on the charge of malicious mischief and obstruction of justice slapped against the 87 farmers...
Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), on Thursday, June 9, strongly condemned the “harassment” aimed at farmers and advocates at Barangay Tinang, Concepcion in Tarlac. Sugarcane farmers (Manila Bulletin File Photo) On Thursday, at least 150 members of the farmers’ group Malayang Kilusang...
TARLAC CITY — A visibly frail Kris Aquino, the Queen of All Media and scion of the Cojuangco-Aquino clan, made a surprise appearance here at the Puso Tarlac Grand People’s Rally to endorse Vice President Leni Robredo before 50,000 supporters. Celebrity Kris Aquino takes the stage at Vice...
It was an instant fan meeting event with megastar Sharon Cuneta in Tarlac City as she accompanied her husband, vice presidential aspirant Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan, in his campaign trail on Tuesday, Feb. 22. (Photo courtesy of Team Kiko Pangilinan) Clad in pink, Cuneta joined Pangilinan in...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday, November 3, met with her supporters in Tarlac City during a meet-and-greet event, claiming that the snowballing of support for her candidacy is turning the campaign into a “people’s movement.” Vice President Leni Robredo poses...
Motorists will finally gain access to the first 18-kilometer (km) portion of the Central Luzon Link Expressway (CLLEX) from Tarlac City to Nueva Ecija when the road opens next month. ALMOST FINISHED-- The Central Luzon Link Expressway (CLLEX), which will connect Tarlac City to Cabanatuan City in...
The 30-kilometer (km) expressway project linking Tarlac City and Cabanatuan City in Nueva Ecija is now 94 percent finished, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar said Wednesday, June 2. OPENING SOON-- The Central Luzon Link Expressway (CLLEX), which will connect...
The task force quarry head of Tarlac City was nabbed in an entrapment operation on Monday for extortion, the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) reported. The task force quarry head of Tarlac City (man in white) falls in an entrapment operation at the Tarlac City Hall on Monday, May 24, 2021. According...