TARLAC CITY –- The provincial capitol installed rainbow lights on Wednesday, June 15, in its façade in an utter show of support to the LGBTQIA+ community that’s celebrating Pride Month 2022. Photo via Liezle Inigo By installing the rainbow lights, the provincial government also recognizes the...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) maintained on Monday, June 13, that the arrest of 91 farmers and their supporters in Concepcion, Tarlac was “lawful” as they allegedly destroyed crops and became unruly when they conducted their protest. Police Lt. Gen. Vicente Danao Jr., officer-in-charge...
A progressive group on Sunday, June 12, asked the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to conduct an on-site investigation to check the condition of 50 farmers and advocates who are allegedly detained in a “tiny 3x3 cell” in the Concepcion Police Station in Tarlac. The National Network of Agrarian...
Outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo on Saturday, June 11, urged authorities to respect human rights and the dignity of the farmers and land reform advocates they arrested in Hacienda Tinang in Concepcion, Tarlac. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) The Vice President said it was clear the...
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...
ONE-HUNDRED farmers were arrested for demolishing a sugarcane plantation in Tarlac last Thursday. (PRO-3 photo) CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Police Regional Office (PRO)-3 (Central Luzon) director Police Brig. Gen. Matthew P. Baccay said Friday, June 10, that an...
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...
There is no stopping Vice President Leni Robredo even on the last day of the campaign period as she staged a motorcade around Tarlac and Pampanga on Saturday, May 7, hours before her grand miting de avance in the hopes of clinching more votes for the May 9 elections next week. Vice President Leni...
Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson and his carefully assembled crew of dedicated public servants and anti-corruption crusaders have a new name--"The Magnificent 5." The catchy name was hatched by senatorial aspirant and former Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel "Manny" Piñol", who is...
The former schoolmates of presidential bet Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson from the Philippine Military Academy (PMA), including those who worked with him during his stint in the Philippine National Police (PNP), showed up in Tarlac City to express their all-out support for his candidacy. Lacson...
Caritas Tarlac has asked the faithful to make the Lenten practices more meaningful by supporting Alay Kapwa. FB_IMG_1649394202327 "This Palm Sunday is Alay Kapwa Sunday. Let’s all do our share of giving and sharing.. Your generosity will go a long way to better the lives of others," it said in a...
The Diocese of Tarlac has appealed to candidates in the May 2022 polls to turn off their campaign jingles when in the vicinity of churches. Photo Diocese of Tarlac FB "Please advise your supporters and campaign personnel to turn off their campaign jingles when passing around churches," the Diocese...
