Mabalacat, Pampanga – “A weighty victory for government workers!” Angie Ladera Chairperson of the Workers Alliance of Region III (WAR III) thus described the recent signing on July 24 of a collective negotiation agreement (CNA) between the municipal government of Mabalacat and the members of the Mabalacat Government Employees Association (MAGEA).

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GUIMBA, Nueva Ecija--About 30 people are huddled around the canvassing table in a small room approximately 6 m. by 12. m. at the municipal hall of Guimba, Nueva Ecija. Outside in the narrow corridor, soldiers with M-16 rifles watch as people peer through the glass window.

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ARAYAT, Pampanga -- Joseph Canlas, Anak Pawis Central Luzon regional coordinator eluded an attack last night [April 21] as armed men looking for him forcibly entered his home in Barangay Balite, Arayat, Pampanga.

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CITY OF SAN FERNANDO (Pampanga) -- A 59-year old widow was killed, five people were abducted and another two barely escaped failed abduction attempts in Central Luzon in the first quarter of the year. The incidents prompted militants to raise an alarm over the resurgence of ‘death squads’ and put an end to the government’s Oplan Bantay Laya II counterinsurgency campaign.

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ANGELES CITY -- The vehicle that armed men in bonnets used in an attempt to abduct a fishpond operator in Barangay [village] Bulaus, Masantol, Pampanga may yet again point to soldiers as the culprits.

At about 10 pm on February 26, four Armalite-wielding men wearing bonnets forcibly entered the home of Eduardo Macapagal, 54, and tried to take him away at gunpoint.

The vehicle the armed men used was traced to be a patrol vehicle of the village council of Barangay Consuelo, Macabebe, Pampanga which was borrowed by a certain army Sgt. Lumasac....

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San Marcelino, ZAMBALES - It was as if a giant used a shovel to gouge the face of the mountain in Barangay Buhawen, San Marcelino, Zambales. Below the towering rocky façade, reddish-black liquid formed a pool of poison.

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OLONGAPO CITY --This Christmas season, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo paints a rosy picture for workers especially in so-called “industrial enclaves” such as the Clark Special Economic Zone (CSEZ) in Pampanga and the Subic Bay Free Port Economic Zone (SBFEZ). But the reality for workers here are low wages, harsh working conditions and curtailment of their right to unionize and bargain for better terms.

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