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Tarlac’s biggest illegal drug gang busted
by Benjie Villa - August 15, 2003 - 12:00am
CAMP AMAKABULOS, Tarlac — The leader of Tarlac’s biggest drug syndicate and four of its members were arrested on Wednesday by combined police elements from a special anti-illegal drugs tracking team and...
3 days of heavy rains spawn flooding across Tarlac
by Benjie Villa - August 8, 2003 - 12:00am
TARLAC CITY — Classes in pre-schools and elementary and high school levels here were suspended yesterday as three days of continuous heavy downpour spawned by a "monsoon trough" caused severe floods...
Judge, cop held for extort
by Benjie Villa - June 13, 2003 - 12:00am
TARLAC CITY — A Municipal Circuit Trial Court judge and a police officer in the province were arrested by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) for alleged extortion during an entrapment operation...
Tarlac girl not a SARS case, says DOH
by Benjie Villa - March 21, 2003 - 12:00am
ANGELES CITY — A 15-year-old girl, who died in a Tarlac City hospital last Monday, could not have been a case of the dreaded Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) which is spreading across Southeast Asia,...
Reds threatened with US-backed attacks – Sison
by Benjie Villa - February 23, 2003 - 12:00am
A document of surrender. This was how Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Ma. Sison described the "final peace agreement" the government peace panel proposed to the rebel leaders when...
NPA behind attack on Negros cellsite, says rival rebel group
by Benjie Villa - January 9, 2003 - 12:00am
Blame the New People’s Army (NPA). Carapali Lualhati, leader of the Revolutionary Proletarian Army (RPA), a breakaway communist rebel group, pointed to the mainstream NPA as behind the torching of a Globe Telecom...
Cash crunch affects NPA operations
by Benjie Villa - September 24, 2002 - 12:00am
BACOLOD CITY — The freezing of the assets of self-exiled Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder and National Democratic Front political adviser Jose Ma. Sison is hurting rebel operations on Negros...
NPA training child soldiers - Army
by Benjie Villa - August 14, 2002 - 12:00am
CAMP AQUINO, Tarlac – Instead of studying or exploring the intricacies of Filipino courtship or simply having fun with friends, the children of communists in Northern Luzon are being trained as snipers or makers...
Flooding in Central Luzon worsens; .9 M persons affected
by Benjie Villa - July 14, 2002 - 12:00am
Disaster control authorities said that floods in Central Luzon have worsened due to continuous rains since Saturday last week, prompting the mass evacuation of affected residents to higher places, mostly in Pam...
Terrorist bombing plots foiled — PNP
by Benjie Villa - May 2, 2002 - 12:00am
The Philippine National Police (PNP) said yesterday it had thwarted three possible terror attacks, including one in which President Arroyo may have been the target. Three persons were killed and seven others arrested...
BCDA ‘ownership’ of Tarlac land nixed
by Benjie Villa - December 16, 2001 - 12:00am
CAPAS, Tarlac — Some 60,00 residents of seven barangays here have expressed support for the move of Tarlac Rep. Jesli Lapuz to declare their areas beyond the jurisdiction of the Bases Conversion Development...
Folk near Hacienda Luisita fear reprisals from rebs
by Benjie Villa - January 13, 2000 - 12:00am
TARLAC CITY - Soldiers are securing a village in the outskirts of Hacienda Luisita from possible attacks by the New People's Army because the residents fear reprisals for the death of three rebels in an encounter...
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