HACIENDA LUISITA — Protesting laborers and farm workers here, joined by their respective families and reinforced by militant activists, have practically taken control over nearly all movements in this sprawling sugar estate owned by the family of former President Corazon Aquino.
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Luisita resumes milling operations as tension eases
HACIENDA LUISITA — Tension has somewhat eased in this 6,000-hectare sugar plantation, as the ranks of the protesters who locked up the refinery during the weekend have thinned out, allowing the Central Azucarera de Tarlac (CAT) to resume its milling operations noontime Monday.
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Truck attacks force Luisita mill closure anew
HACIENDA LUISITA — The “violent and destructive” actions being carried out by alleged “troublemakers” among the ranks of protesters here has forced Luzon’s biggest sugar mill to shutdown anew its operations Tuesday morning, after these were briefly resumed around noontime last Monday.
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7-month long Rabbit strike ends
TARLAC CITY — The almost seven-month long strike in one of the country’s oldest transport company finally came to an end, as the Philippine Rabbit Bus Lines (PRBL) commenced plying major routes from Metro Manila to Central and Northern Luzon again.
Subic allows FedEx to operate ecozone hub until 2013
TARLAC CITY — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has recently decided to extend the lease contract of air courier giant, the Federal Express (FedEx), up to August 2010.
Int’l media watchdog: RP hostile for journalists
TARLAC CITY — Although the country has a “free and lively press,” the Philippines has been counted by the Paris-based international media watchdog as one of the places most hostile to journalists.
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October 1 - 31, 2004
Miss Earth 2004 beauties plant trees in Tarlac Ecotourism Park
SITIO PADLANA, Barangay Lubigan, San Jose — Twenty-six of the 70 contenders for the title, Miss Earth 2004, planted mahogany trees Sunday at the 200-hectare Tarlac Ecotourism Park here as part of the environmentally-oriented beauty tilt’s 11-day “Go North” caravan.
Organizers of the pageant said that the other contestants had to proceed to the Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBFZ) in Olongapo City for a simultaneous activity there.
Nonetheless, among those who joined in the tree-planting here was Filipino-Hungarian Tamera Marie Szijarto, current holder of the Miss Philippines Earth crown and the country’s contestant in the international competition.
This is actually Szijarto’s second time to plant trees at the ecotourism park, which is more than 300 meters above sea level. Last June, she led other current and past title holders of the Miss Philippines Earth in planting mahogany trees here as part of the month-long “Best of Central Luzon” showcase under the “Wow! Philippines” campaign of the Department of Tourism (DOT).
In his welcome message , Gov. Jose Yap said that “what Miss Earth delivers is most significant in these times when, despite our economic, technological and industrial advances, humanity is at risk for the wanton abuse of Mother Nature and the natural resources that it provides us.”
Addressing the contestants, the governor said: “Although the title you are competing for is being considered third after the Miss World and Miss International, the cause in which you were initiated to in this competition will not only last for a lifetime.”
“The beauty of your legacy will be enjoyed by future generations,” Yap added.
Developed out of the province’s local resources, the Tarlac Ecotourism Park here is being promoted as Central Luzon’s “alternative tourist destination,” as the governor explained that it also “compensates for Tarlac being a land-locked area that has no beaches that usually attracts local and foreign tourists.”
He further said that the ecotourism park is Tarlac’s “showcase that we can pursue our objectives for development and economic advancement while at the same time reinvigorating and protecting the beauty of Mother Nature.”
Aside from visiting, planting trees and promoting the Tarlac Ecotourism Park, the Miss Earth delegates also went to Baguio City, Fort Ilocandia in Laoag City, the now-famous Saud Beach resort of Pagudpud in Ilocos Norte.
The museum-like Vigan City in Ilocos Sur, San Fernando City in La Union, Dagupan City and the Hundred Islands of Lingayen in Pangasinan, and Asia’s tallest dam, the San Roque Dam at the edges of the Cordillera mountains in San Manuel, Pangasinan.
The Miss Earth 2004 coronation night will be held on Oct. 24 at the University of the Philippines Theater in Diliman, Quezon City.
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