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Suspek sa Sagay massacre, tukoy na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 24 12:10 AM

Hindi natuloy ang pagbisita ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa Sagay City, Negros Occidental para sana makiramay sa mga pamilya ng mga namatay na magsasaka sa Hacienda Nene. Read more »

Comrades may have killed Sagay farmers - DAR chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 23 10:44 AM

Nine sugarcane workers who died in a fatal shooting in Negros Occidental may have been killed by their fellow farmers, Agrarian Reform Secretary John Castriciones said Tuesday. Read more »

HRW: Sagay massacre shows rights abuses in PH go beyond 'drug war'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 23 09:43 AM

The massacre of 9 farmers at the Hacienda Nene in Sagay City, Negros Occidental shows that human rights abuses in the country go beyond the administration's war on drugs, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. Read more »

PNP claims slain Negros farmers' org is Red legal front

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 23 08:57 AM

The National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW), whose 9 members were massacred in Negros Occidental, turns out to be a legal front of communist rebels, the Philippine National Police said Tuesday.    Read more »

Kaanak ng mga pinatay na magsasaka sa Negros Occidental, nangangamba rin

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 23 12:24 AM

Hustisya rin ang sigaw ng mga kaanak ng mga magsasakang pinatay sa Sagay City, Negros Occidental. Read more »

Massacre crushed long-time hacienda workers’ dream for son

Inday Espina-Varona
Posted at Oct 22 07:14 PM

Bobstil Sumicad and wife, Evelyn, had high hopes for their youngest child, Marchtil, but they lost him in the Hacienda Nene massacre in Negros Occidental, Sunday. Read more »

CHR sends fact-finding team to probe Sagay massacre

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 22 06:40 PM

The Commission on Human Rights has sent a fact-finding team to probe the massacre of at least 9 sugar workers at the Hacienda Nene in Sagay City, Negros Occidental. Read more »

2 communist armies eyed in Negros farmers' massacre, says mayor

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 22 04:05 PM

Investigators are looking at the possible involvement of the communist New People's Army and the Revolutionary Proletarian Army involvement in the deadly shooting of 9 farmers in Sagay, Negros Occidental, its mayor said Monday.  Read more »

'Mga minasaker na magsasaka, di benepisyado ng land redistribution'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 22 09:35 PM

Hindi mga benepisyado ng Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program ng gobyerno ang siyam na magsasakang pinaslang sa isang hacienda sa Sagay, Negros Occidental, sabi nitong Lunes ng Department of Agrarian Reform. Read more »

Palace blames NPA for Negros massacre

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 22 12:39 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Monday blamed the communist New People’s Army for the fatal shooting of 9 sugar farmers at a farm in Negros Occidental last Saturday. Read more »

Mga militanteng grupo kinalampag ang AFP kaugnay sa masaker sa Sagay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 22 12:00 PM

Sabado ng gabi nang pagbabarilin ang siyam na magsasaka at obrero sa Hacienda Nene sa Barangay Bulanon, Sagay City. Read more »

Slain Negros farmers were not land redistribution beneficiaries, says DAR

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 22 11:51 AM

The 9 sugarcane farmers who were killed by unidentified gunmen at a plantation in Sagay, Negros Occidental over the weekend were not beneficiaries of the government's land distribution program, the Department of Agrarian Reform said Monday. Read more »

Ex-farmer a person of interest in Negros hacienda massacre - police

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 22 12:43 PM

A former farmer is being eyed as a person of interest in the fatal shooting of 9 sugarcane workers in Sagay, Negros Occidental over the weekend, police said Monday. Read more »

Palace orders 'thorough, impartial' investigation on Negros farmers' massacre

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 21 10:59 PM

Malacañang on Sunday condemned the killing of nine sugar workers in Sagay City, Negros Occidental.   Read more »

Church, local execs condemn massacre of Negros sugar workers

Inday Espina-Varona, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 21 08:21 PM

Bishop Gerardo Alminaza of the San Carlos Diocese has ordered the social action arm of the Catholic Church to aid survivors of a massacre and the families of nine slain sugar workers in Sagay City, Negros Occidental. Read more »

Colmenares blames government, military for Negros farmers' massacre

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 21 05:03 PM

The administration and the military should be held responsible for the fatal shooting of 9 sugar farmers at a farm in Negros Occidental, former Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares said Sunday. Read more »

Masaker sa Negros: 9 patay sa hacienda ng tubo

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 21 07:22 PM

Patay ang siyam na sugarcane workers matapos pagbabarilin ng mga armadong lalaki sa loob ng isang hacienda sa lungsod ng Sagay, Negros Occidental noong gabi ng Sabado. Read more »

Palace says dismayed at Ampatuan furlough

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 23 05:40 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Thursday downplayed reports that several Palace officials were listed as sponsors in the wedding of the daughter of former ARMM governor Zaldy Ampatuan. Read more »

Journalists slam Ampatuan furlough for daughter's wedding

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 22 04:07 PM

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines has sought "credible explanation" on the furlough granted to Zaldy Ampatuan, one of the principal accused in the 2009 massacre in Maguindanao. Read more »

Zaldy Ampatuan allowed to attend daughter's wedding

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 21 10:14 PM

MANILA - The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) said former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) governor Zaldy Ampatuan was able to get out of jail for 3 hours on Tuesday. Read more »