Left disputes police tag on 14 killed in Negros Oriental, insists they are farmers

 Rights groups on March 31 condemned what they called a "massacre" of 14 farmers by police in the central Philippines

Source: NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images

At least fourteen alleged members of the New People's Army were killed in joint army and police operations in Negros Oriental, but leftist groups insist the victims were innocent farmers.


In the other Visayan news,  the education department warns local officials to refrain from campaigning in campuses as police intensify drug campaign as elections nears; Cebu City offers free "dashboard cameras" for jeepneys; Officials condemn vandalism of Oblation Square; Visayans lead  energy savers in Earth Hour.

 


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