{"id":28636,"date":"2014-10-11T19:31:54","date_gmt":"2014-10-11T11:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=28636"},"modified":"2025-01-12T22:35:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T03:35:07","slug":"new-set-of-charges-filed-by-luisita-farmers-against-p-noys-relatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/10\/11\/new-set-of-charges-filed-by-luisita-farmers-against-p-noys-relatives\/","title":{"rendered":"New set of charges filed by Luisita farmers against P-noy\u2019s relatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8032\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8032\" style=\"width: 298px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/shutterstock_115816168.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8032\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/shutterstock_115816168-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"Shutterstock photo\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/shutterstock_115816168-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/shutterstock_115816168-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/shutterstock_115816168.jpg 498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8032\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shutterstock photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA, Philippines\u2014 Members of Ambala (Alyansa ng Manggagawa sa Asyenda Luisita), a union of framers working the land of the Hacienda Luisita, on Friday filed several criminal charges against relatives of President Benigno Aquino III, the owners of the land, for alleged abuses against them.<\/p>\n<p>The farmers came before the Department of Justice to file 41 criminal complaints against the President\u2019s kin, sister Maria Elena \u201cBallsy\u201d Aquino-Cruz, uncle Jose \u201cPeping\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cojuangco Jr; as well as against board members of the Tarlac Development Corporation, former Land Transportation Office chief Virginia Torres, Tarlac Provincial Police Director Alex Sintin and former Tarlac City police chief Bayani Razalan.<\/p>\n<p>Jobert PahilgaTlegal, counsel of the Ambala group, said that the farmers filed chargers for purported incidents of abuse and harassment suffered in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>Tlegal detailed the charges levied by the farmers as: attempted murder, arson, child abuse, physical injuries, illegal arrest and arbitrary detention, theft, robbery and malicious mischief.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said that the actions of the farmers may be nothing more than a \u201csmear\u201d campaign against the President, and challenged the Ambala group to show evidence to substantiate their allegations.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy prednisone online <a href=\"https:\/\/bereniceelectrolysis.com\/formvalidation\/dist\/html\/prednisone.html\">https:\/\/bereniceelectrolysis.com\/formvalidation\/dist\/html\/prednisone.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the range of crimes being alleged, the accusers must prove all of their accusations with evidence that will withstand legal scrutiny. Otherwise, it is a mere attempt to smear the President through his relatives and will clearly be a PR stunt,\u201d Valte said via text message.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy cytotec online <a href=\"https:\/\/bereniceelectrolysis.com\/formvalidation\/dist\/html\/cytotec.html\">https:\/\/bereniceelectrolysis.com\/formvalidation\/dist\/html\/cytotec.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The recent set of charges filed by the Luisita farmers comprises the third batch of complaints against the landowners.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy lasix online <a href=\"https:\/\/bereniceelectrolysis.com\/formvalidation\/dist\/html\/lasix.html\">https:\/\/bereniceelectrolysis.com\/formvalidation\/dist\/html\/lasix.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> The first two batches of complaints have not progressed since their filing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA, Philippines\u2014 Members of Ambala (Alyansa ng Manggagawa sa Asyenda Luisita), a union of framers working the land of the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":8032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145,95],"tags":[3212,8200,8201,6064,3918,193],"class_list":["post-28636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-headline","category-news-ph","tag-aquino","tag-charges-against-lusita-owners","tag-cojuangco","tag-farmers","tag-hacienda-luisita","tag-pnoy","mauthors-angie-duarte","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28636"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283083,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28636\/revisions\/283083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}