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PHOTO BY PHILIP DUQUIATAN

21st anniversary of Mendiola massacre. After lighting candles, protesters disperse.

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AFP: Destab threat over
Plotters in ‘low bat’: Esperon

BY VICTOR REYES

ARMED Forces chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr. yesterday said the country is already "over the hump" insofar as threats of destabilization are concerned.

Esperon made the declaration less than two weeks after Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez, quoting intelligence information, said a new plot to oust government would be launched between January 17 and 22 by groups that would take advantage of the mass actions scheduled for the 21st anniversary yesterday of the "Mendiola massacre."

The Mendiola rally participated by some 3,000 farmers and members of militant groups ended peacefully with the protesters dispersing before 5 p.m.

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Marchers blocked on
the way to Mendiola

BY GERARD NAVAL

ABOUT 3,000 members of farmer and militant groups yesterday staged a rally commemorating the anniversary of the "Mendiola massacre" but failed to reach the Don Chino Roces (formerly Mendiola) bridge, now a "no-rally zone" where 13 peasants were killed 21 years ago.

The protesters dispersed peacefully at around 5 p.m. after holding a program at the foot of the bridge where they lighted candles for the slain peasants.

There was no major untoward incident, except for the arrest of a member of the Commission on Human Rights who was carrying a gun, and a man the protesters caught talking video footage of the rally. The two were turned over to the police.

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PNP not ready to name
reporter in Pen ‘escape’

BY JOCELYN MONTEMAYOR

PNP CHIEF Avelino Razon yesterday said the reporter who allegedly helped Marines Capt. Nicanor Faeldon escape at the height of the Manila Peninsula standoff last November will be identified only after the capture of the fugitive officer or his cohorts.

He said non-disclosure of the media person’s identity has to be deferred because of what he said were ongoing operations.

But he said the reporter is not Ces Drilon of ABS-CBN or Ellen Tordesillas of Malaya.

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