21. The vote was postponed after a pro-PRD peasant group had threatened to burn polling stations. 22. Three peasant groups yesterday asked the municipal government of Rizal to immediately cancel the permits issued to six big mining firms. 23. Word of the massacre, which occurred midday Monday, was spread Tuesday by survivors and peasant groups. 24. Bishop Raymond Damasceno Monday condemed the recent arrest of three leaders of a peasant group. |