Angeles residents pin hopes on Hontiveros Senate probe

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Angeles residents pin hopes on Hontiveros Senate probe

PAMPANGA, Philippines – Senator Risa Hontiveros, on Tuesday, filed a resolution urging the Senate to probe the implementation of agrarian reform laws following the series of violent demolitions which evicted at least 2,000 residents of Sitio Balubad in Barangay Anunas, Angeles City. The senator filed Senate Resolution No. 979 to conduct an investigation by the appropriate committee in aid of legislation. Hontiveros called the violence a “clear …