CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga — The Central Luzon police on Saturday (Dec. 5) announced the capture of a labor leader tagged as the secretary of the New People’s Army.
Jose Bernardino, however, told the INQUIRER that he organizes labor and transportation groups, being a leader of the Workers Alliance in Region III, and had no ties to the armed rebels.
Bernardino was shown to the media at a press briefing led by Brig. Gen. Valeriano de Leon, regional police director, but he was whisked away for inquest proceedings at the Pampanga prosecutor.
Col. Amante Daro, chief of the police’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, said Bernardino was arrested in Sapang Maisac vil…
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