International rights advocates to probe Apeco project
By Dennis Carcamo | July 15, 2013 - 9:59am
A Church-based international mission will conduct a probe on the impact of the controversial Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport project to over  5,000 indigenous families in the province, fisherfolk...
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Groups welcome bill seeking repeal of Apeco law
By Dennis Carcamo | July 12, 2013 - 10:44am
Fisherfolk and peasant groups on Friday welcomed the partylist legislators' bill seeking the repeal of Republic Act No. 10083 or known as the Aurora  Pacific Economic Zone and Free Port Act of 2010.
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Group questions entry of Taiwanese firm in Apeco
By Dennis Carcamo | May 27, 2013 - 4:21pm
 Fisherfolk group Pamalakaya on Monday questioned the entry of a Taiwanese-owned agribusiness giant in the controversial Aurora Pacific Economic and Freeport Zone.
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SC asked to rule on Apeco case
By Edu Punay | April 17, 2013 - 12:00am
The Supreme Court (SC) was asked yesterday to come out with a final ruling on the legality of laws creating the Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Free Port (Apeco).
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SC set to rule on legality of Aurora ecozone
By Edu Punay | March 9, 2013 - 12:00am
The Supreme Court (SC) is set to rule on the legality of laws creating the Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport (Apeco), as it is finally acting on a petition filed by militant groups in 2011.
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Taiwan firm to invest in Apeco
March 2, 2013 - 12:00am
A Taiwanese agribusiness company is seeking the approval of the Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport Authority (Apeco) for investments in three separate, export-oriented projects that it intends to set up beginning...
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Angara: Apeco issue nothing to do with withdrawal of candidacy
December 22, 2012 - 12:00am
Protest actions against the Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport Authority (Apeco) had nothing to do with Sen. Edgardo Angara’s decision to withdraw from the gubernatorial race in Aurora, the lawmaker...
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‘Aurorans support Apeco’
By Manny Galvez | December 18, 2012 - 12:00am
The leadership of the Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport Authority (Apeco) yesterday said it enjoys the support of a majority of the residents of Aurora province.
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Aurora ecozone workers hold protest march
By Manny Galvez | December 16, 2012 - 12:00am
Some 1,000 workers of the Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport Authority (Apeco) went on a 120-kilometer march from the ecozone’s site in Casiguran town to this capital town to dramatize their protest...
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Groups to SC: Rule on Apeco petition
By Dennis Carcamo | December 14, 2012 - 10:42am
Groups opposing the Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport Authority (Apeco) on Friday asked Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno to expedite the deliberations on the petition they filed...
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