Philippines: Another militant labor leader shot dead in Laguna

international | worker & community struggles and protests | other press Monday November 27, 2006 05:01 by BMP

Four young assassins shot dead another militant labor leader in the Calabarzon area past eight this morning. Killed on the spot was Andrew “Bok” Iñoza, union president, for 11 years now, of Alaska Milk in San Pedro Laguna.

Iñoza is also the chairman of party-list labor group Partido ng Manggagawa (PM) in the 1st District of Laguna and a council member of Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (Union of Filipino Workers - BMP) - Laguna.

Iñoza’s death came only a week after foreign businesses called the attention of the Arroyo government to stop political killings. It also came a week before the celebration of Andres Bonifacio’s Day, where big rallies are being planned in the Calabarzon area, in Manila and other urban centers around the country.

According to initial reports gathered by the BMP chapter in Laguna, Iñoza was on his way to work around eight o’clock in the morning when four assassins who were waiting for him along the Cataquiz II subdivision shot him at close range. He died on the spot after sustaining seven bullet wounds, two hitting his head. Nine empty shells were found at the crime scene. Iñoza’s body is now at Funeraria Alvarez in Bgy. Nueva, San Pedro Laguna.


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