"According to reports of local residents, the Aquino-Cojuangco clan ordered the uprooting of trees and crops in the 880-hectare land within the scope of Barangay Balete and Barangay Cutcut," said the CPP. Tadeco has also filed trumped-up charges of trespassing against at least 80 peasant workers in the area.
“Lumalabas na lubos na binabalewala ng pamunuan ng AFP ang kalamidad at ang kahirapan na dinaranas ng mamamayan ng Negros,” anang PKP. Ang isla ng Negros ay isang sa pinakamalalang lugar na hinagupit ng bagyo noong Nobyembre 8.