Catacutan said Tago sold “shabu” (methamphetamine hydrochloride) to fellow workers and was the subject of a “legitimate police operation.”Supt. Ariel Red, Capas police chief, said Tago supplied the illegal drugs at Barangay Talaga. Nagkaisa, a coalition of 47 labor federations and workers organizations, also condemned the recent spate of murders of labor union and community organizers earlier this month. Edilberto Miralles, 64, former union president of R&E Taxi transport service, was gunned down by unknown assailants in front of the National Labor Relations Commission office in Quezon City. We do not understand why Mayor Catacutan is antiunion,” Gerard Seno, ALU-TUCP national executive vice president, said in a statement.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 26, 2016 21:22 UTC