Article: Arroyo says Taruc is a fighter for the poor.(Main News)

Article: Philippine communist guerrilla leader Luis Taruc ...
AP Worldstream;  May 5, 2005 ;     426 words ... ... AP Worldstream 05-05-2005 Dateline: MANILA, Philippines Luis Taruc, a legendary guerrilla leader who led Philippine resistance against the Japanese occupation during World War II and later a failed communist uprising, has died at age 92 ...

Article: Farewell to a life-long advocate of social change: Luis ...
Manila Bulletin;  May 8, 2005 ;     529 words ... ... on June 21, 1913, Huk Supremo Luis Taruc was the leader of the Hukbong Bayan ... foreign aggressors during the Second World War. After the war, it refocused ... relatives, and friends of the late Ka Luis Taruc. May he rest in peace.

Article: Farewell to a life-long advocate of social change: Luis ...
Manila Bulletin;  May 8, 2005 ;     526 words ...Born on June 21, 1913, Huk Supremo Luis Taruc was the leader of the Hukbong Bayan Laban sa Hapon (Hukbalahap) movement ... sympathies and condolences to the family, relatives and friends of the late Ka Luis Taruc. May he rest in peace.

Article: PHILIPPINE NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - MAY 6, 2005.
AsiaPulse News;  May 6, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... journalists. - President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo extended yesterday her condolences to the family of former World War II guerrilla leader Luis Taruc, whom she eulogized as a "fighter for the poor" and "champion of peace" in his crusade for social ...

Article: Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Xinhua News Agency;  May 6, 2005 ;     348 words ... ... Bulletin: -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo extended Thursday her condolences to the family of former World War II guerrilla leader Luis Taruc, whom she eulogized as a "fighter for the poor" and " champion of peace" in his crusade for social ...

Dictionary definition: Hukbalahap
A Dictionary of World History;      320 words ... ... roots in the pre-war barangay (village) and tenant organizations in central Luzon. Led by Luis Taruc, the movement developed during World War II into the Anti-Japanese People's Army, a left-wing guerrilla organization which was as ...

Article: PBS' Sharp `Image' of the Philippines
The Washington Post;  May 8, 1989 ;     700+ words ... ... early 1940s is a bitter tale of floundering and inadequate money, manpower and equipment. Luis Taruc, leader of the communist revolt after World War II, is permitted to assert without challenge that it was the government that initiated the ...