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Kapatiran Issue
No. 31, October 2008
PHILIPPINE TRIBUTES TO KA BEL
Ka Bel, The Great Grand Old Man Of Philippine
Labour Has Passed Away
KMU, 20/5/08
Highest Salute Accorded To KMU’s Chairman
Emeritus
“The Great Grand Old Man of the Philippine
Labour has passed away. We give him our highest
salute”.
This is the statement of Elmer “Ka Bong’ Labog
to the untimely death of KMU’s Chairman
Emeritus Crispin “Ka Bel” Beltran this morning
due to severe head injuries caused by a bad fall in his
son’s house in San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan.
“This is a sad day not just for the labour movement
in the Philippines but for all the toiling masses in the
world. He was an outstanding labour leader and freedom
fighter who was very popular and highly respected by
many, especially the most exploited and most oppressed
people. We will miss his presence in the people’s
movement and in the militant labour movement led by KMU.
But we will carry on his fight and
struggles,” Labog said.
“While Ka Bel didn’t get his wish that he die
in the streets fighting against tyranny and exploitation,
he did not die in vain. His whole life offered in the
service of the Filipino people and other struggling
people in the world makes him a hero no less,“ Labog
added.
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