Peasant organizer Amanda Echanis cleared of gun, explosives charges

MANILA, Philippines — A local court in Tuguegarao City has cleared peasant organizer Amanda Echanis of charges of illegal possession of firearms and explosives, freeing her from her five-year detention.  According to the decision of the Tuguegarao City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 10, the prosecution “failed to establish all the essential elements” of the