Nearly 200 farmers, fisherfolk, and members of an indigenous group in Casiguran, Aurora yesterday expressed their opposition to the establishment of the 12,852-hectare Aurora Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) in a recent meeting with human right lawyers from Central Luzon. ASEZA is a pet project of Sen. Edgardo Angara and his son, Aurora Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara, and its funding for this year has been raised to ₱800 million after the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) restored a ₱500-million cut. This figure is still way below the proposed ₱1.1-billion budget.

Benaning, M. N. (2010, January 26). Aurora farmers, fisherfolk oppose economic zone. Manila Bulletin, p. 2.