1ST BATCH OF 7,600 MARCOS RIGHTS VICTIMS GET $1,000 EACH

By Rainier Allan Ronda (The Philippine Star) Twelve of the more than 7,600 human rights victims during the more than 20-year regime of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos were handed their $1,000 compensation in an emotional ceremony yesterday morning at the Club Filipino in Greenhills, San Juan City. The victims, who are eligible to get a share of the $10-million compromise settlement with the heirs of the late Filipino-Chinese businessman Jose Yao Campos in connection with a claim they filed on lands in Texas and Colorado, were both sad about the memories evoked by their long-awaited compensation for human rights violations they or their loved ones suffered and angry at the resurgence of the Marcoses in public office.