| A tea party for charity
TRUST the dynamic Bea Zobel of the Catholic Women�s Club to turn an ordinary event like a tea party into something extraordinary for charity. That was exactly what she did recently when she hosted a garden tea party for the beneficiaries of the club. CWC president Tessie Rodrigo immediately convened a working committee to carry out the plan as conceptualized by the host. Appointed members of the organizing committee were Tessie Luz as chairman, Nikki Valerio as co-chairman, Mimi Valerio and Chloe Periquet as program chairs, and Pili Berre�nechea and Lita Gelano for physical arrangements. Carmina Man�tecon and Ellie Esteban were tasked to determine the beneficiaries of the affair. It was a hot and humid day, but despite the searing temperature, the vast lawn of the Zobels began to fill up at the designated time of 3 p.m.
West Bengal workers demand opening of tea garden shut for over a year
Old Hasimara (West Bengal), Sept 15 (ANI): Hundreds of workers of a tea estate near the Indo-Bhutan border in West Bengal have demanded immediate reopening of their company that has been closed for a year now. The Varnabari Tea Estate was shut last year, citing low profits, after which, close to 2000 workers, mostly tea pluckers, lost their jobs. Staging a sit-in on the National Highway-31 on Friday, the workers accused their employers of holding back their provident fund and other dues. "Time has come to open our shut mouths. Apart from that, the plantation owners should be arrested, they have misappropriated money meant for our provident funds and gratuity," claimed Amil Kugur. Workers claim that over 100 workers have died of malnutrition-related ailments over the past year.
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