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Radio employees fired over lechon

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CAGAYAN DE ORO – Employees of a radio station in Cagayan de Oro City are protesting the dismissal of two of their colleagues over what they call a misunderst­anding over lechon (roast pig).

In a letter to dxRU Radio Ultra president and owner Maria Clarisa Gualberto-Suan, the employees said trouble began after a lechon with a note “To Radio Ultra” was delivered to its office on the feast of St. Augustine last August 28.

The employees said the delivery boy told them it was a gift from Mayor Oscar Moreno’s son.

Thinking the lechon was for them, the employees feasted on the lechon.

“We thought the lechon was a gift to the employees in celebratio­n of the city fiesta,” the employees said.

They realized something was wrong when they got a call from management telling them to bring the lechon to the owner’s house.

But the lechon was already gone.

According to the employees, they were called “patay-gutom,” “bulaos,” “bastos,” and “uncivilize­d” after the incident.

They were also likened to impoverish­ed children fighting over food.

“Our dignity, which we value as individual­s, remains even as we are just employees,” they said in the letter.

The issue escalated after management dismissed Wenefredo Dellava and Edgar Navarro, both veteran journalist­s. Sun. Star Cagayan de Oro

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