Lakbay Magsasaka: Tales of a thousand oppressed tillers
"Today, the Filipino peasant masses vow to further our struggle for genuine land reform.”
Lakbay Magsasaka: Tales of a thousand oppressed tillers
91 peasants killed under Duterte’s first 14 months
91 peasants killed under Duterte’s first 14 months
The following are the documented extrajudicial killings of peasant activists from July 2016 to Sept. 2017, as recorded by human rights group Karapatan Alliance for the Advancement of People's Rights (Karapatan): 1. Hermi Alegre, Davao July 15, 2016 2. Remar...
Lakbay Magsasaka | ‘Duterte has failed farmers’
Lakbay Magsasaka | ‘Duterte has failed farmers’
Farmers are fast losing hope after President Duterte reneged on his promise to return the coco levy fund to small coconut farmers and there have been moves inside the Department of Agrarian Reform to reverse the administrative and department orders, favoring farmers, which were issued by former Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano.
Debunking the Fisheries Code: Small fishers lament heavy fines, loss of livelihood
Debunking the Fisheries Code: Small fishers lament heavy fines, loss of livelihood
Small fishers complain of extortion from local governments based on the Fisheries Code.
2,000 farmers arrive in Manila to demand accountability for landlessness, peasant killings
2,000 farmers arrive in Manila to demand accountability for landlessness, peasant killings
The peasants’ call is the same: distribute land to the farmers and put an end to the killings of farmers and activists.
Peasants use art to highlight demands
Peasants use art to highlight demands
The president was depicted as a pest that ruins farmers’ lives. Other illustrations presented him as “Boy Ratrat”, a rat holding a rifle and “Bomba King”, a snail with a bomb as his shell – depicting the killings of farmers around the country, with victims now numbering to 91.
Peasant groups call on public to support fight for genuine land reform, join Oct. 25 protest
Peasant groups call on public to support fight for genuine land reform, join Oct. 25 protest
On Oct. 25, thousands of farmers from around the Philippines will march to Mendiola.
Lucena PNP blocks peasant protest caravan from Bicol
Lucena PNP blocks peasant protest caravan from Bicol
Twenty-eight buses bound for Manila for the peasant rally on Oct. 25 were held by police in Quezon.
A coup by any other name
A coup by any other name
The Marcos terror regime may have been overthrown 31 years ago, the institutions of liberal democracy restored, and a new Constitution drafted. But the threat of dictatorship has never really passed. The conditions that made the making of a tyrannical regime...
Like Marcos and Arroyo, Duterte errs on rebellion
Like Marcos and Arroyo, Duterte errs on rebellion
The late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos was touted to be a brilliant lawyer. Rodrigo R. Duterte, who idolizes the tyrant, prides himself on having been a prosecutor. But as the country’s presidents, each in his own time, both made erroneous public pronouncements...
Black Friday protest slams killings of farmers, activists
Black Friday protest slams killings of farmers, activists
"We cannot allow this reign of impunity to continue. We demand justice and an end to the killing spree.
‘Modernization’ for whom?
‘Modernization’ for whom?
When once Philippine jeepneys were iconic testaments to Filipino ingenuity, resourcefulness and folk art, the erstwhile “King of the Road” is now derided by government as a backward and inefficient mode of mass transport, polluting and unsafe, their drivers an...
Harassments against Lumad persist: Higaonon leader forced to surrender as NPA
Harassments against Lumad persist: Higaonon leader forced to surrender as NPA
Soldiers harass the brother of slain Lumad leader Gilbert Paborada who replaced him as leader of his group.
Navotas fisherfolk hold fluvial protest vs reclamation, demolition
Navotas fisherfolk hold fluvial protest vs reclamation, demolition
A reclamation project threatens to bring loss of livelihood and homes to Navotas fisherfolk.
‘World Hunger Day’ | Farmers most affected by poverty, lack of food security
‘World Hunger Day’ | Farmers most affected by poverty, lack of food security
As landlessness and other root causes of poverty remain unaddressed, the greatest irony persists: that those who work hard to produce food have nothing to put on their own plates.
License to chill
License to chill
Whether they’re in the opposition or administration side, the distinguished senators of this endangered Republic, who’re otherwise hopelessly fractious, share one thing: their hatred for “fake news” — and a consequent, irrepressible urge to penalize its...
Astute one step back on anti-drug campaign
Astute one step back on anti-drug campaign
Apparently stung by the steep drops in his satisfaction and trust ratings, as shown by the latest Social Weather Stations survey, President Duterte has taken a one-step backward in his widely criticized and condemned bloody anti-illegal drug campaign, led by the...
Sectors unite in nationwide protest vs. SM, contractualization
Sectors unite in nationwide protest vs. SM, contractualization
Various groups lambasted the mall conglomerate for exploitation of workers.
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