Yulo King Ranch farmers fight to own land
Settlers from Mindoro struggle to own the land that they have tilled for years in Palawan.
Yulo King Ranch farmers fight to own land
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Farmers bat for ‘genuine agrarian reform’
Farmers bat for ‘genuine agrarian reform’
Anakpawis Partylist continues to push for the Genuine Agrarian Reform Bill in the landlord-dominated Congress.
Makabayan solons urge Congress to probe Clark Green City project
Makabayan solons urge Congress to probe Clark Green City project
“The project is so extensive but the welfare of the people that would be affected in Capas, Bamban towns and Mabalacat city is not being considered.” – Anakpawis partylist Rep. Fernando Hicap
Int’l peasant mission to Aquino: ‘Scrap Clark Green City, Alviera projects’
Int’l peasant mission to Aquino: ‘Scrap Clark Green City, Alviera projects’
“Productive agricultural forces – thousands of farmers and indigenous peoples of Tarlac and Pampanga – are being destroyed in the name of anti-people and pro-business real estate developments.”
From Mendiola to Luisita | Farm workers, supporters commemorate Hacienda Luisita massacre
From Mendiola to Luisita | Farm workers, supporters commemorate Hacienda Luisita massacre
“Is justice only for the rich and not for the poor?”
10th year of Hacienda Luisita massacre | Fresh wounds remain
10th year of Hacienda Luisita massacre | Fresh wounds remain
SPECIAL REPORT: “Every time I see him (President Benigno Aquino III), my heart is overwhelmed with grief and anger.”
10th year of Hacienda Luisita massacre | ‘Noynoy had the case killed’
10th year of Hacienda Luisita massacre | ‘Noynoy had the case killed’
A 2005 report on the findings of the National Bureau of Investigation read: 'We find that the protesters were more credible than the government personnel,' and it recommended the filing of homicide charges against nine policemen.
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Drop all criminal raps vs Luisita farmers, DAR urged
Drop all criminal raps vs Luisita farmers, DAR urged
Judge Scott Robinos of the Tarlac Municipal Trial Court Branch 1 referred the case filed by the Tarlac Development Corporation (Tadeco) against five farmers to the DAR, Oct. 1.
Protests set to mark 10th year of Hacienda Luisita massacre
Protests set to mark 10th year of Hacienda Luisita massacre
To date, no one has been punished for the gruesome killings.
Green action: PH sustainable agri movements among world’s most active
Green action: PH sustainable agri movements among world’s most active
An IBON research project featured cases of communities, which showed that organic farming could be used as weapon for landless and poor peasants to assert their right to land and to their own future.
42 years of land reform, farmers still landless
42 years of land reform, farmers still landless
“Let us learn from history that past and present presidents came from the landlord class, they are all the same and not a single one served the interests of the farmers, as wells as Filipino masses.” – Fernando Hicap, Anakpawis partylist Representative
Peasant women resist Araneta’s ‘legal landgrabbing’ in Rizal
Peasant women resist Araneta’s ‘legal landgrabbing’ in Rizal
Food for the people or high-end houses for the rich? The conflict over 1,645 hectares of land in Rodriguez (formerly Montalban), Rizal boils down to land use, and the conflicting laws that cover it.
Int’l groups decry abuses in Hacienda Luisita
Int’l groups decry abuses in Hacienda Luisita
The international group called for a joint inquiry by Senate and the House of Representatives on the reported abuses in Hacienda Luisita.
Continuing Bishop Alberto Ramento’s advocacy
Continuing Bishop Alberto Ramento’s advocacy
“Justice remains elusive but his death would not be for naught if we continue what my father fought for.”
Peasants fight back as Cojuangco-Aquino firm tightens grip on Hacienda Luisita
Peasants fight back as Cojuangco-Aquino firm tightens grip on Hacienda Luisita
The Cojuangco-Aquino-owned firm in Hacienda Luisita has been putting up concrete barriers around farm lots, assaulting and illegally arresting farmers. But 56 years after the Cojuangcos laid claim on the estate, the farmers are not about to give up the fight for their right to the land.
As attacks against them continue, Luisita peasants file criminal raps vs Cojuangcos anew
As attacks against them continue, Luisita peasants file criminal raps vs Cojuangcos anew
“The public must be made aware that the worst atrocities are being committed by no less than the Presidential family against hapless farmers despite – or as cruel retribution for – the Supreme Court ruling for total land distribution in Hacienda Luisita.” – Jobert Pahilga, counsel for the Luisita farmers and executive director of the Sentro para sa Tunay na Repormang Agraryo (Sentra)
Luisita farmers slam ‘labor laws-compliant eco-zone’ marker
Luisita farmers slam ‘labor laws-compliant eco-zone’ marker
“The Cojuangco-Aquinos are hell-bent on maintaining control of the Luisita estate and in implementing their grand master plan to convert the sugar plantation into a giant commercial hub, in contempt and complete reversal of the 2012 Supreme Court decision for total land distribution.”-- Florida Sibayan, chair of the Alyansa ng mga Manggagawang-Bukid sa Asyenda Luisita (Ambala)
125 Luisita farmers disqualified as land reform beneficiaries
125 Luisita farmers disqualified as land reform beneficiaries
“There should be no need to require farmworkers to apply for the purchase of lands that they already own. There is, therefore, no basis for the DAR’s imposition to farm worker beneficiaries to sign the Affidavit of Purchase and Farmers’ Undertaking.”
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