Luisita farmers find allies in foreign activists
“I think it is horrible to see the priorities of this government, prioritizing the wealthy over the poor.”
Luisita farmers find allies in foreign activists
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Comprehensive Agrarian Reform and the Hacienda Luisita Struggle
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform and the Hacienda Luisita Struggle
Farmer-beneficiaries of Hacienda Luisita march from Tarlac to Manila to press for the immediate distribution of Hacienda Luisita land, as ordered by the Supreme Court. This video shows the hardships the farmworkers undergo to attain justice, despite the nearly insurmountable odds ranged against them by those who control the vast landholding—the family of President Benigno Aquino—who, according to the farmers, use legalities and the government's coercive forces to delay and eventually keep Hacienda Luisita under their control. But the farmworkers are not to be denied. Aside from pressing their right to land, they have already started tilling the land they say belongs to them by law and by moral right.
After Pablo, ComVal still far from recovery
After Pablo, ComVal still far from recovery
“Siguro nasa 20 percent pa tayo (ng recovery), malaki pa masyado (ang hahabulin) lalo na sa agriculture.” — Compostela Valley Governor Arturo Uy
Mindanao cacao stakeholders push for price control, increased production
Mindanao cacao stakeholders push for price control, increased production
The players in the cacao industry have targeted to produce one Million metric tons of cacao by 2014. Currently, the target falls short with the country producing only 20,000 MT out of the 130,000 to 150,000 MT target. The country needs to plant cacao to about 130,000 hectares to reach the target.
Luisita farmers ask Supreme Court to order the immediate audit of HLI
Luisita farmers ask Supreme Court to order the immediate audit of HLI
The Department of Agrarian Reform is seemingly caught between doing what the Supreme Court directed them to do and the dictates of the Cojuangco family.
Luisita farm workers say DAR’s moves favor President’s kin
Luisita farm workers say DAR’s moves favor President’s kin
The farm workers are complaining that a year since the Supreme Court decision became final and executory, they are nowhere near owning the land that is rightfully theirs while the Cojuangco-Aquino clan has already been given an advance payment and the decisions of the Department of Agrarian Reform would result in President Aquino’s family retaining control over the land.
A year after SC order, Luisita farmers back in streets
A year after SC order, Luisita farmers back in streets
"We cannot rely on DAR to implement genuine land reform. We cannot rely on Noynoy Aquino. We must continue implementing our own version of agrarian reform." – United Luisita Workers Union
Peasant leaders call for land, justice
Peasant leaders call for land, justice
"It is time to put an end to the more than 40 years of deceptive, anti-farmer, and pro-landlord land reform that is being implemented by the Aquino government." – KMP
Luisita farm workers slam DAR’s promissory note requirement
Luisita farm workers slam DAR’s promissory note requirement
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The promissory note will make it easier for DAR and the Cojuangco-Aquinos to evict the farm worker-beneficiaries from their land. If the farm workers are unable to pay, their land would be confiscated.” – Jobert Pahilga, lawyer of Ambala
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DAR list signals long struggle ahead for Luisita farm workers
DAR list signals long struggle ahead for Luisita farm workers
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Lito Bais, chairman of Unyon ng Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (Uma)maintained that the DAR should have referred to the signatories to the 1989 Stock Distribution Option instead of the list submitted by the HLI management to the high court.
CLOA distribution in Bondoc Peninsula dubbed as PR stunt
CLOA distribution in Bondoc Peninsula dubbed as PR stunt
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The certificate of land ownership award (CLOA) is a mere scrap of paper. It only means that from now on, the so-called farmer beneficiaries will have to pay the government for 30 years without assurance that they will own the land.” – Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas
Return coco levy to rightful owners, groups demand
Return coco levy to rightful owners, groups demand
By RONALYN V. OLEA
The KMP and CLAIM support the proposal for the creation of a Small Coconut Farmers’ Council (SCFC) to directly manage and administer the recovered coco levy and the creation of a Coconut Farmers’ Fund to comprise the total amount of the coco levy fund.
26 years after Mendiola massacre, farmers still fight for genuine land reform
26 years after Mendiola massacre, farmers still fight for genuine land reform
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Agrarian reform has not yet been achieved, no matter how Aquino seeks to create the illusion that his administration has finished implementing it.
Farmers bring land reform demands to Noynoy’s gate at Times St.
Farmers bring land reform demands to Noynoy’s gate at Times St.
Farmers bring land reform demands to Noynoy's gate at Times St. (Photo by Pom Cahilog-Villanueva / Bulatlat.com)
Trade union repression even worsened, 8 years after Luisita massacre – progressive labor
Trade union repression even worsened, 8 years after Luisita massacre – progressive labor
By MARYA SALAMAT
The eighth anniversary of the Hacienda Luisita massacre has also been declared as part of the International Day of Action against Trade Union Repression.
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