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How Hacienda Luisita Stock Scheme Led to Farmers’ Misery
How Hacienda Luisita Stock Scheme Led to Farmers’ Misery
By XANDRA BISENIO
Through the stock distribution option such as the one in Hacienda Luisita, the essence of land reform has been distorted to benefit landowners, denying the farmers of actual land redistribution.
Benjie Oliveros | Obtaining Justice for Luisita Farmers Is a Test for Noynoy
Benjie Oliveros | Obtaining Justice for Luisita Farmers Is a Test for Noynoy
Noynoy Aquino may not have stolen money from the nation’s coffers but he has been stealing land from the farmers of Hacienda Luisita. The issue of the farmers of Hacienda Luisita is not merely a test of his mettle as a presidential candidate but, more importantly, it is a test of his sense of justice.
Workers Demand Scrapping of DOLE Order Used to Break Up Strikes, Kill Unionists
Workers Demand Scrapping of DOLE Order Used to Break Up Strikes, Kill Unionists
The Kilusang Mayo Uno said the “assumption of jurisdiction” order issued by the labor secretary has been abused and has been used in many instances to break up strikes, often violently, as what happened in Hacienda Luisita in 2004.
Land, Justice for Luisita Farmers Can Make or Unmake Next President — AnakPawis
Land, Justice for Luisita Farmers Can Make or Unmake Next President — AnakPawis
In a historic convention of urban poor, peasant and labor leaders, Anakpawis, the largest partylist of marginalized sectors in the Philippines, tagged the issues of land distribution and still unresolved massacre of striking workers in Luisita as “flagship social justice problems” that presidentiables should seriously address now.
Luisita’s Peasants Determined to Continue Struggle Despite Threat of Eviction
Luisita’s Peasants Determined to Continue Struggle Despite Threat of Eviction
By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
The ex-farm workers of Hacienda Luisita had been reaping the fruits of their labor through a “cultivation campaign” that allowed them to plant what they needed and supported their livelihood. But the plantation has decreed that they should stop what they’re doing and leave. Unfazed, the farmers are bracing for another tough fight ahead.
Admin Solon Threatens to Displace Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries in Bulacan
Admin Solon Threatens to Displace Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries in Bulacan
By RONALYN V. OLEA
A close ally of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in the House of Representatives was accused of grabbing land from supposed beneficiaries of agrarian reform programs of the government.
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