Fourteen years after the Hacienda Luisita massacre, farmers still fight for their land. The Cojuangco-Aquinos have regained control of the vast sugar plantation with the aid of the Department of Agrarian Reform, military and police.
“The SC decision lacks any sense of social justice.”
“The marching order to reject Mariano came directly from Malacañang and President Duterte.” — KMP
Tension and terror arise anew in the Tarlac hacienda.
Monique Wilson, a world class Filipino actress and global diretor for One Billion for Rising Justice campaign, takes up the cudgels for Hacienda Luisita women’s struggle for genuine land reform.
Has the distribution of land at Hacienda Luisita been completed as declared by President Benigno Aquino III and the Department of Agrarian Reform? No, and here’s why. By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – After the April 24, 2012 Supreme Court ruling ordering the distribution of land to the farm workers of Hacienda Luisita, many…
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Despite winning a Supreme Court decision ordering the distribution, at last, of Hacienda Luisita lands to farm workers, their life has not become easier as soldiers continue to harass them.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“It is a testament to how the President’s family mobilizes state security forces to suppress the just and legitimate assertion of the farm workers over the lands.” – KMP
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The high court must act now and stop the decades-old exploitation of farm workers by the Cojuangco-Aquinos.” – Ambala