Farmers’ harvests this year are disappointingly smaller than before – not just in amount but in size also of the grains itself.
Scant gov’t response to climate change hitting farmers the hardest
Tags: drought
Cotabato farmers sue 94 police, gov’t officials over Kidapawan dispersal
The farmers filed charges of murder, frustrated and attempted murder, torture and physical injuries, illegal arrest and detention and other violations of civil and political rights, including the right to peaceful assembly and redress of grievances.
Across Mindanao, thousands of hungry farmers demand gov’t aid
“The thousands of farmers will only be affirming to the government officials what they actually already know – that the extreme drought results in death not only of the crops but also the people who plant them!”
Distribute rice, release funds for drought-stricken farmers, gov’t told
There is enough supply of rice and there are funds that can be used to help the farmers.
UP professors support Cotabato farmers’ call for food, justice
“They were even maligned by the local government who told them, ‘mga patay gutom kayo hindi nyo alam kung pano pagtrabahuan ang mga ito. Dapat rice for work,’” (You starving to death people; you didn’t even work for this. We should have asked you to work in exchange for this rice.)
#BigasHindiBala | For Negros farmers, it’s ‘Escalante massacre’ all over again
“Didn’t the farmers of Escalante shout for land, rice, and better working conditions? And what did the government do? Just like the Kidapawan farmers, they were fed with bullets.
Groups denounce arrest of responding health workers in Kidapawan dispersal
“We deplore the culture of impunity perpetuated by the Aquino administration where even the provision of health services is treated as a criminal act.”
Global Day of Action | Groups demand justice for Cotabato farmers
“The impunity promoted by Aquino underscores his accountability on the Kidapawan carnage. The President is allowing farmers to starve and die of hunger. He is guilty of incompetence, criminal negligence and genocide.”
Nora Aunor, Monique Wilson demand justice for Kidapawan farmers
“Bumaba na sila dahil wala naman slang nagagawang kabutihan para sa mamamayan lalo na sa mga mahihirap na tao… Nagmasaker sila ng mga taong walang ibang kahilingan kundi bigas.” (They should step down because they are not doing anything good for the people, especially the poor…They massacred those who were only asking for rice.) — Nora Aunor
#BigasHindiBala | Colmenares tells Mar: ‘The issue is Aquino regime’s criminal neglect’
“What they needed is rice and not the spin of the Liberal Party or the administration.”
Groups hold Aquino responsible for Kidapawan massacre
A gathering in solidarity of protesting Cotabato farmers wants to hold the whole Aquino administration accountable for the bloody dispersal.