“The strict lockdown crippled us. On top of the ongoing militarization in our community, it is difficult to survive. Many of us only have a handful of our produce.”
Triple whammy for Filipino farmers: pandemic, liberalization and human rights abuses
Tags: Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP)
Peasants lament Duterte’s appointment of ‘DDS minion’ as acting agrarian reform chief
“With a DDS at the helm of DAR, the prospect of genuine land reform and rural industrialization is now next to impossible.”
Unrest among the landless | From Mindanao to Nueva Ecija, peasants assert right to land
Protests in the countryside show growing clamor for genuine agrarian reform.
Peasant leader killed, another arrested
“We will demand justice.”
‘Arrested peasant leader in Quezon an amnesty grantee,’ says rights activists
“The case of Pajalla is a concrete representation that the remnants of the previous regimes’ fascist counterinsurgency programs still remain in the Duterte administration.”
Peasant groups decry illegal arrest of leader
“The peasants of Southern Tagalog call on the Duterte administration, and to Quezon Governor (David) Suarez to immediately release Antonio Pajalla.”
KMP exposes Cojuangco ploy to include horse stable help as Hacienda Luisita beneficiaries
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“The inclusion of Cojuangco loyalists and dummies in the DAR’s list of beneficiaries is exactly the reason why the DAR’s so-called verification process is a scam and a barefaced maneuver by the President’s family to once again evade land distribution.”
Farmer’s group warns against Aquino-run court, possible reversal of Hacienda Luisita decision
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Manila–Farmers groups led by the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) today warned against what it said as President Benigno Aquino III’s dictatorial tendencies. In the wake of the Senate’s guilty verdict against chief justice Renato Corona, which critics say was actively campaigned for by Malacañang itself, the KMP said…
In Negros Occidental, children suffer worst blows of rights violations
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com Main Story: Negros farmers suffer atrocities from ‘landlord-hired bandit group’ Sidebar: The peace pact with the RPA–ABB SAGAY CITY, Negros Occidental – Lelia Devera, a resident of E.B. Magalona, brought her five-year-old granddaughter Princess to Bacolod City where they would be relatively safe from the atrocities allegedly being inflicted…
KMP warns vs loopholes in SC decision on Luisita distribution
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“There’s no room for complacency at this point in our fight – we have to push for actual and immediate land distribution.” – Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura
Coconut farmers insist just claim over coco-levy funds
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com The Aquino government has closed the case over the much-disputed, multi-billion coco levy fund issue involving the former crony of the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos and uncle of the current president San Miguel Corporation chairman Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco Jr. A Disposition Form dated February 14, 2012 approved by…