The peasantry may have found an ally in the President, but they know where lies their true strength in struggle.
Davao del Norte farmers push forward in fight for land, this time, with Duterte support
Tags: Lapanday
Davao farm workers slam Lapanday’s ‘land grabbing’
Farm workers cooperatives of Lapanday and their supporters are here in Manila and have set up a farmers’ camp in Mendiola. They want President Duterte to intercede in their land case and direct the Lorenzo family to return the lands to the agrarian reform beneficiaries.
Lapanday: 15 hectares of bananas chopped by farmers cost $120K
“That is the reason why we cut the bananas, but if they [guards] will still enter even when there are no more bananas, then they are after the land.”
Armed men shoot farmers reclaiming banana plantation; 7 hurt
“This incident is glaring proof of a company’s greed and fascism being tolerated by the government for so long.”