6 farmers arrested in Bulacan
Six of the 14 Norzagaray, Bulacan farmers charged with theft for harvesting their own crops have been arrested by the police Monday night, the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) said.
Paano kinikilo ang pag-ibig?
“Ang kilo ng pag-ibig / ay ang tapat ng timbang / ng bawat pagkukulang, / na dinodoble ng sampung ulit… / hanggang ang bawat kahinaan, / wala nang timbang / sa bumibigat na pagmamahalan.”
UP-DND accord Lorenzana wants ended stems from abduction of Donat Continente
“I remember the abduction of our staff Donato Continente on the night of June 16, 1989 at Vinzon’s Hall. He was tortured and forced to confess to the killing of Col. James Rowe. This is why the UP-DND accord was signed 14 days later,” UP journalism professor Danilo Arao said.
Bulacan LGU destroys crops and trees
“You have no idea of the hardships our parents have undergone, their efforts, their every drop of blood and sweat, their every injury for tilling this land. You have no pity for the likes of us.”
Groups condemn harassment, surveillance vs Cordilleran activist
Front Line Defenders and the Cordillera People’s Alliance said the family and friends of activist Windel Bolinget have been constantly harassed for information on his whereabouts since he had been informed of a warrant of arrest against him last December.
KMP reports more attacks against farmers in Central Luzon, Southern Tagalog
“Just how heartless the land grabbing families of Villar, Yulo, Ayala, Pascuals, can be? A pandemic, widespread joblessness and bankruptcy, and successive typhoons have already ravaged the lives of poor farmers, and yet these landed haciendero-oligarchs continue to violently eject our food security frontliners,” KMP chairperson Danilo Ramos said.
‘Landgrabber’ harasses 14 Bulacan farmers with theft charges–KMP
The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) said the “landgrabbing” Royal Mollucan Realty Holding Inc. (RMHI) continues its harassment of members of the Samahang Magsasaka sa San Mateo (SAMA-SAMA) and charged the farmers with theft for harvesting their own crops.
Monument to Cordillera martyrs demolished
“The monument’s removal is ‘a brazen act of obliterating the Cordillera people’s history of struggle against oppression and injustice,'” its advocates said.
Muling pagsusulong ng Charter Change, mariing tinutulan
Nagtungo sa tarangkahan ng Batasang Pambansa ang iba’t-ibang grupo kahapon, Enero 13, upang tutulan ang muling tangka ng mga kaalyado ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na baguhin ang Saligang Batas.
Farmers vow to fight ChaCha, 100% land ownership by foreigners
“We cannot allow foreign businesses to take over our land, natural resources, media, and strategic industries. We cannot be second-class citizens in our own country. With ChaCha, everything else will worsen for Filipinos,” the KMP said.