Ang unang dahilan ng kahirapan ng magsasakang Pilipino
Samu’t sari ang suliranin ng mga magsasaka sa Pilipinas. Ang pinaka-batayan: Samantalang mayorya ng mamayan sa Pilipinas ay magsasaka, higit na nakararami sa kanila ay walang sariling lupang sinasaka na makakapag-bigay ng sapat na kabuhayan. Pakinggan ang podcast na ito na maglalarawan kung bakit patuloy na naghihirap ang Pilipinas dulot ng kawalan ng hustisya sa […]
DAR recognizes Tinang farmers as legitimate agrarian reform beneficiaries anew
“We thank Sec. Estrella for upholding the status of MAKISAMA-Tinang’s members as legitimate farmer-beneficiaries who have suffered the injustice of landlessness long enough,” Unyon ng Manggagawa sa Agrikultura acting chairperson Ariel Casilao said in a statement.
Tinang farmers oppose new validation order
“We respectfully urge Sec. Estrella to clarify DAR’s position on the matter, fast-track the installation of Tinang ARBs on their 200-hectare land, and look into why MARO officials have been throwing farmers under the bus in favor of Villanueva,” Casilao said.
Rights group condemns conviction of peasant organizer
“Palala nang palala ang kalusugan ng asawa ko mula nang makulong siya,” political detainee Dionisio Almonte’s wife Gloria said.
Tinang 83 files charges vs. ‘cruel and inhumane’ police
The charges the farmers filed is in response to what they say was very cruel treatment they suffered on their arrest, four-day imprisonment in crowded and humid jail cells and at the police head-quarter’s parking lot, and the seven of charges filed against them in quick succession by the police in collaboration with the Tarlac Provincial Prosecutors’ Office.
Land rights champions face more charges from Tarlac prosecutors
“It pains to see how the justice system is being weapon-ized against what is right and just for the farmers who had long been deprived of the enjoyment of their property. Even those who support their legitimate calls are now being dragged to answer such fabricated criminal charges,” Atty. Kathy Panguban said.
Tungkong Mangga: From farmers’ paradise to stove of violence
“The peasant families of San Jose Del Monte had been tilling the farmlands of Tungkong Mangga even before [API] would be incorporated in 1988,” explained UMA chairperson Antonio Flores. “DAR’s facilitation of Araneta’s landgrab is unconscionable, and nothing short of criminal,” he added.
The ill logic of rice liberalization
We only need to see the trend of government’s agricultural support to conclude that the Duterte administration has put the sector aside in favor of other hollow and counter-productive budget items, including its infrastructure agenda.
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.
Randall Echanis: Funny guy who was serious at the negotiating table
“Ka Randy was a funny guy, cracking jokes with poker face, which made his jokes even funnier. But he never joked around the formal negotiations, even if we knew it could have thawed some tensions. When asked why he was so serious at the peace table, he would simply say that peasants have sacrificed even their lives for the attainment of genuine agrarian reform. ‘It’s not a joke,’ he said.”