Your legacy is anti-people, KMP tells Arroyo
“She will continue to be known as among the most loathed public officials in history. Arroyo and her enabler Rodrigo Duterte deserve condemnation for all the anti-people policies they are implementing,” KMP chairperson emeritus and Anakpawis President Rafael Mariano said.
Bishop calls for end to ‘barbaric attacks’ as police general says church ‘not competent’ to probe Negros killings
“Why continue this madness? Why execute people by mere suspicion? Why shed blood just because of command from the mighty? Why? We demand answers,” Bishop Alminaza said.
158 days
Ang bilang ng paglalapit
ng bayan na remata’ng sinapit
o ang paglalagkit ng pait
sa ating mga nakaambang karit?
Si Nanay Monet, ang koprahan, at militarisasyon sa kanayunan
Bukod sa kawalan ng lupa, patuloy na bumabagsak ang kita nila sa pagbebenta ng kopra. Isa rin si Nanay Monet sa matagal nang nag-hihintay na makuha ang ipinagkakait na coco levy fund noong panahon pa ni Marcos. Tumitindi ang panunupil at pandarahas sa kanilang lugar sa Quezon kabilang na ang pagpaslang sa isang lider kababaihan noong Marso 2018 at malaganap na militarisasyon.
Putragis Amang!
Putragis amang! Kami’y namamalimos lamang ng kapirasong lupaBakit pinaputok ang kanilang sandata?Hayup nga ba kaming hayup sa turing Bakit kaming gutom, bala ang pinakain! Putragis amang! Ang palasyo pala ay hindi dulugan ng awa Ang kongreso pala’y kongreso ng panginoong may lupaSaan namin hahanapin Ang pangakong pag-laya? Putragis amang! Huwag nila kaming itulak sa dingding Mabangis sumalakay ang mga ginutomSa tagisan […]
Rice tariffication will displace rice farmers, worsen food insecurity–IBON
Rice tariffication and uncontrolled rice imports will displace rice farmers and worsen food insecurity without solving the problem of expensive rice, research group IBON said. The government is using high inflation to justify rice sector liberalization according to long-standing demands of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and big foreign agricultural exporters. Domestic agriculture should be […]
Groups denounce Sagay massacre, abduction of farmer organizer
Human rights advocates held a protest action in front of Camps Aguinaldo and Crame in Quezon City to denounce Saturday’s massacre in Hacienda Nene, Sagay City in Negros Occidental and the abduction of farmer-organizer Joey Flores Sr. in Nueva Ecija last week. Nine farmers and farm workers, including 2 minors, were killed by suspected SCAA/CAFGU […]
‘October Resistance’: Farmers protest human rights violations
Hundreds of farmers and activists commemorate Peasant Month with a series of activities they call ‘October Resistance,’ in obvious reference to the so-called Red October plot the military tried selling off as a plan oust President Rodrigo Duterte. Led by the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), a rally was held from University of Santo Tomas […]
‘October Resistance’ isasagawa ng mga magsasaka
Isang press conference noong Oktubre 8 ang isinagawa nang Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas o KMP at mga kaanib na organisasyon nito upang i-anunsyo ang kanilang pagkilos na tinaguriang “October Resistance against poverty, hunger and state fascism.” Bilang bahagi ng buwan ng mga magsasaka ngayong Oktubre, iba’t-ibang aktibidad ang kanilang isasagawa bitbit ang panawagang tunay na […]
KMU blames Duterte for intensified attacks in Compostela
Labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno in Southern Mindanao (KMU-SMR) blamed President Rodrigo Duterte for “intensifying attacks on union workers” after two Sumifru Packing Plant union leaders survived separate assaults within a week. KMU-SMR said in a statement Victor Ageas, Board of Director of Nagkahiusang Mamumuo sa Suyapa Farm (NAMASUFA-NAFLU-KMU), was ambushed by motorcycle-riding gunmen Tuesday, […]