“The fight for justice for Ms. Laude has just begun, but the Aquino government is already backing out. It is clear that the Filipino people have nothing to expect from this administration but continued subservience to Washington’s orders.” — Kabataan Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon
Peasants fight back as Cojuangco-Aquino firm tightens grip on Hacienda Luisita
The Cojuangco-Aquino-owned firm in Hacienda Luisita has been putting up concrete barriers around farm lots, assaulting and illegally arresting farmers. But 56 years after the Cojuangcos laid claim on the estate, the farmers are not about to give up the fight for their right to the land.
Hongkong – Sense of pisstory?
And the butchers’ badge goes to…
By DEE AYROSO
As attacks against them continue, Luisita peasants file criminal raps vs Cojuangcos anew
“The public must be made aware that the worst atrocities are being committed by no less than the Presidential family against hapless farmers despite – or as cruel retribution for – the Supreme Court ruling for total land distribution in Hacienda Luisita.” – Jobert Pahilga, counsel for the Luisita farmers and executive director of the Sentro para sa Tunay na Repormang Agraryo (Sentra)
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Mansion – MeOOw
Mulling at the mall
Dam-n!
‘We will not be wiped out by dams’
The indigenous peoples in the Sierra Madre mountain range and other parts of the country are mounting opposition to the mega structures that threaten to wipe out not only their ancestral homes, but also their age-old culture and identity.
‘Edca soft-launch’ | Environmentalists, solon blast joint Ph-US naval exercises
Environmentalists and lawmakers denounce the presence of the US Navy warships and the PH-US war games as “threat to sovereignty and security as well as to the environment.”