A week after their murdered union leader was buried, striking farm workers in Hacienda Luisita resumed negotiations with management—still angry, wary and defiant. They want the strike to be resolved but at the same time they do not want to compromise their rights. By Abner Bolos Bulatlat.com In the afternoon of Nov. 10, hundreds of…
Category: Agrarian Reform
Police Ask Military To Leave Hacienda Luisitaa
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has joined residents in calling for the military to leave Hacienda Luisita. By Abner Bolos Bulatlat.com The Task Force Ramos of the Philippine National Police (PNP) has called for the withdrawal of soldiers of the Northern Luzon Command from the barangays (villages) in Hacienda Luisita in the wake of the…
Luisita Strikers Nabbed, Detained
Union condemns harassment Human rights violations at the Hacienda Luisita continue as 10 strikers and a striker’s son, were arrested, detained and beaten up last Nov. 14. The military is said to be once again behind the dastardly act. BY ABNER BOLOS At about 2 a.m. of Nov. 14, 10 strikers and a 15-year old…
Police Ask Military To Leave Hacienda Luisita
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has joined residents in calling for the military to leave Hacienda Luisita. By Abner Bolos The Task Force Ramos of the Philippine National Police (PNP) has called for the withdrawal of soldiers of the Northern Luzon Command from the barangays (villages) in Hacienda Luisita in the wake of the killing…
A Year After Hacienda Luisita Massacre, Justice Still Elusive
When will justice be served for the victims of the violent dispersal of the Hacienda Luisita picket line? Until now, the government agencies that investigated the incident have not yet identified those responsible for the wanton violation of human rights. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat.com Sixty-four year old Federico Laza’s voice still breaks and his eyes…
Counterpoint
Bulatlat.comBy Sarah Raymundo Posted by Bulatlat.com “they should have not let his brain spattered on the floor like that; or his eyes dismembered from his face it’s the kids, it’s too painful for them to have seen him so horribly lifeless or worse, remember him that way!” this widow’s work of mourning is as habitual…
Killings A State Policy
It should be amply evident by now that the killing of Church people, lawyers, members of people’s organizations, and leaders and members of progressive party-list groups is part of a state policy to eliminate dissenters, left-wing personalities involved in the electoral process, and political activists. By the Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CENPEG) It…
A Year of Triumphs and Tragedy
Like a typical Filipino village at dusk, men chop firewood, women tend the kitchen and children play around in this clump of 10 huts. This is the Hacienda Luisita Gate 1 in Tarlac City, where the main picket line of striking workers has evolved into a community, as the strike turns one year on Nov.…
Strike One for Workers of Hacienda Luisita
A triumphant picket line stands today in front of Gate 1 of the Central Azucarrera de Tarlac in Hacienda Luisita, a year after sugar mill and plantation workers staged a simultaneous strike that halted operations of Luzon’s largest sugar estate. Ignited by unfair labor practices, this one-year old strike has brought to the fore the…
Murder in Cold Blood
The cold blooded murder of Ricardo “Ka Ric” Ramos, president of the Central Azucarera de Tarlac Labor Union (CATLU) at the strife-ridden Hacienda Luisita and baranggay captain of Bo. Mapalacsiao, was an act of treachery and desperation. By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise / Business World Posted by Bulatlat The cold blooded murder of Ricardo “Ka Ric”…
Corn Farming in Alfonso Lista: The implications of promoting the market-oriented production of modern plant breeds among Cordillera peasants
If former President Marcos had his “Green Revolution” and “miracle rice” program, the Arroyo administration has its agricultural modernization program and Bt corn. But the effects on the peasantry are the same dependence on creditors, indebtedness, soil degradation, and worsening pest infestation. And the peasants sink deeper into the problems of feudal bondage and poverty.…