No Christmas gift for Tartaria farmers
For Christmas, the only ‘aguinaldo’ that the Tartaria farmers wish is to reclaim their land from the Aguinaldo clan.
No Christmas gift for Tartaria farmers
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Why Isabela women farmers are fighting for right to food, land
Why Isabela women farmers are fighting for right to food, land
This collective tilling of land has helped us put food on our table. We no longer need to buy vegetables because we are now growing them in our garden. They are fresh and it is good for our health,”
On Peasant Day, MWSS demolishes 11 farmers’ homes near La Mesa Dam
On Peasant Day, MWSS demolishes 11 farmers’ homes near La Mesa Dam
“Staging a demolition exactly on the day we remember the peasant struggle is the highest form of disrespect.”
Farmers push for land, aid and justice
Farmers push for land, aid and justice
Farmers have been reaping debts but they get no sufficient aid from the Duterte administration.
‘Bungkalan’ in Lupang Ramos: The collective struggle for land and climate-resilient and community-led food production
‘Bungkalan’ in Lupang Ramos: The collective struggle for land and climate-resilient and community-led food production
At a disputed land in the province of Cavite, farmers are healing the land from decades of intensive unsustainable farming practices that led to soil degradation. On top of their daily toil of putting food on the table, they are also resisting attempts of eviction.
‘NTF-ELCAC budget can feed 4.2M Filipinos if redirected to agri subsidy’
‘NTF-ELCAC budget can feed 4.2M Filipinos if redirected to agri subsidy’
Farmers group said the proposed P30.46 billion budget for the government's counterinsurgency arm should instead be used to subsidize food production.
Landlords, corporations, still control vast tracts of agricultural lands – farmers
Landlords, corporations, still control vast tracts of agricultural lands – farmers
A farmers’ group debunked claims of Agrarian Reform Undersecretary Elmer Distor that “landlords and capitalists” no longer “hold sway over vast tracts of agricultural lands.”
Duterte urged to stop attacks on women farmers
Duterte urged to stop attacks on women farmers
The National Network of Agrarian Reform Advocates (Nnara Youth) said that under the Duterte administration, 42 of the 326 farmers killed and 63 of the 80 political prisoners jailed are women.
Farmers blame Duterte administration for death of peasant leader
Farmers blame Duterte administration for death of peasant leader
"The state’s brutal fascism killed Canlas who was exposed to COVID while in detention and under the custody of the BJMP [Bureau of Jail Management and Penology]. His unjust detention led to the swift deterioration of his health condition."
Why is the Food Systems Summit silent on corporate land grabs?
Why is the Food Systems Summit silent on corporate land grabs?
Indeed, there is a need, as the Asia Peasant Coalition puts it, for the farmers “to organize and mobilize for our own people’s summit together with other marginalized and oppressed sectors that suffer the gravest hunger and poverty because of imperialist control and domination over the world’s food and agriculture.”
Who is Joseph Canlas and why is he trending on Twitter?
Who is Joseph Canlas and why is he trending on Twitter?
Joseph Canlas is a peasant leader and community organizer based in Central Luzon, where he led various campaigns and struggles against landgrabbing and land-use conversion in many farming communities in the region.
The choices Filipino farmers make
The choices Filipino farmers make
The stories in Sitio Compra and Sitio Buntog share many sad parallels. They are both stories of land-use conversion and violence against the nation’s dwindling agricultural communities. While peasants clamor for land reform, the Philippine government has deemed land-use conversion by large corporations as an acceptable substitute.
KMP: Land-grabbers murder farmer, burn down houses
KMP: Land-grabbers murder farmer, burn down houses
“The DAR should be more proactive in resolving land dispute cases, especially when the entities involved employ violence and terror. In this case, instead of protecting the farmers and ensuring their right to the land, DAR watched from afar. The hands of DAR Secretary John Castriciones are stained with blood."
One hundred years of struggle in Hacienda Yulo
One hundred years of struggle in Hacienda Yulo
“The only thing we can pass on to our children is our land. We already lost everything else. We have nothing left to lose. Why should we be afraid?”
Drop charges against Bulacan farmers, land developer told
Drop charges against Bulacan farmers, land developer told
“Royal Mollucan and their Villar bosses should drop the trumped-up charges against the farmers. They should stop tormenting the farmers and let them plant and harvest their crops in peace.”
34 years after the Mendiola massacre, farmers still being killed for fighting for land
34 years after the Mendiola massacre, farmers still being killed for fighting for land
“Duterte can easily surpass the gruesome record of previous administrations in terms of peasant killings and massacres."
6 farmers arrested for harvesting own crops, hundreds others evicted due to land grabbing
6 farmers arrested for harvesting own crops, hundreds others evicted due to land grabbing
“The situation of Filipino peasants when they marched from Central Luzon to Mendiola in 1987 remains unchanged, and even worse this 2021, especially with the rising cases of peasant massacres and mass killings under the Duterte administration.” - KMP
Armed goons threaten families, ransack homes in Hacienda Yulo
Armed goons threaten families, ransack homes in Hacienda Yulo
Farmers in Buntog have been struggling for decades to assert their rights to the land, which they and their ancestors have lived in since 1911.
Farmers in Lupang Ramos successful vs. threats of eviction days before Christmas
Farmers in Lupang Ramos successful vs. threats of eviction days before Christmas
“This is a big victory for us because we were able to defend our rights to the land that our families have owned for generations.”
Balik-Tanaw | A gradual moving towards fullness of life
Balik-Tanaw | A gradual moving towards fullness of life
The season of advent calls us to continue to participate in the establishment of God’s kingdom in the here and now of the Philippine society, to be firm in our resolve to live in righteousness by being vigilant, ever awake and responsible of our God given duties to nurture and protect his household – the Philippine society from the evil schemes of the fake “Lords.”
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