“Ironically, under the government of BS Aquino, warlords and paramilitary groups were not dismantled. Worst, the same warlord group is said to be facilitating the entry of mining and oil palm plantations like that of A. Brown Company in the area.”
By SIDLANGAN NATIVIDAD Bulatlat.com MANILA – Daisy Paborada, a farmer, 41, and her late spouse had once ploughed their share of the 520-hectare ancestral domain along with the rest of the Higaonon tribe. Since 2003, the Paborada family had enjoyed their simple and peaceful life. In February 2011, A. Brown Palm Company, Inc. seized the…
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Earlier, Gilbert Paborada was warned by a representative of a palm oil plantation “to stop opposing or he would regret what might happen to his life.”
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Their land and means of livelihood were taken away from them, their culture trampled upon, all in the name of public-private partnerships and foreign corporate interests.
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