Groups are calling for the release of Ambala leader Florida Sibayan, who was arrested by police during a protest in Hacienda Luisita this morning.
Luisita peasant leader arrested
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Arrest of ‘Hacienda Luisita 11’ absurd, ridiculous – lawyer
“We were practically arrested by the Cojuangco-Aquino family to hide the anomalous and violent implementation of a flawed land distribution scheme.” – Ericsson Acosta, poet, ex-detainee, and part of the fact-finding team
Agrarian reform in Luisita marred by terror, deception
The Alyansa ng Magbubukid sa Asyenda Luisita (Ambala) complained of the reduction of land being distributed, forcible signing of Application to Purchase and Farmers Undertaking, the unaffordable amortization, and the deployment of several Special Action Forces (SAF) and Special Weapons and Tactics units.
Luisita farm workers slam DAR’s promissory note requirement
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The promissory note will make it easier for DAR and the Cojuangco-Aquinos to evict the farm worker-beneficiaries from their land. If the farm workers are unable to pay, their land would be confiscated.” – Jobert Pahilga, lawyer of Ambala
3 Luisita farm workers nabbed
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Three farm workers of Hacienda Luisita were arrested by policemen, February 28. Yesterday, leaders of Alyansa ng Manggawang Bukid sa Asyenda Luisita (Ambala) were holding a dialogue with Provincial Agrarian Reform Office (PARO) officials at La Majarica Hotel in Tarlac City. A simultaneous protest action was staged by…
8 years after Luisita massacre, not one hectare distributed
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“Until now, the Cojuangco-Aquinos have not given back our land and we have not received a single centavo as payment for our land that they sold.” – Alyansa ng Manggagawang Bukid sa Asyenda Luisita
Luisita farmworkers determined to fight for their land
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Farmworker Rodel Mesa could never be more certain: “The Cojuangco-Aquinos will never give up Hacienda Luisita.” The clan of President Benigno Aquino III seemed to be defeated with the April 24, 2012 final decision of the Supreme Court (SC) ordering the distribution of more than 6,000 hectares of…
KMP warns vs loopholes in SC decision on Luisita distribution
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“There’s no room for complacency at this point in our fight – we have to push for actual and immediate land distribution.” – Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura
Luisita farmworkers say ‘no’ to DSWD dole-outs
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
What farmworkers need is land; they legally own Hacienda Luisita and the recent SC decision affirmed that. They should be given all the help they need to make the land fully productive again.” – UMA
For cultivating own land, Luisita farm workers ordered arrested
By RONALYN V. OLEA
In another twist in the long-standing agrarian dispute at Hacienda Luisita of the Cojuangco-Aquino clan, a Tarlac court issued warrants of arrest against the farm workers for cultivating the land for survival.
Farm workers to SC: ‘Junk Cojuangco-Aquinos’s plea, declare decision as final’
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The high court must act now and stop the decades-old exploitation of farm workers by the Cojuangco-Aquinos.” – Ambala