“We used to grow our own source of income. But now we have to work for others.”
Hacienda Dolores peasants weather harassment
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Int’l peasant mission to Aquino: ‘Scrap Clark Green City, Alviera projects’
“Productive agricultural forces – thousands of farmers and indigenous peoples of Tarlac and Pampanga – are being destroyed in the name of anti-people and pro-business real estate developments.”
Hacienda Dolores: Testament to CARP failure
The failure of government’s agrarian reform manifests in various haciendas across the country, such as in Hacienda Dolores in Pampanga
Calling for Aquino’s ouster, farmers to march vs ‘bogus’ land reform
‘The continued existence of haciendas and the escalating attacks on farmers here are concrete proofs that after 26 years, the pro-landlord CARP is an epic failure.’ – Rafael Mariano, KMP
Hacienda Dolores farmer dies
Arman Padino, 33, died from a gunshot wound in the head at around 2 p.m. yesterday at the Jose B. Lingad Memorial Hospital in San Fernando City, Pampanga.
3 farmers shot at in Porac, Pampanga
At around 4 a.m., Jan. 12, father and son Noel and Reynold Tumali and Arman Pardino were on their way to the farm when they were shot at by suspected security guards and goons of Leonardo-Lachenal Holdings, Inc. (LHI), FL Property Management Corp. (FL PMC).
Farmers in Hacienda Dolores face harassment
A member of the local farmers organization Aniban ng Nagkakaisang Mamamayan sa Hacienda Dolores (Aniban), which is opposing the eviction of farmers in Hacienda Dolores by LLL Holdings Inc. and F.L. Properties and Management Corporation was shot at; another member’s house was set on fire; and unidentified men threw a grenade at another member’s home.
Evicted and starved, Hacienda Dolores farmers fight for their land
The farmers were living peacefully, tilling the land to feed their families until two private companies began evicting them and claimed their land.