Dahil gustong magkaroon ng karapatan sa lupa si Mercy Fernandez, 74 anyos, nilagdaan niya ang papeles na pinapipirmahan ng Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) para “maipamahagi” ang lupa sa Hacienda Luisita. Isa si Nanay Mercy sa mahigit 6,000 benepisyaryo ng lupa sa Hacienda Luisita. Pero naiyak siya nang malaman mula sa kanyang mga kasamahan na […]
Residents of coastal towns in Cagayan province trooped to Malacanang and the House of Representative to call for the immediate halt to magnetite mining (also known as black sand) operations there. The Federation of Environmental Advocates of Cagayan (FEAC) and Kalikasan-People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE), among others, demanded Pres. Benigno Aquino III to […]
A mining company in Nueva Vizcaya withdrew cases they filed against indigenous people and is set to cease operations in Nueva Vizcaya. In a motion to withdraw complaint filed in Regional Trial Court Branch 37, in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, the Royalco Philippines Inc. manifested that they are withdrawing their complaints against 10 anti-mining leaders, including […]
The Unyon ng Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (UMA) slammed the Department of Agrarian Reform’s pronouncements that the Cojuangco-Aquino family will be paid P1.2 billion as compensation for the distribution of land to farmers in Hacienda Luisita. In a budget hearing at the House of Representatives last August 8, de los Reyes revealed that the Cojuangcos would be paid […]
Farmers who led the uprooting of Golden Rice in a field trial in Pili, Camarines Sur last week stand by their militant action to stop the impending “feed trials” and commercialization of genetically-modified (GM) rice, despite threats of legal action by the Department of Agriculture (DA). In an interview with Pinoy Weekly, Bert Autor, a […]
Farmers trooped to Hacienda Luisita on the 4th anniversary of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension with Reforms (Carper) today to denounce the “sham” land reform program that has paid billions of pesos to big landlords while depriving farmers of land. The Unyon ng Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (UMA) bared that in Hacienda Luisita, owned by […]
Dalawang magsasaka at isang tricycle driver ang dinukot ng pinaghihinalaang mga elemento ng 703rd Infantry Battalion ng Philippine Army noong Hulyo 11 sa Brgy. Liyang, Pilar, Bataan. Ala-una hanggang alas-dos ng hapon nang dukutin sina Josue Ortiz, 23, at kapwa magsasakang si Manuel Pagkaera, humigit-kumulang 40-anyos, sa bayan ni Pagkaera, kasama ang di-napangalanang tricycle driver […]
Consumers, scientists, and farmers urged the Court of Appeals (CA) to uphold its landmark decision to stop the commercialization of Bt talong or genetically-modified (GM) eggplant due to concerns over its adverse effects on health and the environment. Petitioners who filed a Writ of Kalikasan (Writ of Nature) against the Bt talong field trials raised […]
Isang taon nang napagtagumpayan ng mga magsasaka ng Hacienda Luisita ang kanilang laban sa lupa sa Korte Suprema. Isang taon na, ngunit wala pa ring lupang naipapamahagi; wala pa ring pangako ng gobyernong Aquino ang natutupad. Mula Abril 24 hanggang 27, naglakbay ang mga magsasaka mula sa Tarlac patungong Maynila upang muling igiit ang pamamahagi […]
Nang i-turnover ni Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Sek. Virgilio de los Reyes ang listahan ng mga benepisyaryo ng lupa sa Hacienda Luisita sa covered court ng Brgy. Mapalacsiao, mga hiyaw ng galit, sa halip na tuwa, ang sumalubong sa kanya. Dahil dito, hindi natuloy ang inaasahan ng mga magsasaka na “publicity gimmick” ng DAR. […]
