NEWS RELEASE 16 November 2010 “The continuing denial of justice to murdered Hacienda Luisita farm workers in 2004 sends a chilling message to all Filipino workers: Bloody government intervention remains at the doorstep of every labor dispute, especially with a Cojuangco-Aquino in the presidency.” This was the statement of labor NGO Ecumenical Institute for Labor…
Category: Agrarian Reform
PR: On the Sixth Anniversary of the Hacienda Luisita Massacre
Press Statement November 16, 2010 Bayan join’s the struggling Filipino people in commemorating the sixth anniversary of the Hacienda Luisita Massacre. Six years after the November 16 massacre, not one police, mlitary or civilian official has been made accountable or has been convicted. The Office of the Ombudsman has sat on the case and no…
Aquino, US ‘Hell Bent’ on Holding Balikatan Exercises in Hacienda Luisita — Peasant Groups
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“US troops have no business in Hacienda Luisita except to join the armed forces in stepping up the militarization and perpetuate a climate of fear as protesting farm workers persist in their demands for land,” Gabriela Rep. Luzviminda Ilagan said, “We want the US troops out of Luisita and out of the Philippines.”
Farmers File Petition Questioning Hacienda Luisita Deal with Chinese Firm
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“Since (we) are still stockholders and beneficiaries of the subject land, we have the right to information on such matter and HLI is under obligation to disclose whatever nature or kind of agreement it has entered or it intends to enter into with Wahaha with the assistance of DTI,” the statement of Alyansa ng mga Manggagawang Bukid sa Asyenda Luisita read.
US Troops Sighted in Hacienda Luisita, Possible Venue of 2011 US-RP Balikatan Exercises
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
After experiencing heavy deployment of AFP troops, the peasants of Hacienda Luisita are bracing for the entry of US troops who would be conducting ‘trainings’ inside the hacienda.
Twisting the Justice System to Render Agrarian Reform Inutile
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Big landowners in Negros Occidental have found another way to retain and re-concentrate the land in their hands: file criminal cases against peasants and farm workers.
Slideshow: The Long March Against Aquino’s Haciendero Regime
Long March Against a ‘Haciendero’ Regime
News in Pictures: Noynoy a ‘Total Failure’, Says Peasant Group
Thousands of farmers from various provinces in Southern Mindanao held a protest-march dubbed “Martsa alang sa Yuta ug Hustisya!” (March for Land and Justice!) at Rizal Park, Davao City on October 22. Led by the Kilusang Magbubukid sa Pilipinas-Southern Mindanao Region, farmers threw eggs with red paint at a poster bearing President Benigno Aquino III’s face, calling him a total failure for not having the heart nor the political intent and morality to uplift the plight of hapless farmers in the region.
News in Pictures: Thousands of Peasants Converge in front of DAR; All Set for Protest March to Mendiola
arrying lit torches, thousands of peasants and agricultural workers from all over country converge in front of the Department of Agrarian Reform office in Quezon City on Wednesday, marking the third day of “Lakbayan ng mga Magsasaka Laban sa Hacienderong Rehimen ni Aquino” (Long March of Farmers Against the Hacienda Regime of Aquino).
Live Coverage: Lakbayan 2010
Sa Kabila ng Banta ng Super-bagyong Juan, Lakbayan ng Magsasaka Inilunsad!
PRESS RELEASE October 18, 2010 STA.ROSA, LAGUNA –Sa kabila ng bantang pananalanta ng bagyong Juan, magiting at walang alinlangang nagmartsa ang humigit-kumulang isang libong mga magsasaka upang simulan ang apat na araw na kilos-protesta patungong Mediola na tinaguriang “Lakbayan ng Magsasaka Laban sa Hacienderong Rehimen ni Noynoy Aquino.“ “Alam naming mas matindi pang mga bagyo…