“The shooting and intimidation of journalists are a blatant violation of press freedom. Journalists should not be hindered in covering stories especially those that involve human rights abuses against farmers and marginalized sectors.”
Category: Agrarian Reform
Tungkong Mangga: From farmers’ paradise to stove of violence
“The peasant families of San Jose Del Monte had been tilling the farmlands of Tungkong Mangga even before [API] would be incorporated in 1988,” explained UMA Chairperson Antonio Flores. “DAR’s facilitation of Araneta’s landgrab is unconscionable, and nothing short of criminal.”
Guards, armed goons open fire at Bulacan farmers
Security guards and armed goons opened fire at farmers in Sitio Ricafort, Barangay Tungkong Mangga, San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, according to Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas.
No Christmas gift for Tartaria farmers
For Christmas, the only ‘aguinaldo’ that the Tartaria farmers wish is to reclaim their land from the Aguinaldo clan.
Why Isabela women farmers are fighting for right to food, land
This collective tilling of land has helped us put food on our table. We no longer need to buy vegetables because we are now growing them in our garden. They are fresh and it is good for our health,”
On Peasant Day, MWSS demolishes 11 farmers’ homes near La Mesa Dam
“Staging a demolition exactly on the day we remember the peasant struggle is the highest form of disrespect.”
Farmers push for land, aid and justice
Farmers have been reaping debts but they get no sufficient aid from the Duterte administration.
‘Bungkalan’ in Lupang Ramos: The collective struggle for land and climate-resilient and community-led food production
At a disputed land in the province of Cavite, farmers are healing the land from decades of intensive unsustainable farming practices that led to soil degradation. On top of their daily toil of putting food on the table, they are also resisting attempts of eviction.
‘NTF-ELCAC budget can feed 4.2M Filipinos if redirected to agri subsidy’
Farmers group said the proposed P30.46 billion budget for the government’s counterinsurgency arm should instead be used to subsidize food production.
Landlords, corporations, still control vast tracts of agricultural lands – farmers
A farmers’ group debunked claims of Agrarian Reform Undersecretary Elmer Distor that “landlords and capitalists” no longer “hold sway over vast tracts of agricultural lands.”
Duterte urged to stop attacks on women farmers
The National Network of Agrarian Reform Advocates (Nnara Youth) said that under the Duterte administration, 42 of the 326 farmers killed and 63 of the 80 political prisoners jailed are women.