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Category: Agrarian Reform
Hacienda Luisita: Nob. 16, 2009
Ni ARNOLD PADILLA Bulatlat.com tulad mo rin, noynoy, ang dambuhalang pabrika sa inyong azucarera na walang imik nang dumating ang sandaang sasakyan ng protesta patuloy lamang sa pagbuga ng usok ng mga makinang lumalamon sa tubô at tubo, at tulad ng mga armadong gwardya sa kanyang pintuan hindi ikaw, kundi si bise palengke ang sumalubong…
Counterpoint
By SARAH RAYMUNDO Bulatlat.com (after a tv interview featuring the widow of Hacienda Luisita martyr Ric Ramos) “they should have not let his brain spattered on the floor like that; or his eyes dismembered from his face it’s the kids, it’s too painful for them to have seen him so horribly lifeless or worse, remember…
How Hacienda Luisita Stock Scheme Led to Farmers’ Misery
By XANDRA BISENIO
Through the stock distribution option such as the one in Hacienda Luisita, the essence of land reform has been distorted to benefit landowners, denying the farmers of actual land redistribution.
Fact-Finding Report Says Luisita Massacre Result of ‘Direct Armed Assault’ by Police, Military
Summary of relevant information and analysis of what happened on the days leading up to and the day itself of the Hacienda Lusita massacre on November 16, 2004 Prepared by the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) from a Fact-Finding Mission it led in Nov. 2004. 1. The United Luisita Workers’ Union (ULWU) started the strike at…
Benjie Oliveros | Obtaining Justice for Luisita Farmers Is a Test for Noynoy
Noynoy Aquino may not have stolen money from the nation’s coffers but he has been stealing land from the farmers of Hacienda Luisita. The issue of the farmers of Hacienda Luisita is not merely a test of his mettle as a presidential candidate but, more importantly, it is a test of his sense of justice.
Workers Demand Scrapping of DOLE Order Used to Break Up Strikes, Kill Unionists
The Kilusang Mayo Uno said the “assumption of jurisdiction” order issued by the labor secretary has been abused and has been used in many instances to break up strikes, often violently, as what happened in Hacienda Luisita in 2004.
Land, Justice for Luisita Farmers Can Make or Unmake Next President — AnakPawis
In a historic convention of urban poor, peasant and labor leaders, Anakpawis, the largest partylist of marginalized sectors in the Philippines, tagged the issues of land distribution and still unresolved massacre of striking workers in Luisita as “flagship social justice problems” that presidentiables should seriously address now.
Luisita’s Peasants Determined to Continue Struggle Despite Threat of Eviction
By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
The ex-farm workers of Hacienda Luisita had been reaping the fruits of their labor through a “cultivation campaign” that allowed them to plant what they needed and supported their livelihood. But the plantation has decreed that they should stop what they’re doing and leave. Unfazed, the farmers are bracing for another tough fight ahead.
Amid Threat to Food Security, Government Opens More Farm Lands to Foreign Firms
MANILA — The recent typhoons highlighted land and crop use conversion as a factor in worsening the effects of disasters on food production and the need to ensure adequate land for food production. However amid all these, government has reserved more hectares of agricultural land for export crops and use of foreign agro-corporations. According to…
Change in Control of Food Production Key to Solving World Hunger
In June this year, the number of hungry people throughout the globe reached 1 billion, or a sixth of the world’s population, according to the FAO. This was a considerable leap from 963 million a year ago. By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat.com MANILA — In the fight against world hunger, the key element is not…