Although the global march is united on climate change issues, Feny Cosico of AGHAM explained that in joining that march, it’s also the responsibility of scientists here in the Philippines to show the context of science and technology in this country.
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Landlord defies DAR order favoring farmers
The 145-hectare land that was previously awarded under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program in 1996 was successfully turned over by DAR to MARBAI farmers last Dec. 19. However, the farmer-beneficiaries were forcibly driven out of their own land by about 300 security guards of the LFC.
‘Dam(n) us not | Water is for the People’
“Water is part of national patrimony. If only a few control the sources of water, you could not drink if they would not allow it.”
Comprehensive rehab, military pullout needed for Lumad evacuees’ homecoming
In returning for another Lakbayan and camping out in the capital, the Lumad hope to thresh out with the DSWD a workable and acceptable rehabilitation program that would allow them to get back on their feet.
Peasant killings continue in Mindanao
Human rights violations are unrelenting in the countryside.
Kalbaryo ng Maralita 2017 | Poor’s suffering continues under Duterte
“Where is the change that you promised?”
‘We should have been regular workers now’ | Contractuals’ strike challenges labor dept’s DO174
“This is a test case for the Duterte administration to bare its resolve in ending contractualization through strong intervention.”
‘Heartless against the homeless’ | Bail set for detained Apollo urban poor
“Where will they get the money for bail? This is further oppression of the poor whose only fault is to fight for the land they have been living on for more than 30 years.”
Talks conclude with more agreements on free land distribution
After four days of intense formal negotiations and an extra day of back-channel talks, the parties firmed up their agreement on free land distribution “as a basic principle of genuine agrarian reform.”
NDFP, GRP sign interim joint ceasefire agreement
In a formal ceremony presided by the Royal Norwegian Government facilitator Elisabeth Slattum, the parties signed the document entitled Agreement on an Interim Joint Ceasefire they said was a product of three “very difficult” days of negotiations.
Urban poor residents reoccupy unclaimed land, get ‘trespassing’ cases
At Camp Karingal, the police did not even bother feeding the 57 Apollo residents it ‘arrested.’