The organization of farm workers in Hacienda Luisita said the HLI management is engaged in a “grand collusion” with the DAR to derail if not sabotage the process to effectively stop the distribution of Luisita lands to farm worker beneficiaries by “orchestrating moves and actions detrimental to or grossly opposed to effective land distribution and justice driven land reform inside the Cojuangco-Aquino sugar estate.”
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Fernando ‘Ka Pando’ Hicap, from the streets to possibly, Congress as Anakpawis rep
He may have dropped out of high school but his biggest qualification is his almost three decades of involvement in the struggles of fisherfolk.
AFP cuts down mangroves in Batangas
By INA ALLECO SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Batangas – The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) is crying foul against what it said was an act of serious environmental destruction on the part of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). The group said that units of the 730th Combat Group of the Philippine Air…
Aquino acting as spokesperson of Hacienda Luisita – Pamalakaya
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“The value of the hundreds of thousands of tons of Luisita sugar comes from the labor of the farmers and the mill workers. Without them, the Hacienda would have remained a vacant lot.The farmers have already paid for their lands many times over.” – Anakbayan
Use Malacañang’s P68 Billion Pork Barrel For Oil Subsidies – Pamalakaya
Pamalakaya clarified that the re-channeling of Aquino’s audit free pork barrel is an immediate measure to provide relief to sectors affected by the oil price spike. By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Use the president’s pork barrel to cushion the impact of oil price increases. This was the call made by fisherfolk alliance Pambansang Lakas…
Int’l Groups to UN: Help Stop Destruction of Marine Resources in Philippines
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Pamalakaya, the fisherfolk group, is seeking the UN Special Rapporteur on Food to intervene in what it says is the continuing destruction of marine resources in the Philippines under President Aquino’s public-private partnership program. The group says these projects not only damage the environment but affect as well the livelihood of communities.
Angara Ecozone Project a Massive Case of Landgrabbing, Say Aurora Folk
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
The residents and their supporters, among them Catholic bishops, say the Apeco project being pushed by the family of Sen. Edgardo Angara is a massive case of landgrabbing that should be put to right. hey said they would file criminal complaints against the project.