Karapatan-Southern Tagalog reported the illegal arrest of an organizer of indigenous people and farmers by police forces in Taytay, Palawan on October 1. The victim, identified as Sefriano Liabres, a member of the Samahan ng mga Magsasaka at Katutubo ng Mindoro (SAMAKAMI), was receiving medical treatment when he was taken. Karapatan-Southern Tagalog condemned what it […]
Isang organisador ng mga katutubo at magsasaka ang iniulat ng Karapatan-Southern Tagalog na iligal na inaresto ng mga pwersa ng pulis sa bayan ng Taytay, Palawan noong Oktubre 1. Ang biktima na kinilalang si Sefriano Liabres, kasapi ng Samahan ng mga Magsasaka at Katutubo ng Mindoro (SAMAKAMI), ay nagpapagamot nang damputin ng mga pulis. Kinundena […]
Senatorial candidates of the Koalisyong Makabayan held a town hall meeting with the Lupang Ramos farmers in Dasmariñas City, Cavite on October 2. They expressed their support for the farmers who face relentless harassment and intimidation aimed at driving them out of their land. They were warmly welcomed by farmers from Lupang Ramos, Lupang Tartaria, […]
Nagsagawa ng town hall meeting o pakikipagpulong ang mga kandidato para sa Senado ng Koalisyong Makabayan sa Lupang Ramos sa Dasmariñas City, Cavite noong Oktubre 2. Ipinahayag nila ang kanilang suporta sa mga magsasaka na patuloy na humaharap sa walang awat na panggigipit at intimidasyon upang palayasin sila sa kanilang lupa. Mainit silang sinalubong ng […]
Farmers in Ilocos Norte denounced the Marcos regime’s “world-class incompetence and neglect” amid the widespread damage caused by Typhoon Julian on October 2. The province has yet to recover from the adverse effects of El Niño and previous disasters, including flooding from Typhoon Carina and southerly winds, which severely affected the agricultural sector. Crop damage […]
Ipinahayag ng mga magsasaka sa Ilocos Norte ang kanilang pagbatikos sa “world-class na kainutilan at kapabayaan” ng rehimeng Marcos sa harap ng malawakang pinsalang dulot ng Bagyong Julian noong Oktubre 2. Bumabangon pa lamang ang prubinsya mula sa sunud-sunod na epekto ng El Niño at mga nakaraang sakuna, kabilang ang pagbaha mula sa Bagyong Carina […]
The Villar family, through its company Communities Iloilo Inc, a subsidiary of Vista Land & Lifescapes Inc, forcibly evicted nine farming families from their homes in Barangay San Jose, San Miguel, Iloilo last October 2. According to reports, the company’s goons entered the area that day and demolished the families’ houses. The bourgeois comprador and […]
Siyam na pamilyang magsasaka sa Barangay San Jose, San Miguel, Iloilo ang pwersahang pinalayas sa kanilang mga tahanan ng Communities Iloilo Inc, isang subsidiary ng Vista Land & Lifescapes Inc. na pag-aari ng pamilyang Villar. Pwersahang pinasok ng goons ng kumpanya ang lugar ngayong araw, Oktubre 2, at dinemolis ang kanilang mga bahay. Bantog ang […]
Masses of farmers, farm workers and indigenous people clamor against the ongoing construction of the massive 6,652 hectare-wide Consunji-owned oil palm plantation in the town of Candoni in Southwest Negros Occidental has affected a thousand villagers in barangays Payawan, Agboy, and Gatuslao. Local livelihoods are being set aside to make way for the neoliberal project, […]
Farming residents of Barangay Casile, Cabuyao, Laguna protested against the move to fence off the 24-hectare land by the Emirates Security Agency and Santa Rosa Realty Development Corporation (SRRDC), owned by the Yulos, on September 23. The Pagkakaisa’t Ugnayan ng Magbubukid sa Laguna (Pumalag) condemned this illegal action of the Yulos, one of the largest […]