Archive of Peasants

Peasant-leader will highlight agricultural issues in his senatorial candidacy
August 23, 2024

Veteran peasant-farmer Danilo Ramos (Ka Daning) announced his candidacy for senator in the upcoming 2025 election yesterday, August 22, in Malolos, Bulacan. He is the seventh candidate of the Makabayan Coalition. Ramos, current chairperson of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), will challenge the dominance of dynasties, landlords and the comprador bourgeoisie in the senate. […]

Lider-magsasaka, itatampok ang isyu sa agrikultura sa kandidatura pagkasenador
August 23, 2024

Inianunsyo ng beteranong lider-magsasakang si Danilo Ramos (Ka Daning), ang kanyang pagtakbo pagkasenador sa darating na eleksyong 2025 kahapon, Agosto 22, sa Malolos, Bulacan. Siya ang ikapitong kandidato ng Koalisyong Makabayan. Si Ramos, kasalukuyang tagapangulo ng Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), ay hahamon sa paghahari ng mga dinastiya, mga panginoong maylupa at burgesyang kumprador sa […]

Fact-finding mission confirms violations of Bulacan farmers' rights
August 22, 2024

A fact-finding mission launched on August 20 in San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan confirmed the 80th IB’s human rights violations against residents. These cases include encampment in civilian communities, forced disaffialition from local organizations, house-to-house raids by armed soldiers, terrorist-tagging, profiling and threats of arrest. The 30-person delegation consisted of church people, human rights […]

Mga paglabag sa karapatan ng mga magbubukid sa Bulacan, kinumpirma ng fact-finding mission
August 22, 2024

Nakumpirma ng isang fact-finding mission na inilunasd noong Agosto 20 sa San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan ang mga kaso ng paglabag sa karapatang-tao ng mga sundalo ng 80th IB laban sa mga residente. Kabilang sa mga kasong ito ang pagkakampo sa sibilyang mga komunidad, sapilitang pagpapakalas sa lokal na mga samahan, pagbabahay-bahay ng armadong […]

Año and gov’t hawks are the real peace saboteurs, not the NDFP
August 20, 2024 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | Pambansang Katipunan ng mga Magbubukid (PKM) |

National Security Adviser Eduardo Año erroneously claims in his recent statements that the primary obstacle for the resumption of peace talks is the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). This narrative he is peddling is not only misleading but dangerously diverts attention from the true impediments for the resumption of peace negotiations. The primary […]

Killing of carabao, destruction of rice crops by AFP soldiers, a scourge to the people in Central Panay
August 16, 2024

The focused military operations of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have brought incomparable suffering to Central Panay farming communities. Units of the 12th IB, 82nd IB, 61st IB and DRC under the 301st IBde have sowed terror in the mountainous border of Antique, Aklan, Capiz and Iloilo. In Iloilo, soldiers wantonly shot and […]

Pagpatay sa kalabaw, paninira sa palay ng AFP, salot sa mga taga-Central Panay
August 16, 2024

Walang kapantay na kahirapan ang idinudulot mga focused military operations ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) sa mga komunidad ng magsasaka sa Central Panay. Pinangungunahan ng mga yunit ng 12th IB, 82nd IB, 61st IB at DRC sa ilalim ng 301st IBde ang paghahasik ng terorismo sa mabundok na hangganan ng Antique, Aklan, Capiz […]

6 Hacienda Luisita houses demolished to make way for Ayala project
August 13, 2024

Six farmers’ houses in Barangay Central, Tarlac City, inside Hacienda Luisita, were demolished yesterday, August 12, by personnel of what the farmers called the “Luisita warlord trio” which includes the Lorenzo, Cojuangco and Ayala families. Hundreds of residents were evicted from the barangay to make way for the ₱18 billion project of Ayala Land Inc. […]

6 bahay, giniba sa Hacienda Luisita para bigyang daan ang proyekto ng mga Ayala
August 13, 2024

Anim na bahay ng mga magsasaka sa Barangay Central, Tarlac City, sakop ng Hacienda Luisita, ang giniba kahapon, Agosto 12, ng mga tauhan ng tinaguriang “Luisita warlord trio” na kinabibilangan ng mga pamilyang Lorenzo, Cojuangco at Ayala. Pinalalayas sa naturang barangay ang daan-daang mga residente para bigyang daan ang ₱18 bilyong proyekto ng Ayala Land […]

74th IB arrests, tortures and kills farmers in Northern Samar
August 11, 2024

Soldiers from the 74th IB arrested two farmers in Sityo Canonghan, Barangay Osmeña, Palapag, Northern Samar on July 8. The victims, Ryan Arnesto and Marlo Turbanada, were in their koprasan (coconut silos) and collecting charcoal when the soldiers grabbed them. They are among the latest in the list of victims of human rights violations in […]