Archive - 2009

The militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP, Peasant Movement of the Philippines) and the peasants from Katipunan ng mga Samahan ng Magbubukid sa Timog Katagalugan (Kasama-TK) coming from Laguna, Rizal, Cavite, Batangas and Quezon, held ground at the gates of the House of Representatives in Batasan, Quezon City. They are joined by Pamalaya-Pilipinas (fisherfolk), Amihan (peasant women), UMA (agri-workers) and support groups.  full article »

Around 80 farmers belonging to the militant peasant group Katipunan ng mga Samahang Magbubukid sa Timog Katagalugan (Kasama-TK) held a golf session this morning in front of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Elliptical Road in Quezon City to call for urgent resignation of agrarian reform secretary Nasser Pangandaman.  full article »

Quezon City, Philippines- “All we want is a piece of land that we can till and call our own. But what we got from them the state was bullets.”

Twenty two years after the bloody carnage, relatives of the infamous Mendiola Massacre said they want to move on and continue with what their husbands and relatives pursued two decades ago, but the horrible event kept on visiting them like day-to-day nightmares.  full article »

The militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP, Peasant Movement of the Philippines) criticized the Department of Justice as it acted as the law firm of suspected drug pushers “Alabang Boys” in the recent House oversight committee hearings defending the quick dismissal of their case, while it acts as ruthless prosecutor on peasant activists such as KMP Deputy Secretary-General for External Affairs Randall Echanis.  full article »