Archive - 2010

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NFA urged to file criminal raps against GMA, Yap on rice over importation

The peasant activist group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), the multisectoral alliance Bantay Bigas and the Katipunan ng mga Samahang Magbubukid ng Timog Katagalugan (Kasama-TK) on Friday urged  full article »

Prosecute Arroyo and Yap on rice over-importation, peasants urge Noynoy

The left-leaning Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP, Peasant Movement of the Philippines) urged president Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino to prosecute those who benefitted from over-importation of rice  full article »

Groups call for immediate release of peasant leader from Eastern Visayas

The militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP, Peasant Movement of the Philippines) and Tanggol Magsasaka (Peasant Network for Land, Justice and Human Rights) called for the immediate release of  full article »

Peasants can’t find the text “land reform” on Noynoy’s SONA transcript

After hearing the first State of the Nation Address (SONA) of president Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino, peasants belonging to the militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP, Peasant Movement of the P  full article »

Aquino told on his 1st SONA: Give up Luisita, distribute other haciendas

Farmers from three prominent haciendas in Southern Tagalog and Central Luzon that include farm workers from Hacienda Luisita urged President Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III to give up his famil  full article »

Hacienda Yulo farmers asked Aquino: Don’t evade land reform in SONA

Fifteen Hacienda Yulo farmers in Barangay Canlubang, Calamba City in Laguna now on their second day of fast today urged President Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III not to evade the issue of land  full article »

Defense secretary, Noynoy’s AFP chief still silent on Oplan Bantay Laya -- farmer groups

Around 150 peasant activists staged a caravan of several jeeps from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) national office in Quezon to the Camp Aguinaldo this morning to press Defense Secretary Volt  full article »