Land and Resources
Agricultural Workers Condemn Duterte’s Intensifying War against Peasants
The Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (UMA) today decried the Duterte regime’s intensifying war against peasants including agricultural workers.
According to UMA Secretary General John Milton “Butch” Lozande, the military under the 8th IBPA illegally mass arrested additional 6 women farm workers on July 3, 2018 in Brgy. New Eden, Pangantucan, Bukidnon.
They were accused by […]
Bring to justice the killers of Filipino farm worker leader, end impunity
Joint statement
PAN Asia Pacific (PANAP) and Coalition of Agricultural Workers International (CAWI)
We strongly condemn the recent killing of another farm worker leader in the Philippines. On June 27, Julius Broce Barellano died of gunshot wounds. Mr. Barellano was the chairperson of Hacienda Medina Farm Workers Association in Negros island in central Philippines. He was also […]
Slave Like Wages Push Sugar Workers Out of the Industry
Slave like wages of sugar field workers push them out of the industry to seek higher paying jobs. This is what Department of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol and especially Negros Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr., who is also a haciendero (landlord) failed to mention why there is a shortage of sugar field workers.
Read more here: https://umapilipinas.wordpress.com/2018/03/15/slave-like-wages-push-sugar-workers-out-of-the-industry/
Agricultural Workers Condemn Terrorist Listing of its Officer and Members
The Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (UMA) and National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW) condemn the terrorist listing by the Duterte regime on 600 persons including five members of Kaisahan-Batangas, among which is an officer of the NFSW. Kaisahan is a member of UMA.
Read more here: https://umapilipinas.wordpress.com/2018/03/12/agricultural-workers-condemn-terrorist-listing-of-its-officer-and-members/
Duterte’s TRAIN to Exacerbate Crisis in Philippine Sugar Industry
President Duterte’s Tax Reform Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Law is expected to exacerbate the crisis in the Philippine Sugar Industry.
This will surely lead to further impovershipment of sugar field and mill workers. A genuine agrarian reform program and national industrialization are the only remedies for the ailing industry and for ensuring the growth of the […]
#NoLandNoLife | An appeal to stop killing farmers, Lumad fighting land grabs, and pursue peace to address land issue as cause of conflict in the Philippines
As working closely with farmers and farmworkers’ groups and human rights advocates in the Philippines, we are alarmed by what appears to be an escalation of the attacks against leaders of rural communities fighting for their land and rights.
Since the start of the year, unknown assailants have killed five people already for reasons that could […]
More peasant killings surface as slain farmworkers’ leader buried in Negros
BACOLOD CITY – Hundreds of farmers and sugar workers marched the streets of Murcia, Negros Occidental to call for justice for slain peasant leader Alexander Ceballos, who was killed by suspected paramilitary elements last January 20.
Members of the National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW), Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) […]
“We, launch unended campaign till we win” say the leaders of Northern Province Fisher Peoples’ Unity
The Leaders of NPFPU whom met their monthly meeting on Tuesday have decided to launch unending campaign on Indian Trawler issue and to find ways to address issues faced by the fishing communities. While organizing campaign they expect to propose a development plan which the fishers drafted last few months coĺlectively.
Most interestingly, the fisher leaders […]
AGRA: Land Monopoly of Large Plantations, Source of Smog Problem in Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia – The smog engulfing several provinces in Kalimantan and Sumatra Islands are already at threatening levels causing the death of a minor last 10 September 2015.
The pollutant fumes have caused decreased air quality and an increase in number of Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) cases in several communities. Each year, there is an increase […]
Haciendero gov’t allots billions for sugar barons, zero for starving workers
Agricultural workers under the national federation Unyon ng mga Mangggagawa sa Agrikultura (UMA) slammed President BS Aquino’s alter-egos at the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) for dangling billions of pesos in public funds to finance sugar block farms, a new devious scheme favoring business interests […]