In his budget speech, lasting for 2 hours, Mr. Chidambaram, the finance minister, with undoubted eloquence talked much about the poverty to equity, churned out thoughts and principles of taxing the rich, empowering women and youth, enabling the children, including the poor. However, if one looks at his principles and promises on one hand and […]
Farmers belonging to the Alyansa ng mga Manggagawang Bukid sa Asyenda Luisita and its mother federation the Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura today told the Agrarian Reform Secretary Virgilio Delos Reyes to proceed with the auditing of Hacienda Luisita Inc, books of record.
In a statement UMA Secretary General Rodel Mesa said that “DAR Secretary […]
Since 1978, the Bangladesh Agricultural Farm Labour Federation (BAFLF) has been working relentlessly to establish the rights and demands of the agricultural workers, agricultural farm workers and rural workers. Prior to the establishment of BAFLF, the minimum wage for agricultural labour was Bangladeshi Taka (BDT) 5.00 or US$ 0.06 per day, and they perform their […]
Manila, Philippines – Residents of Bagocboc and Tingalan in Misamis Oriental, Mindanao, particularly those affiliated with Pangalasag – a local organisation of indigenous Higaonons which has been very vocal against the establishment and expansion of a palm oil plantation in their area, continue to face injustice at the hands of the government authorities.
Pangalasag members reported […]
Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific today launched an international petition aimed at immediately stopping the landgrabbing activities of A Brown, a Philippine oil palm plantation company, which since 2010 has displaced an indigenous farming community in Opol, Misamis Oriental in Southern Philippines.
A report entitled “The Real Trespassers: Landgrabbing in the Name of Palm […]
The militant peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) today welcomed the Supreme Court decision affirming the distribution of Hacienda Luisita to farmworker beneficiaries.
“The SupremeCourt decision is a big leap forward for the Luisita farmworkers and theFilipino peasantry’s life-and-death struggle for genuine agrarian reform,” says Randall Echanis, KMP deputy secretary general.
“Their (Luisitafarmers) victory will serve […]
Human Development Organization (HDO), Sri Lanka
The Government Proposed Private Sector Employees’ Pension Scheme made the country face protests of gigantic proportion. Though the bill has been withdrawn at present, it should be noted that it created condition for the government to face opposition from various quarters. This makes it necessary to have a clear understanding […]
Solidarity messages from various international groups poured for the Buffalo-Tamaraw-Limus farmers as Hunglos Solidarity Mission kicks off today. These messages generally supported the on-going protest of the BTL farmers to contest the Central Mindanao University claim over 400 hectares of land in Maramag, Bukidnon.
“So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the […]
WE ARE NOT SQUATTERS! In contrast to the statements of Central Mindanao University, we have every right to claim the land as our own. The 400 hectares of land is where we have founded our homes and livelihood.
Tracing the landholdings of Central Mindanao University, their land title for the 3,080 hectares the campus sits on […]
On June 14 at around 10:30 in the morning, the kampuhan set up by the Buffalo-Tamaraw-Limus (BTL) in front of the Central Mindanao University in Dologon, Maramag, Bukidnon, was dismantled by the security guards hired by the university, assaulting protesters keeping guard over their camp.
Around 15 guards, from the security agency Chevron, were headed by […]