Hacienda Luisita farmworkers assert collective ownership at DAR info drive Hacienda Luisita farmworkers and Central Luzon farmers protest at SC En Banc Session in Baguio City. (Photo by AMGL)
The regional farmers group Alyansa ng mga Magbubukid sa Gitnang Luson (Amgl, Farmers’ Alliance in Central Luzon) and its chapter Alyansa ng Manggagawang Bukid sa Asyenda Luisita (Ambala, Farmworkers’ Alliance in Hacienda Luisita) asserted at the information drive activity of the Dept. of Agrarian Reform (DAR) that the 4,915-hectare agricultural lands should be distributed collectively in contrast with other groups connected to the Cojuangco-Aquino family demanding “individual” distribution. “We demand that DAR issue a collective certificate of land ownership award or CLOA and not individual CLOAs as the latter would definitely lead to re-concentration of lands to the control of the Cojuangco-Aquinos,” Felix Nacpil said, Ambala chairperson. Read more Luisita farmers assert collective ownership, slam DAR’s delaying tactics
The regional farmers’ group Alyansa ng mga Magbubukid sa Gitnang Luson (Amgl, Farmers’ Alliance in Central Luzon) and its chapter Alyansa ng Manggagawang Bukid sa Asyenda Luisita (Ambala, Farmworkers’ Alliance in Hacienda Luisita) asserted that the 4,915 hectares remaining agricultural land of Hacienda Luisita should be immediately distributed to the 6,296 farmworker-beneficiaries (FWB) for free. Amgl and Ambala also slammed the Dept. of Agrarian Reform for delaying the process and sowing confusion among farmworkers when it pronounced that the alleged 4,206 FWBs who sided with the Stock Distribution Plan (SDP) the Cojuangco-Aquinos are claiming should be entitled to “just compensation.” Read more
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Farmers demand to increase price of palay to P20 per kg, stop to oil price hike
Farmers belonging to Alyansa ng mga Magbubukid sa Gitnang Luson (Amgl, Farmers’ Alliance in Central Luzon) and Anakpawis Partylist – Central Luzon chapter protested in Angeles City, Pampanga to demand an increase in the price of palay (unhusked rice) to P20 per kilogram level. The groups also called for the immediate stop to incessant oil price hikes, removal of the value-added tax (VAT) on oil products and junking of the Oil Deregulation Law. Read more
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Farmers demand cessation of mining operations in Sta. Cruz, Zambales
Mining in Sta. Cruz, Zambales. (Photo by AMGL)
Farmers belonging to Alyansa ng mga Magbubukid sa Gitnang Luson (Amgl, Farmers’ Alliance in Central Luzon) and Movement for the Protection of Environment (Move Now!) called to the immediate cessation of mining operations in Sta. Cruz town in Zambales. Move Now! and its member organizations Agapan ang Kaligtasan at Kabuhayan (AGAP) – Zambales, SAGIP Zambales conducted a fact-finding mission on March 12 to 13 to validate the ill-effects of mining operations to the people of Sta. Cruz. Amgl, Anakpawis Partylist and other cause-oriented groups joined the said activity and confirmed that the mining operations have affected the environment, their livelihood and their health. The mission also identified the corporations who are operating such as Benguetcorp Nickel Mines, Inc. and its contractor D. M. Consunji, Inc. (DMCI), Eramen Minerals, Inc., Shangfil Mining and Trading Corp., Filipinas Mining Corp., PhilAsia and Loren and Leoni (LnL). Read more
Farmers, indigenous people oppose Alabamas dam project in Pangasinan
Farmers, indigenous people belonging to No to Alabamas Movement and Alyansa ng mga Magbubukid sa Gitnang Luson (AMGL, Peasant Alliance of Central Luzon) opposed the planned construction of Alabamas dam that would displace thousands of farmers, indigenous people. Alabamas stands for Alaminos, Bani, Mabini and Sual, western towns of Pangasinan. Read more
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Fact-finding Mission on Aurora Pacific Economic Zone (APECO)
The concrete and ongoing effects of APECO are located in Parcel 1 covering Brgy. Esteves and Dibet. Farmers have been victims of land grabbing and displacement that gave way to the expansion of the airstrip, construction of the administration building, entrance plaza and more. There are also 450 farmer families (are) targeted to be displaced. Read more
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Farmers' Struggle in Nueva Ecija
Nueva Ecija is publicly known as the rice-granary of the Philippines. Its vast agricultural lands are cultivated with rice that farmers consider their main source of livelihood. Rice cultivation is also the culture of Nueva Ecija farmers. The province’ 158,269-hectare rice lands ranked 2nd in the country, but irrigated lands of 119,459-hectares are the biggest among provinces. Read more
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