(Penang, Malaysia) – The Coalition of Agricultural Workers International (CAWI) concludes a two-day Congress in Penang today, (5-6 September 2013), where matters relevant to agricultural workers were discussed. Participants came from the Asia Pacific, Africa, and North America.
Health and environmental problems caused by pesticide exposure and the more vulnerable sectors like women and migrant workers, […]
Farm workers of Hacienda Luisita belonging to Alyansa ng mga Manggagawang Bukid sa Asyenda Luisita (AMBALA) and United Luisita Workers Union (ULWU) walked-out of a meeting organized by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Tarlac City on July 16, 2013.
According to AMBALA acting chairperson Florida “Pong” Sibayan, “it was obvious that DAR was railroading […]
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 […]
MANILA, Philippines- Malacañang’s announcement that Agrarian Reform Secretary Virgilio de los Reyes continues to enjoy President Aquino’s confidence does not bode well for the farm worker beneficiaries (FWB’s) in Hacienda Luisita (HL). It only reinforces the perception of the FWB’s and their advocates that both are united in ensuring the non-distribution of HL lands.
Sec. de […]
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 […]
Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific (PAN AP) has just concluded an international fact-finding mission in Mindanao, Philippines where PAN AP and its partners intervened in land conflict case that involved a palm oil plantation company, A Brown. Based on the IFFM findings, the land belongs to the indigenous people and it was grabbed […]
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 […]