November 2008

Still Fighting for the Land They Till

They came from different places. One farmers’ group tries to eke out a living farming the land they have been tilling in Bukidnon in Mindanao, and the other farmers’ group is in Nueva Ecija in Central Luzon. They may be miles apart, but their stories are the same. A land that was almost theirs

Florentino Macote, Jr. is president of the Buffalo Tamaraw Limus Farmers’ Association (BTL) in Bgy. Musuan Dulogon, Maramag, Bukidnon. He is among the 378 farmers tilling the 400 hectares of land inside the Central Mindanao University (CMU).

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By Bulatlat and KMP
Campaigns: 
Genuine Agrarian Reform

APC applauds the acquittal of Irene Fernandez

Media Release: November 25, 2008

The Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) today proudly congratulates its Vice-Chairperson for External Affairs, Irene Fernandez for finally being acquitted of the charges against her. The scheduled court appeals hearing which resumed on November 24 and scheduled until November 28 was surprisingly cut short when Judge Mohamad Apandi Ali announced his decision which disregarded Irene’s 2003 conviction.

Reference: 

Danilo Ramos APC Secretary General (telephone no: +632-9284184)