April 2012

Asian farmers want plans for destructive dam in East India dump

 

Manila : Philippines | Apr 26, 2012 at 6:23 AM PDT

BY GerryAlbert 

Farmer groups from different parts of South and Southeast Asia spearheaded a global campaign against what they called as destructive dam in East India.

The Manila-based Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) urged the Indian central government in New Delhi to revoke plans to build Tipaimukh dam in Borak River East India.

Source: 
Asian farmers want plans for destructive dam in East India dump

Legislators ask Armed Forces to pull out troops in Luisita [Philippines]

Thu, 04/26/2012 - 12:31 -- apc secretariat

 

http://businessmirror.com.ph/home/nation/26367-legislators-ask-armed-forces-to-pull-out-troops-in-luisita

MILITANT legislators on Thursday called for the immediate and unconditional pullout of all military personnel in Hacienda Luisita, even as they proposed a collective ownership and cultivation of the lands by more than 6,296 farmworker-beneficiaries (FWBs) and transform it into a model farm community following the Supreme Court (SC) ruling with finality on the distribution of the sugar plantation in Tarlac owned by the family of President Aquino.

APC congratulates Luisita farmers' victory, Calls for immediate free distribution of land

 

The Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) congratulates the Hacienda Luisita farmers for their  victory in their decades-old struggle  against the family of President Benigno Aquino as the Supreme Court ruled in their favor today.

The court affirmed its November 2011 ruling ordering distribution of the 4,916 hectares of Hacienda Luisita and rejecting offers of shares of stock.

Reference: 

Zenaida Soriano

AMIHAN National Chairperson  and

APC CC Member

 

Randal Echanis

KMP Deputy Secretary General

President Aquino hit for inaction on farmers’ demand to raise palay prices; Despite bountiful harvest, traders buy palay at P10 to P12 per kilo [Philippines]

Wed, 04/18/2012 - 07:54 -- apc secretariat

April 17, 2012 -   The militant peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) today trooped to Mendiola Bridge in Manila and assailed President Aquino for his inaction on rice farmers’ demand to increase the buying price of palay to P20 per kilo.

KMP spokesperson Antonio Flores said “it’s already harvest time and the Aquino government remain deaf on our demand to increase the farmgate prices of palay to P20 per kilo.”

Farmers to Aquino: “Your job is to turn-over coco funds, not use it” [Philippines]

Wed, 04/18/2012 - 07:50 -- apc secretariat

April 12, 2012  -  The militant peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and the Kaisahang Pambansa ng mga Magsasaka sa Koprahan (KOPRAHAN) today demanded the Aquino government to “immediately pave the way for the return of the coco levy funds and assets to small coconut farmers and not to use it at will.”

Coco farmers wants the principal, not just dividends, to break Danding control [Philippines]

Wed, 04/18/2012 - 07:42 -- apc secretariat

Manila, Philippines, March 26, 2012  -- “Enough is enough. The government have long been benefiting from the coconut levy funds and, at the same time, pseudo-coconut farmers’ have made a fortune by representing the funds in San Miguel Corp. (SMC) and the United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB).”

Thus, said the militant peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and the Kaisahang Pambansa ng mga Magsasaka sa Koprahan (Koprahan) today saying that “the Presidential Commission on Good Government and pseudo-coconut farmer-leaders’ representation in SMC and the UCPB failed to ensure the immediate return of the funds to small coconut farmers.”