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[Press Release] New Data on CARP/ER Distribution Accomplishments Highly Questionable— farmers’ coalition calls for an independent audit; for the completion of the agrarian reform program -Focus on the Global South

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New Data on CARP/ER Distribution Accomplishments Highly Questionable— farmers’ coalition calls for an independent audit; for the completion of the agrarian reform program The Save Agrarian Reform Alliance (SARA), a peasant-led umbrella coalition of people’s organizations, NGOs and human rights organizations, challenged the newly released Agricultural Indicators Systems by the Philippine Statistics Authority. The data which came from the Department

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[Urgent Action] Philippines: Right to food of 6,212 farmers threatened despite the issuance of land titles -FIAN

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Philippines: Right to food of 6,212 farmers threatened despite the issuance of land titles Beginning of Action: 19 February 2014  End of Action: 17 April 2014 After a decades-long struggle for the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program, the farmworker beneficiaries of Hacienda Luisita were finally awarded land titles – the Certificates of Land Ownership Awards by the Department

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[Urgent Action] Harassment Against Resident-Farmers and Aeta IP Group in Porac Pampanga -TFDP

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Urgent Action November 20, 2013 (PHILIPPINES) Harassment Against Resident-Farmers and Aeta IP Group in Porac Pampanga Issues: Harassment, Threat and Intimidation; Forced Eviction; Damaged to Property; Denied of Means of Subsistence Dear friends, The Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) is forwarding to you an appeal regarding the harassment and intimidation against resident-farmers of Hacienda Dolores in Porac, Province

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[From the web] On the 25th Year of CARP, farmers demand justice -Kilos Ka

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On the 25th Year of CARP, farmers demand justice With the theme “ Security of Land Tenure, Justice for the Farmers”, various civil society organizations- the Kilusang Maralita sa Kanayunan (KILOS KA), the Demokratikong Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (DKMP)-Lanao, the Mindanao Peoples’ Peace Movement (MPPM), and the Lanao Fisheries Advocacy Network (LFAN)- converged and launched series of activities in Lanao

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[In the news] Audit of Hacienda Luisita firm runs late -INQUIRER.net

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Audit of Hacienda Luisita firm runs late Philippine Daily Inquirer May 20, 2013 CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—A leader of a farmers’ group has accused the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) of sabotaging the audit ordered by the Supreme Court (SC) on the financial status of Hacienda Luisita Inc. (HLI) after the process was delayed by more than a year. The

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[Press Release] Anti-APECO Marchers celebrate gains from 370-km protest walk in March Declaration, urge swift fulfillment of President and Cabinet’s promises -Task Force Anti-APECO

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Lakad Katarungan, Lakad Matuwid na Daan Anti-APECO Marchers celebrate gains from 370-km protest walk in March Declaration, urge swift fulfillment of President and Cabinet’s promises “Sa Matuwid na Daan, pangako’y di tinatalikuran.” 26 days after departing by foot from Casiguran, the 120 marchers protesting the implementation of the Aurora Pacific Economic Zone (APECO) are finally returning to their homes in

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[From the web] Farmers occupy DAR Secretary’s office, urge Aquino to sack delos Reyes | Task Force Mapalad

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Farmers occupy DAR Secretary’s office, urge Aquino to sack delos Reyes | Task Force Mapalad. 14 Dec 2012 – MORE THAN 100 FARMERS belonging to Task Force Mapalad (TFM) occupied the office of Agrarian Reform Secretary Virgilio de los Reyes at noon today, December 14 and asked President Aquino to replace him. The farmers from Negros Occidental, Davao Oriental, Bukidnon

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[In the news] ‘Dummy’ Luisita beneficaries named -INQUIRER.net

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‘Dummy’ Luisita beneficaries named By DJ Yap, Philippine Daily Inquirer November 10, 2012 Militant farmers on Friday named five people included in the preliminary list of Hacienda Luisita who they claimed were actually working in the horse stables of President Aquino’s relatives. Responding to the challenge of Agrarian Secretary Virgilio delos Reyes, farmers belonging to the leftist Kilusang Magbubukid ng

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[In the news] Luisita farmers to next SC chief: Don’t tamper with land distribution order -PhilStar.com

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Luisita farmers to next SC chief: Don’t tamper with land distribution order By Rhodina Villanueva , The Philippine Star August 14, 2012 Manila, Philippines – Hacienda Luisita farmers called on the next Supreme Court chief justice not to tamper with its April 24 decision that ordered the distribution of the controversial sugar estate to its farm worker beneficiaries. UMA secretary-general

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[Statement] We condemn in the strongest terms the killing of one of our own–Ka Moises Fuentes – HRD-Pilipinas

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We condemn in the strongest terms the killing of one of our own–Ka Moises Fuentes The murder of Fuentes is a great loss in the agrarian sector specifically in advancing the rights and welfare of farmers in Bukidnon. Ka Moises , a member of Human Rights Defenders Pilipinas-Bukidnon chapter and a local leader of a farmers organization was gunned down

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