agrarian reform and rural development
US MCC to hurt PH economy more—IBON
November 15, 2017
The Philippines will be more incapable of building and protecting its own industries and economy under another Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) grant from the United States. Research group IBON said this in light of the recent agreement between US president Donald Trump and Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte to strengthen socio-economic ties in their Association of […]
#CASERGoals: Opportunity for real economic reforms should not be missed
May 28, 2017
IBON Features– The Duterte administration’s reported withdrawal from the scheduled fifth round of peace negotiations with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) risks missing a golden opportunity for meaningful economic reforms benefiting tens of millions of Filipinos. The peace talks have seen slow but steady progress to disrupt the status quo and overhaul […]
Addressing the rampage of land use conversion
April 27, 2017
The land-to-the-tiller clamour mounts. This, amid the recent spate of farmers’ killings and other forms of military attacks against peasant communities nationwide. These human rights violations have escalated even after both panels of the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) have acknowledged in the on-going peace talks the country’s agrarian problem […]
Ensure Luisita distribution to show resolve in land reform, peace – IBON
April 18, 2017
IBON today urged the Duterte administration to ensure the distribution of the Hacienda Luisita and provide support services to farmers to show its resolve in firming up free land distribution as the basic principle of genuine agrarian reform during the last round of peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). The […]
