farmers

Kampuhan, kalsada, pakikibaka – Oktubre 2025

October 20, 2025

Sa ilalim ng mga trapal sa gilid ng kalsada
‘Sansaglit naki-umpukan, sa kanila nakiisa
Nilahad ng matatanda kanilang pagdurusa
Mababang pasahod, alipin ng Hacienda.

The 2025 elections shall be a game-changer. It shall make us learn the hard way that real democratic change through elections will come when we find policymakers and leaders who are working with the poor in their daily difficulties, in their struggles for a better nation.

Why farmers in SJDM are under attack

July 5, 2024

Farming communities in San Jose Del Monte have become vital sources of agricultural products for Metro Manila. They have established their residence, economy, and self-sustaining organizations over the years. But trouble would always come to this seeming paradise.

Stop militarizing farm communities; support green producers–IBON

June 22, 2024

The government should be held accountable for the recent attack against farmer leader Ronnie Manalo and the long-standing militarization of SJDM farming communities that undermines not just the right to till but also the right to food security.

Farmers, fisherfolk remain poorest in 2021

March 31, 2023

The main sectors that feed the nation remain the poorest in the nation due to long-time government neglect. The Marcos administration can raise incomes and secure their livelihoods by ensuring substantial production support and assistance.

Rediscovering our traditional and indigenous knowledge in agriculture

September 15, 2021

To rediscover is such an apt word for our traditional and indigenous knowledge in agriculture – it is there, but we have gone through episodes of collective memory loss. Such loss can be directly traced to the rise of modern capitalism.

Why Negros?

August 21, 2019

BY ROSARIO GUZMAN

All over the Philippines, 207 peasants have already been killed as of March 31 since the start of the Duterte administration – 50 of the killings occurred in Negros. Three of the 15 peasant massacres nationwide happened in the island, claiming 29 out of 31 precious farmers’ lives.