(Photo from Amihan)
The Amihan National Federation of Peasant Women, Rural Women Advocates (RUWA) and all-Filipina independent publisher Gantala Press launched “Lutong Gipit: Mga Recipe sa Panahon ng Krisis” featuring recipes from peasant women and mothers from Cavite, Laguna, Iloilo, and Rizal.
“The farmers’ families are very hungry and until now Duterte has no concrete solution to solve it. The majority of farmers receive little to no assistance. Most of them only eat once or twice a day or sometimes nothing at all,” Amihan National Chairpersons Zenaida Soriano said.
Amihan said the book highlighted the plight of poor peasant families and the struggle for a three-day meal day due to loss of livelihood and increasing prices of basic commodities.
Zenaida Soriano, Amihan national chairperson, denounced the freeze order saying that it was arbitrary and they were not given a chance to answer the allegations against them.
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Farmers blame Duterte administration for death of peasant leader
By EMILY VITAL
MANILA Peasant leader Joseph Canlas died around 7 a.m. today at the Jose B. Lingad Hospital in San Fernando, Pampanga, according to Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-Central Luzon.
Canlas, 59, chairperson of Alyansa ng Magbubukid sa Gitnang Luson, showed symptoms of COVID-19 on May 7. The result of his swab test has not been released as of this writing.
Canlas was arrested March 30 during simultaneous raids in Central Luzon. He was charged with illegal possession of firearms and exposives and detained at Camp Olivas in Pampanga.
9 dead as police crackdown vs activists in Southern Tagalog
Updated Mar 8, 2021 5:08:00 PM
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endIndex: Fishers group PAMALAKAYA, Anakpawis, and peasant groups gather at the Commission on Human Rights to condemn the deadly crackdown in Southern Tagalog. The Sunday bloody carnage killed known activist leaders, and arrested many other progressives.
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 8) The Philippine National Police reported that nine people were killed in separate operations in Calabarzon provinces on Sunday. At least seven of the dead were identified by human rights group Karapatan as members of progressive and indigenous groups.
The crackdown took place two days after President Rodrigo Duterte said he told the military and police who encounter armed communist rebels to make sure they kill them.
9 dead as police crackdown vs activists in Southern Tagalog
Updated Mar 8, 2021 5:08:00 PM
enablePagination: false
endIndex: Fishers group PAMALAKAYA, Anakpawis, and peasant groups gather at the Commission on Human Rights to condemn the deadly crackdown in Southern Tagalog. The Sunday bloody carnage killed known activist leaders, and arrested many other progressives.
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 8) The Philippine National Police reported that nine people were killed in separate operations in Calabarzon provinces on Sunday. At least seven of the dead were identified by human rights group Karapatan as members of progressive and indigenous groups.
The crackdown took place two days after President Rodrigo Duterte said he told the military and police who encounter armed communist rebels to make sure they kill them.