The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) has appealed for the release of detained peasant leader Joseph Canlas who was rushed to a hospital on Saturday night, May 8, after experiencing difficulty in breathing.
Photo courtesy of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP). In a statement issued
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MANILA – A very bad case of déjà vu.
This is how Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas Chairperson Danilo Ramos described in a statement the ongoing government response – a year into the world’s longest and strictest lockdown.
On March 17, Filipino progressives marched to the Commission on Human Rights to assail President Rodrigo Duterte’s inefficient pandemic response and to press for a P10,000 (US$205) monthly financial aid for the poor. Ramos said that the country seems to be back to square one, with the rising cases of COVID-19 and the implementation of a stricter lockdown.
“Duterte failed. Duque failed. They should be held accountable,” Ramos said.
Amid the rising number of new infections and the detection of coronavirus variants in the country, a farmers’ group said Tuesday, March 16, that the country is “back to square one” a year after the government first imposed a lockdown due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
“We are in a very crucial time, and our pork producers are in such vulnerable state, if the DA and the Duterte regime rely too much on importation now to unreliably lower prices, millions of small hog raisers are bound to go bankrupt and close permanently. Only increased local production can sustainably lower pork prices."