Neda memo to Aquino sign of rice supply shortfall
By Delfin Mallari Jr.The government’s rice self-sufficiency mantra is only a “myth,” an official of the militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) said.
The government’s rice self-sufficiency mantra is only a “myth,” an official of the militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) said.
Peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) on Wednesday filed a plunder complaint in the Office of the Ombudsman against President Aquino and several others, including Janet Lim-Napoles, over the misuse of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).
No wonder Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala had described as “classified” the list of accredited nongovernment organizations (NGOs) allowed to receive pork barrel funds for livelihood under the Department of Agriculture (DA).
Militant farmers are demanding that the government act on what they said was the artificial shortage of rice as calls for Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala started to ring over his department’s alleged failure to meet government targets for rice sufficiency.
A congressman and participants of a fact-finding mission in Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac were arrested by local police on Tuesday, said Anakpawis partylist in a statement.
A militant farmers group on Sunday asked Congress to investigate increasing rice prices allegedly caused by “artificial palay shortage” and overpriced rice importations.
Protesters began to arrive near Ever Gotesco Commonwealth in Quezon City as early as 5 a.m. Monday when President Benigno Aquino III delivers his fourth State of the Nation Address.
The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas on Monday said that “the ongoing deceptive raffle draw instigated by President Aquino’s DAR [Department of Agrarian Reform] in Hacienda Luisita is all for show” in time for President Aquino’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) and forms part of a grand scheme by the Cojuangcos to perpetuate control over the lands.”
The militant peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) on Thursday condemned the arrest of activist Aris Sarmiento, saying Sarmiento is a KMP consultant helping in the campaign for the return of coco levy funds to farmers, not a “high value” rebel leader as the military claimed.
It’s the “strongest testament” to Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco Jr. and the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos’ purported plunder of the coco levy funds.
The militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and the Coco Levy Funds Ibalik sa Amin (Claim) movement on Sunday asked the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) to support their call to the government to return the P70-billion coconut levy fund to the farmers.
Some 400 farmers massed in front of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Quezon City, voicing their demands for the fulfillment of a promise, but the 25th anniversary of the celebrated land-to-the-tiller program yesterday went largely unnoticed.
The Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) has valued each hectare of land in Hacienda Luisita at P67,957.21, which is higher than the P40,000 computed using the 1989 valuation prescribed by the Supreme Court, a farm leader said on Monday.
