Araneta guards fire guns at farmers in SJDM
Armed security personnel employed by the powerful Araneta family fired guns at a group of farmers and supporters conducting a fact-finding mission in San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan on Friday morning.
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The choices Filipino farmers make
By JUSTIN UMALI SANTA ROSA, Laguna – Rommy Torres is a farmer in Sitio Compra, Barangay San Mateo, Norzagaray, Bulacan. He was a quiet man who cultivated bananas and other root crops. Last year, agents from Royal Moluccan Realty Holdings, inc. fenced off 75.5...
Armed goons threaten families, ransack homes in Hacienda Yulo
Farmers in Buntog have been struggling for decades to assert their rights to the land, which they and their ancestors have lived in since 1911.