GUIMBA, Nueva Ecija – Ten members of the Liga ng Manggagawang Bukid (LMB) renounced support to the Alyansang Magbubukid sa Gitnang Luzon (AMGL) under the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) on Wednesday, January 17. The police and military conducted a special intelligence operation in Barangay...
GUIMBA, Nueva Ecija – Ten members of the Liga ng Mangagawang Bukid sa Gitnang Luzon (LMB-AMGL) under the Kilusan ng Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) withdrew support to Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front in Barangay Nagpandayan here on Wednesday,...
(Photo from Mark Balmores / Manila Bulletin file) The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), Amihan National Federation of Peasant Women and food security advocates on Tuesday, Sept. 26 protested alongside various farmer organizations and agricultural stakeholders to demand the removal of Finance...
The Kilusang Mambubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) on Tuesday, Sept. 19 expressed doubts about the National Food Authority’s (NFA) newly set buying price of P23 for unhusked rice (palay). Photo credit to Mark Balmores The NFA council, chaired by President Marcos Jr., had set a new palay buying...
Peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) has urged the government to impose an "urgent price freeze" on agricultural products in areas severely affected by typhoon Egay. Dingras, Ilocos Norte (Photo courtesy of Domenic Daoang and Ryan Paul Bagalayos) "Retail prices of rice, vegetables,...
Peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) slammed the current administration's proposed national food stamp program, citing it as a sign of "sheer incompetence in addressing the food crisis." (Photo courtesy of Juan Carlo de Vela | MB ) "Please do not treat Filipinos as beggars seeking...
Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) on Monday, May 22, expressed its opposition against the looming approval in the third and final reading of House Bill 8162, or the National Land Use Bill. Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas, KADAMAY, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, Kalikasan, and other groups lead a...
Large-scale agricultural smuggling, hoarding, profiteering, and related acts should be considered "heinous crime," Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) said in a statement. Courtesy of Bureau of Customs "No one is having a day in court. Worse, the ring leaders behind such vile acts can continue...
Progressive groups called on the national government to grant “much-needed” production subsidies for small scale farmers and fishers amid the looming El Niño. (Unsplash) For peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), it is “high time” for the Department of Agriculture to grant...
Progressive groups Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) are set to stage a protest on Friday, April 28, to reiterate its calls for wage increase and to demand the lowering of the prices of basic commodities across the archipelago. This call of action will be held at the...
Peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) denounced the National Food Authority’s (NFA) proposal to import at least 330,000 metric tons of rice in hopes of addressing the projected shortage in local rice production. For KMP, the national government’s solution heading towards this...
For Filipino farmers, hybrid seeds are no longer needed for the country to achieve rice self-sufficiency. Peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) hit the national government’s plan to maximize the use of hybrid seeds, calling it “more disadvantageous than helpful.” (Manila...
