Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), on Thursday, June 9, strongly condemned the “harassment” aimed at farmers and advocates at Barangay Tinang, Concepcion in Tarlac. Sugarcane farmers (Manila Bulletin File Photo) On Thursday, at least 150 members of the farmers’ group Malayang Kilusang...
President Duterte has signed Executive Order (EO) No. 172, implementing the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan (CFIDP), as he cited the need to increase coconut farmers' overall productivity and income. Farmers unhusk coconuts in a remote villages of Piklt, the top coconut producer in...
Local farmers stood their ground reiterating that the P20 per kilo rice promise will not happen under the national government’s existing land reform program. (Manila Bulletin File Photo) Farmers’ group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), on Tuesday, June 7, slammed the Department of...
The provincial government of Bulacan and the Department of Agriculture (DA) distributed a total of 462 free-range chickens to 66 Bulakenyo farmers during the Animal Distribution Program held in the capitol compound of the City of Malolos on Thursday, June 2. The local government said 212 of the...
Two years after the Covid-19 pandemic shut down human activity around the globe, the world can’t wait to get back to “normal.” And while we all know that there is no going back to the way the world was before the pandemic, many people seem determined to try, much to everyone’s detriment....
President-elect Bongbong Marcos has underscored the importance of the agriculture sector especially with the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic to the Philippines. President-elect Bongbong Marcos (BBM Media Office) "We should really learn our lessons from the pandemic. Huwag nating pababayaan yan...
LUNA, Apayao -- The Department of Agrarian Reform-Cordillera Administrative Region (DAR-CAR) turned over P1.2M worth of Farm Machineries and Equipment (FME) to 140 Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARB) under 4 ARB Organizations last May 19, 2022 at the ECBJR Multi-Purpose Building & Evacuation...
Peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), on Sunday, May 15, said that they will continuously fight against disinformation, adding that they look forward to intensifying the work of making the truth prevail. The statement came after Vice President (VP) Leni Robredo’s thanksgiving...
The city government of Las Piñas launched the “Kadiwa Sa Pamahalaan Tuloy-tuloy na Serbisyo sa Agri-Negosyo” to help farmers and fishermen in selling their goods at lower prices. Mayor Imelda Aguilar said the program was launched on Friday, May 13, at the Las Piñas Admin Building from 8:00...
Farmers’ group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) on Friday, May 13, joined the “Black Friday protest” held in front of the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) where the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) Canvassing Center is located. (Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas) The...
Vice Presidential candidate and Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan is not about to give up just yet. Senator Francis Pangilinan (Photo from Team Kiko) Pangilinan, who is the running mate of Vice President Leni Robredo, said the truth will always prevail, as he refused to bow out of the fight....
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- Some 6,000 farmers and fisherfolk in Benguet province are set to receive at least P29,342,000 worth of cash assistance and fuel discount from the Department of Agriculture-Cordillera Administrative Region (DA-CAR). Photo courtesy of Rizaldy Comanda The assistance is part of...
