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...
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...
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...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo and her running mate vice presidential bet Senator Kiko Pangilinan gained another set of endorsements for the May 2022 polls, this time from over 150 farmer organizations and food security advocates across country. (Image courtesy of KMP) Ten days...
Peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng PIlipinas (KMP) refuted presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos’ promise to bring down rice prices to P20 per kilogram (kg). (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) “Why would we repeat another failure? But then again that pretty much sums up Marcos...
In time for Vice President Leni Robredo’s 57th birthday, peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) expressed their support to Robredo and her running mate Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan for the upcoming May 2022 polls. Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Kiko Pangilinan...
Farmers’ group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), on Thursday, April 7, expressed their support for Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Kiko Pangilinan amid the constant red-tagging against the tandem and the volunteers of Leni-Kiko people’s campaign. (Image courtesy of Kilusang...
Peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), on Monday, April 4, urged the government to revoke the biosafety permits granted to Golden Rice. (Image courtesy of Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas) “Today is the 62nd year anniversary of the (IRRI) in the Philippines. IRRI is among the main...
Peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), on Sunday, April 3, urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to “work double time” to address the ongoing Avian Influenza (AI) or bird flu outbreak in the Philippines, reiterating that the country has yet to recover from the African swine...
A total of 250 farmers from Hacienda Murcia and Hacienda Tinang in Capas, Tarlac and Zaragosa, Nueva Ecija attended the “Makabayang Pagbabago” forum in Concepcion, Tarlac, said peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP). The forum was held to discuss pressing issues that farmers face...
On the fourth day of the “Caravan of the Landless,” farmers and rural sectors from various Bicol provinces called on the release of political prisoners in Camarines Norte. The caravan, which will be held until the end of the month, aims to highlight the “most urgent issues” faced by farmers...
“Mga magsasaka lang kami. Bakit kami nire-redtag, hinaharas, at pinapasuko? Mga magsasaka kami na nagdedepensa sa mga lupang sakahan at tirahan namin (We are just farmers. Why are we being red-tagged, harassed and subjugated? We are farmers defending our farm lands and homes).” These were the...
