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A day after Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. took his oath as the 17th President of the Philippines, peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) presented their demands for the agriculture sector, adding that all of these are “doable” within the first 100 days of the new administration.

Intending to help resolve the ongoing the food crisis, peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) announced that they will be laying down dozen “concrete and doable demands” that president-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s administration can accomplish within the first 100 days.

Peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) on Monday evening, June 20, rejected president-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. as the Department of Agriculture’s Secretary, claiming that Marcos will only worsen hunger in the country.

Farmers’ group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), on Monday, June 20, refuted various claims, reiterating that planting food is not a crime and supporting farmers is not a criminal act.

Gabriela Women’s Partylist, on Friday, June 10, demanded the immediate release of over 90 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) and advocates in Tinang, Concepcion, Tarlac.

Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), on Thursday, June 9, strongly condemned the “harassment” aimed at farmers and advocates at Barangay Tinang, Concepcion in Tarlac.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng PIlipinas (KMP) refuted presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos’ promise to bring down rice prices to P20 per kilogram (kg).

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.

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.

Peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), on Monday, April 4, urged the government to revoke the biosafety permits granted to Golden Rice.

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).

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.

“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).”

The government’s latest unemployment statistics failed to include discouraged workers in the agriculture sector that were forced out of farming activities, peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) said on Sunday, March 20.