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Sixty families in Lianga, Surigao del Sur flee homes
due to military operations
Sixty families from Purok 5, San Isidro, Lianga, Surigao del Sur fleed their homes and sought safety at the Lianga town gym, a new report says.
Macario Angelia, parish information officer of Sto. Niño Parish in Lianga town, reported that the 60 evacuee families left their homes as the military, specifically from the 58 Infantry Battalion, together with the group called Task Force Gantaugan (TFG), violated their commitment not to settle or live with the civilians during military operations. (June 24, 2009) READ MORE>>>
Multi–sectoral group launches fact finding mission
in search of justice for farmer leader Rene Peñas
June 23, 2009) READ MORE>>>
We are not invisible. We oppose the bio–ethanol plant
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—Beth Pua Villamor, a resident of barangay Bayanga in this city, writing as a "citizen journalist" belies the local newspaper report that residents in barangays Bayanga and Mambuaya in this city are in unison in expressing unequivocal support to the proposed Alson Corporation's bio–ethanol plant.
(June 17, 2009) READ MORE>>>
Condemnation of the senseless and brutal murder
of Sumilao farmer leader Renato "Ka Rene" Peñas
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—Ka Rene was a firm believer and advocate for farmers rights and agrarian reform. However, even in the most desperate moments of Ka Rene's struggle to reclaim their land in Sumilao, Bukidnon, not once did he consider violence.
Ka Rene, a man of peace was shot with a shotgun at around 11pm while he, together with two companions were on their way home on June 5, 2009. He sustained 11 gunshot wounds – 3 in his chest and 8 all over his arms.
(June 8, 2009) READ MORE>>>
Civil society challenges government promotion of mining
with filing of new mining bill
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—Representatives from mining affected communities, the academe, civil society groups, the religious sector, and the city hall called for the passage of the Alternative Mining Bill (AMB).
"The residents of Cagayan de Oro and neighboring towns in Misamis Oriental were literally doused with water and wakened to the destructive effects of mining and other resource extractive activities in the uplands. This shows the scope and extent of the effects brought about by the present Mining Act of 1995 (RA 7942). That is why we are one with the call for the new Alternative Mining Bill." said Haney Bazaar, Zone 1 resident and law student at Xavier University.
(May 14, 2009) READ MORE>>>
Study calls for shift
from aerial spraying of pesticides to organic farming
The Philippine Society of Clinical and Occupational Toxicology and the National Poison and Management and Control Center, after their medical investigation on the health and environment of sitio Camocaan, barangay Aplaya, Hagonoy, Davao del Sur, recommended for the shift from aerial spraying of pesticides to organic farming.
Commissioned by the Department of Health in 2006, the two research institutions commenced a study on the health and environment of sitio Camocaan, a community situated adjacent to Lapanday, a banana plantation where aerial spraying of pesticides has been a practice for many years now. (March 22, 2009) READ MORE>>>
Lupang Hinirang, Lupang Hinarang
CARPER Pilgrimage Campaign Back in Mindanaw
"We left Manila not to abandon the CARPER campaign but instead to provide stronger and more consolidated support from our hometown," said Berhilda San–ahan, one of the Sumilao Farmers. She added that the support from other sectors like the local government units and other groups will be solicited as well.
It is to be recalled that the campaign started in Sumilao, Bukidnon last 12 February 2009. In their journey to Manila, the farmers passed by parishes, schools and dioceses and held education forums, press briefings and had signature drive for the support of the enactment of Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program with Extension and (genuine) Reforms (CARPER).
The campaign was likewise triggered by the irresponsible and malicious Congressional act in passing Joint Resolution (JR) 19 that effectively halts the transfer of private agricultural lands to the farmers. The JR 19 was passed despite the efforts of farmers, academe, non–government organizations and the Church to call for the passage of CARPER. (March 13, 2009) READ MORE>>>
From distress to hope
Fatima is one of the many widows of war in Mindanao. Amidst all, Fatima does volunteer work to agencies for the people staying at the evacuation centers.
The break down of talks between the Philippine government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) made a resounding impact on the ground which led to the displacement of about 300,000 civilians, and undocumented number of human rights violations since August 2008. Fatima's husband was one of those who died in a crossfire.
(March 1, 2009) READ MORE>>>
Gender Equality in Community Radio has many Languages
"When I attended a training in my radio station, they seperated the men and the women. The men were given technical training while the women were not. I insisted that I also wanted to learn the studio operation and editing, but they would not let me."
Mariani from Darsa FM in Aceh, Indonesia is not alone. Many women experience this kind of exclusion or marginalization in the operation of their community radio stations. The situation does not look any better in the management of the stations.
(March 1, 2009) READ MORE>>>
Five Mamanwa human rights defenders still missing
since first day of anti mining barricade last January 29, 2009
LRC–KsK/FOE Philippines, in a statement said, "The Philippine government must immediately look into the case of five Mamanwa tribesmen who remain missing since they disappeared on the first day of the barricade their community put up to block mining roads in their ancestral domain last January 29 in Barangay Taganito, Claver, Surigao del Norte, Philippines." (February 20, 2009) READ MORE>>>
Statement of support to the human barricade
staged by Mamanwa community
in Taganito, Claver, Surigao del Norte
Four hundred tribe members of the Mamanwa community have staged a human barricade along the highway of Taganito, Claver, Surigao del Norte.
The Social Action Center of the Diocese of Tandag, in a statement said: "We support them in their peaceful effort to fight for their rights as a people whose lives were very much affected by the operations of these mining firms, one even as early as 1960's. We grieve that these people had to resort to this difficult means of protest which they consider their last resort in making their voices heard." (February 8, 2009) READ MORE>>>
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