Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2019 05:33:32 +0000
The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) lambasted on Wednesday the Commission on Appointments after it confirmed the promotion of military officials, saying the “rewarded” officers were responsible for the militarization of peasant communities.
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 09:08:51 +0000
Law enforcers held about 300 farmers from Bukidnon in Manolo Fortich town this morning while the farmers were en route to this city
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2019 04:00:23 +0000
President Rodrigo Duterte would not tolerate police abuse, Malacañang said Tuesday, following the killing of 14 farmers in two towns and a city in Negros Oriental province during a series of joint anti-crime operations on March 3.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 04:30:35 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – Philippine National Police (PNP) chief General Oscar Albayalde on Tuesday relieved the director of the Negros Oriental police, and the chiefs of police of three cities and municipalities where 14 persons were recently killed in a series of operations against loose firearms.
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Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 07:59:48 +0000
Senator Sonny Angara on Thursday called for government’s immediate assistance to farmers heavily affected by the prevailing El Niño phenomenon.
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Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2019 23:30:38 +0000
A total of about P420 million in insurance claims across the country is ready for immediate payout to farmers who have lost their crops to the dry spell caused by the El Niño phenomenon, the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC) said on Saturday.
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Credit to Author: Jessica Scott-Reid| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 18:54:09 +0000
While I was personally attacked by some farmers, many attempted to actually teach me something.
Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 21:15:27 +0000
Once considered a bane in farming, swamp eels are now making rice farmers earn a little extra income.
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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 03:38:43 +0000
Two farmers were killed on Monday night in two separate shooting incidents in Pangasinan province, police said.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2019 08:27:57 +0000
Senator Francis Pangilinan urged the full implementation of the rice tarrification law to benefit local farmers.
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