The price of palay – or unprocessed rice – is in a free-fall, bringing misery to our already impoverished rice farmers. Sadly, the plummeting value of the country’s staple crop… Continue reading "If Duterte is truly sorry for the plight of farmers, he should repeal the Rice Tariffication Law"
When workers go on strike, they are calling for better work conditions and an increase in pay. But in November 2004, when thousands of workers of the Hacienda Luisita sugar… Continue reading "Remembering the Hacienda Luisita Massacre: A reminder that impunity is nothing new in the Philippines"
This is part 2 of an eight-part series covering the issues that will help me decide who I’m voting for in the May 2019 Senatorial elections. You can read Part… Continue reading "Why I’m Voting (part 2): Our farmers deserve better"
In less than six months, the province of Negros Oriental has witnessed two different massacres killing a total of 20 people – mostly farmers living in the rural countryside.
When talking about warfare and massacres in the Philippines, the common guess is that it would happen in the island of Mindanao. Under the iron-fist rule of President Rodrigo Duterte… Continue reading "What’s going on in Negros Oriental?"
