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LandWatch-Philippines is an advocacy blog on access to land affecting the farmers, indigenous people, fisherfolks and forest dwellers in the Philippines.
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Recent Post
- CBCP to Monitor CARPer Implementation
- PDI Editorial: CARPER, Right or Wrong (081009)
- PAKISAMA: CARPER is better CARP
- CARPER Principal Author Snobs Signing of Law
- PGMA to Sign CARPER Bill in Bulacan
- F. Sionil Jose: Our Murdered Peasants
- Walden Bello: CARPER--Latest Episode in the Battle for Agrarian Reform
- Case Unclosed: Multisectoral Fact Finding Mission for Ka Rene
- Sun Star: Slain militant leader laid to rest
- CODE-NGO: Mourning a Great Loss, Honoring a Great Man
- Inquirer: Nonviolent struggle ends in murder
- Gang Badoy Interview: What Was Ka Rene Like?
- DLSU-CoNIC: Ka Rene, Tuloy po ang Laban!
- Ernesto Ordonez: Murdering Farmer Leaders
- CBCP News: Groups to hold mass for Ka Rene at ADDU’s chapel tomorrow
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F. Sionil Jose: Our Murdered Peasants
Monday, June 29, 2009The murder the other week of Rene Peñas, who led the Sumilao farmers in their march from Bukidnon to Manila, and the violent eviction of the demonstrators from the premises of Congress at about the same time, evoked painful memories of peasant travail in the past. Rene Peñas was certainly not the first farm leader to die at the hands of those who oppose agrarian reform. And those demonstrators in Congress belong to a devoted lineage of farmers who tried — and failed — to redress their sorry lot. Sure, the comprehensive agrarian reform program has been extended but so much has yet to be done, particularly in the coconut and sugar lands.
Walden Bello: CARPER–Latest Episode in the Battle for Agrarian Reform
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Case Unclosed: Multisectoral Fact Finding Mission for Ka Rene
Monday, June 22, 2009
Today marked the 17th day since that gruesome night Ka Rene Peñas was brutally ambushed near his hard-fought farmland. Today also marked the launching of the multi-sectoral mission to conduct independent investigation to provide light to the case that involved killing of a real hero, a gentle giant of agrarian reform who fought not only for his own land but stood for many other landless Filipino farmers as well.
Sun Star: Slain militant leader laid to rest
Wednesday, June 17, 2009SUMILAO, Bukidnon — Amid shouts of “Hustiya alang kang Ka Rene (Justice for Ka Rene),” hundreds of farmers from all over the Philippines laid to rest the body of farmer leader Renato “Ka Rene” Peñas here.
Vicente “Ka Vic” Fabe, chairman of the peasant coalition Pakisama, of which Ka Rene was the national vice chairman, said his killing will not cow the millions of farmers who are demanding their fair share of land in light of the extension of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (Carp).
CODE-NGO: Mourning a Great Loss, Honoring a Great Man
Monday, June 15, 2009It is with deep sorrow that we received news about the June 5, 2009 murder by unknown assailants of Renato “Ka Rene” Penas, a man who sought and practiced only peace, justice and solidarity.
In the words of his son, Noland, “Tinuruan kami ni Papa na maging patas lagi at lumaban sa mapayapang paraan. Hindi siya kahit kailan nanlamang sa kapwa. Hindi namin maintindihan kung bakit ginanon si Papa”.