National Democratic Front chief political consultant Jose Maria Sison said the bilateral ceasefire agreement and amnesty for political prisoners can be discussed “before, during and even after” the third round of formal talks in Rome next year.??
The 159 farmers occupying a land area used by banana exporter Lapanday Foods Corporation are its rightful owners.
The Lapanday Foods Corporation and the agrarian reform beneficiaries who are occupying some 145-hectares of lands in Barangay Madaum here will be meeting in a dialogue on Monday, Dec. 19.
Lapanday Foods Corporation said the total amount of damages incurred after protesting farmers chopped down some 2,000 banana crops amounts to $120,000.
Mayor Allan Rellon ordered the Lapanday Foods Corporations security guards to stop attacking farmers after a second shooting incident transpired inside the contested banana plantation area in Barangay Madaum here.