A militant lawmaker condemned the killing of nine farm workers including two minors and four women in Sagay City, Negros Occidental earlier this week who he said were only asserting their rights to cultivate their lands, citing reports from farm workers’ group National Federation of Sugar Workers.
Close to 600 banana plantation workers and peasants from Compostela Valley province were flagged down by Task Force Davao here Monday afternoon in an attempt to bar the entry of workers in the city.
The Association of Community Educators (ACE) has called for the release of Lumad school agriculturist Dominiciano Muya and other lumad school educators detained in Tagum City as they commemorated the killing of Lumad rights defender Fr. Fausto “Pops” Tentorio.
The National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW) condemns the attack on a group of protesting farmers which killed at least nine sugar workers on Saturday evening in Negros Occidental.
Eden Gualberto practically raised her three children through farming. She earns P1,000 a week from selling banana, cassava and vegetables.