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The TWG reflects the Marcos administration’s continued reliance on liberalized rice imports instead of pursuing policies that protect farmers and promote local production.
“For decades, farm-to-market roads have been an automatic source of profit for politicians, contractors, and corrupt government officials. Even before flood control projects and dikes, FMRs were already the original scheme for plundering agriculture funds, with huge budgets, no accountability, and farmers always losing out."
After over 70 years of cultivating the land and staying in the community, the members of the Portico Banasi Household Farmers Association (PORBAHFA) and other residents are facing threats of eviction and worries about their livelihood.
According to PORBAHFA, there were legitimate residents in the community when Bicol landlord Conrado Colarina purchased the land.
On January 4, 2026, Ana Brizuela, 64, was forced to return home in Sitio Portico, Barangay Fabrica, Bula, Camarines Sur from Manila after receiving phone calls that she was among the residents ordered to evacuate their residence by virtue of a local court ruling.
Bamboo poles, scrap wood, and tarpaulins are simple materials turned into symbols of resistance.
"This newest spate of attacks is linked to the ambitious luxury tourism project of San Miguel Corp. in Balabac."
Miriam has worn many uniforms: factory worker, admin officer, pastoral worker, local official, peasant organizer.
KMP called for public transparency and grassroots participation in FMR planning and implementation.
Drawing from their past and persistent appeals and efforts, Ramos defined the EO 101 “as a public relations measure pretending to respond to the plea of farmers.”
For the National Peasants Month, Bulatlat highlights the stories of the peasant farmers, the peasant group and their leaders who, despite the difficulties they face, remain steadfast in their struggle for genuine agrarian reform.
A family-owned hacienda in Sara, Iloilo has left generations of farmers without their own fields to till since the 1990s, despite government’s promises of distributing Certificate of Land Ownership Awards (CLOAs).
Even before it could fully take root, the KMP was met by challenges.
Being in the frontline for 40 years, Ka Lucia learned about the struggles of farmers and how important it is to be alongside them.
The exhibit sheds light on pressing questions and the realities behind them–how the hard work of peasants is exploited by landlords and corporations, and how the worsening effects of typhoons and floods continue to devastate rural communities while funds meant for relief and disaster prevention are pocketed by corrupt officials.
The youth from their community aged 12 to 17 joined the protest, inspired by their parents and relatives pushing for genuine agrarian reform.
The taxpayers’ money is being used to fund the ‘fake’ flood-control projects and other billions of ‘unprogrammed funds’ that serve as the pork barrel of the president. Instead of genuine land reform, they resort to graft and corruption."
Recently, the Lupang Ramos farmers grieved the impact of the successive storms which destroyed their planted corn and string beans.
Farmers are hungry because there’s no compensation when they’re hit by calamities.
The current price of tobacco varies significantly by type and grade, ranging from P39 ($0.67) to P97 ($1.66) per kilo, as of October 2025.
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