News in Pictures | Faces of rural poverty
They decried the state's land use conversion process, which has threatened their livelihoods in order to make room for corporate-backed development projects.
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They decried the state's land use conversion process, which has threatened their livelihoods in order to make room for corporate-backed development projects.
The age-old issues affecting the peasantry – landlessness, hunger and poverty – were expectedly the main issues at the rally in observance of Peasant Day last Oct. 21. The protest action, however, also became an occasion to air the growing demand for the...
PRESS RELEASE October 21, 2009 For Immediate Release Peasant Day Today PEASANTS MARCH AMID HEAT OF THE SUN: CRY FOR LAND AND SURVIVAL Cagayan de Oro City (October 21, 2009) -- FARMERS coming from various municipalities in Misamis Oriental and Bukidnon are...
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