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Marcos faces ‘vintage’ land reform problems

Marcos Jr. remains quiet on his plans for land reform as he faces a tall order in implementing the long overdue program

Unfinished business: Philippines’ land reform program 

Aging and in their twilight years, farmers interviewed by TFM lament the frustratingly slow land distribution process

Christian students group joins calls for release of abducted peasant organizer

“We pray for nothing but the swift and safe return of [Steve Abua] and accountability against those responsible for his disappearance”

Philippine activists blame gov’t negligence for death of detained peasant leader

Joseph Canlas, detained leader of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas died on May 11 while confined in a hospital in Pampanga province

Filipino farmers decry continuing landlessness, mark 1987 massacre of protesting peasants

The government has distributed 120,889 hectares of land to 77,275 agrarian reform beneficiaries nationwide from July 2016 to June 2019

Activists, farmers hold protest marches to pay tribute to Filipino peasants

Protesters called on the government to act on the killings of peasants and appealed for “respect for those who produce the food we eat”

Peasant activist killed in Philippine capital

Randall Echanis, peace consultant of the National Democratic Front was killed inside his rented house in Novaliches, Quezon City

Filipino farmers decry gov’t failure to complete land distribution program

The Duterte administration was only able to distribute 91,776 hectares of agricultural lands nationwide from 2016 to 2018

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