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The government’s latest unemployment statistics failed to include discouraged workers in the agriculture sector that were forced out of farming activities, peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) said on Sunday, March 20. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The statement came after the Phi

MANILA (Philippines Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): Local pump prices of gasoline and other petroleum products are rising at a pace never seen before and the Department of Energy (DOE) has warned consumers to brace for bigger increases.

A peasant group warned that nationwide hunger and food insecurity could worsen following the continuous oil price hikes in the Philippines. Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), in a press statement on Monday, March 14, said that more Filipinos could go hungry as a result of the nonstop price hik

As they celebrate the contributions of Filipino women farmers, peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), on Tuesday, March 8, echoed the National Federation of Peasant Women’s 2022 electoral agenda and urged all candidates to “stand for the interests” of rural women. The National Federa

For Filipino farmers, no amount of historical distortion can wash away the sins of martial law.

Highlighting the importance of a “genuine” land reform program, peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) urged presidential candidates to present their categorical stance on land reform and free land distribution. In a press statement, KMP challenged the presidential candidates to give

WE—the undersigned representatives of farmers, fishers, workers, civil society organizations and the private sector—reiterate our urgent plea to the Senate to reject, or at the very least defer any decision on, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement. The Senate and the general public have been fed with false…

“Very strange and contradictory that the Comelec Second Division opted to deny our petition yet agreed that the ‘representations’ made in Item 11 of Box 22 of the certificate of candidacy (COC) of Marcos Jr. are ‘material.'"

The two coconut farmers were killed while on their way home to Taquico village in Sampaloc, Quezon

Farmers have asked the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the National Food Authority (NFA) to immediately provide more large-capacity mechanical grain dryers to help them during this palay harvest season, which is facing the onset of La Nina. Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) said in a sta