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MANILA – A very bad case of déjà vu. This is how Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas Chairperson Danilo Ramos described in a statement the ongoing government response – a year into the world’s longest and strictest lockdown. On March 17, Filipino progressives marched to the Commission on Human Rights to assail President Rodrigo Duterte’s inefficient pandemic response and to press for a P10,000 (US$205) monthly financial aid for the poor. Ramos said that the country seems to be back to square one, with the rising cases of COVID-19 and the implementation of a stricter lockdown. “Duter...

Amid the rising number of new infections and the detection of coronavirus variants in the country, a farmers’ group said Tuesday, March 16, that the country is “back to square one” a year after the government first imposed a lockdown due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

“We are in a very crucial time, and our pork producers are in such vulnerable state, if the DA and the Duterte regime rely too much on importation now to unreliably lower prices, millions of small hog raisers are bound to go bankrupt and close permanently. Only increased local production can sustainably lower pork prices."

Farmers’ group renewed on Monday, Feb. 15, its call for the resignation of Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar, saying that the latter is behind the “worsening” state of domestic agriculture and farmers in the country.

Published February 9, 2021, 3:22 PM The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) is seeking justice for a slain Bulacan farmer, who was found hogtied inside a plastic drum from a creek in Laguna, as the latter is laid to rest Tuesday. The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) is seeking justice for a slain Bulacan farmer, who was found hogtied inside a plastic drum from a creek in Laguna, as the latter is laid to rest Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. (KMP / MANILA BULLETIN) KMP in a Facebook post said it “vow[s] to fight for justice” following the death of 52-year-old Rommy Torres and called to �...