Farmers, green groups want mining law repealed
On the 28th anniversary of the signing Republic Act 7942, groups held a protest in front of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Quezon City.
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On the 28th anniversary of the signing Republic Act 7942, groups held a protest in front of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Quezon City.
MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): A peasant group is asking President Ferdinand Marcos Jr to raise the issue of rampant smuggling of agricultural products from China during his three-day state visit there this week.
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Discount vouchers are not enough. This was according to peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) who said that apart from the government’s fertilizer discount vouchers, a P15,000 production subsidy is also “necessary,” reiterating that farmers also “need cash.” (Manila Bulletin Fi
Peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), on Sunday, Oct. 23, urged the administration to appoint a competent agriculture secretary, reiterating the need to strengthen the Philippine agricultural sector. “It is obvious that the President cannot fulfill his task as the agriculture secre