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Opening up sugar industry to displace thousands of agri workers
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ILO help sought over gov t crimes against Filipino agricultural workers
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Last year had already been unkind to Renato Gameng, a farm worker in the Philippines’ northern Isabela province. The coronavirus brought periodic lockdowns, leaving farmers stranded from their crops. A controversial rice import liberalisation law had decimated domestic rice production, leaving fewer jobs.
Then, late in 2020, the Philippines was hit by six straight storms culminating in November’s Typhoon Vamco. The floods that followed washed out farm land in Gameng’s Cagayan Valley region, sweeping away houses and animals, and destroying corn and rice crops during the harvest season.
Today, food prices have skyrocketed in local markets, and temporary farm jobs are scarce. “Our normal lives are in poverty,” said Gameng. “This is not normal for us.”
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NEGROS OCCIDENTAL. Colonel Michael Samson, deputy commander of the 303IB. (Contributed photo)
+ March 10, 2021 THE 303rd Infantry Brigade (303IB) of the Philippine Army on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, denied that they were behind the death threats received by 10 activists through text messages in Negros Occidental.
Colonel Michael Samson, deputy commander for the 303IB, said they were not behind the messages received by activists, although they were surprised that the list was accurate.
Samson said the military was unable to accurately get the list of names of activists in Negros Occidental.
Based on the list presented on a screenshot of the text messages which were uploaded online by Karapatan-Negros, among those in the list were Iver of Bacolod, which is believed to be Iver Larit of Kadamay-Negros; Butch of Bacolod or John Butch Lozande of the National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW); Erning of Bacolod, who has been identified as Ereneo Longinos of
Search warrant vs Bacolod activists quashed
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