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    NFA Urged to Buy More Palay at Farmgate Price

    Farmers decry the sharp decrease in the buying price of palay citing losses in their farming livelihood as the cost of production has gone up particularly this planting season due to increase in fertilizer prices and other cost of production inputs.

    9/23/08 09:54 PM   Full Story
    Rice NGO Seeks Lower-Priced Rice in Market

    MANILA, Philippines — Rice Watch and Action Network (R1) today urges Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap to investigate why the prices of rice remain high and therefore unaffordable, despite claims from various sectors that the tight supply of rice has softened.
    Jessica Reyes-Cantos, R1 lead convenor also seeks stronger government action to prosecute unscrupulous traders that will [...]

    5/30/08 12:08 PM   Full Story
    Bill to Make Philippines Self-Reliant, Self-Sufficient

    Militant lawmakers at the House of Representatives today filed a bill that seeks to turn the Philippines into a self-reliant and self-sufficient rice producer in the next three years.
    House Bill 3958 or the proposed “Rice Industry Development Act”, authored by Bayan Muna Reps. Satur C. Ocampo, Teodoro Casiño, Anakpawis Rep. Crispin Beltran, Gabriela Reps. Liza [...]

    5/05/08 09:54 AM   Full Story
    Benjie Oliveros: Play of Words Does Not Make the Rice Crisis Go Away

    The Arroyo government is again playing with words, as if it would make the rice crisis (which has now reached the level of a food crisis) go away. It claims there is no rice crisis but admits to a rice price crisis. There may be no real shortage yet but sharp increases in the price [...]

    4/28/08 10:38 AM   Full Story
    Philippines Chamber Lauds Halt in Land-Use Conversion

    The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) lauds the Department of Agriculture (DA) for acting upon its proposals to post a moratorium on land conversion as a means to strengthen food security in the country.
    In a presentation before the delegates of the recently concluded National Food Summit in Clark, Pampanga, Mr. Roberto Amores, [...]

    4/27/08 10:38 PM   Full Story
    Proposal to Cut NFA Powers Hit

    RICE IMPORTS DON’T SPELL CHEAPER PRICES; GOV’T URGED TO STRENGTHEN LOCAL RICE SECTOR INSTEAD
    As government continues to turn to importation as remedy for the current rice crisis, this time with the proposal to further cut the powers of NFA and increase private importation, research group IBON reminds the administration that rice imports, based on experience, [...]

    4/22/08 07:10 PM   Full Story
    Protest Set April 12 Vs Corruption, Economic Crisis

    Various anti-Arroyo groups will come together in protest once again, but this time, the focus will be the economy.
    Groups aligned with the United Opposition (UNO), the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN), Edsa 3 Coalition, Laban ng Masa, the Be not Afraid Movement and other Opposition forces will converge at Plaza Miranda in Manila at 4:00 pm [...]

    4/09/08 06:14 PM   Full Story
    Rice Crisis Another Reason to Oust Arroyo — Satur

    House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Satur C. Ocampo today warned President Macapagal-Arroyo that her government’s failure to effectively address the rice crisis because of her wrong food security policy adds ground to the people’s mounting calls for her ouster.
    “The Filipino people are getting fed up and now begin to understand that Ms [...]

    4/09/08 06:05 PM   Full Story
    Lifting Rice Import Quota Will Worsen Crisis – Bayan

    The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) today called the Arroyo government’s move to lift the 300,000-metric ton (MT) rice import quota for private traders a step in the wrong direction that will aggravate the rice crisis.
    The group argued that lifting the quota will not result in cheaper retail prices for consumers because rice imports are in [...]

    4/09/08 06:04 PM   Full Story
    By Lifting Rice Quota, ‘Arroyo Has Gone Mad’

    Flooding the market with imported rice could lower local prices but it could also depress farm gate prices. In effect, the President has imposed a disincentive to rice producers.

    4/08/08 12:16 PM   Full Story
    Price Controls Pushed to Ease Burden on Poor

    “The consumers should not be left at the mercy of the free market. There should be at least some protection from skyrocketing prices during these times of crisis.”

    4/08/08 11:43 AM   Full Story
    Breaking Monopolies, Reversing Liberalization Can End Rice Crisis in Philippines

    The presence of a rice cartel is only part of the monopoly control of land and capital in Philippine rice production, trade, and marketing and aggravated by neoliberal policies adhered to by the Philippine government.

    4/05/08 11:49 AM   Full Story
    Lumads Call for End to Mines, Plantations, Militarization in Response to Rice Crisis

    Kusog sa Katawhang Lumad sa Mindanao (Kalumaran) scoffed at Malacañang’s efforts to curb the current rice crisis saying that the measures being taken fall short of addressing the root of the issue. “Ang yutang kabilin nahimong yutang plantasyon ug yutang minahan (The ancestral domains of indigenous peoples have become the domain of plantations and [...]

    4/05/08 11:41 AM   Full Story
    Plant Rice, Not Tobacco, Says Health Alliance

    A health alliance against tobacco today urges the Department of Agriculture to help the farmers in the Ilocos region plant alternative crops like rice, following the reported rice shortage facing the country today.
    “In the light of the rice crisis, whether real or artificial, we urge our agriculture officials to list as priority task the pouring [...]

    4/05/08 11:34 AM   Full Story
    Philippines: No Need to Suspend Bio-Fuels Program to Solve Rice Crisis

    Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr.
    (PDP-Laban) today said he sees no need to suspend the
    government’s bio-fuels program so that more
    agricultural lands can be devoted to the planting of
    rice and other crops.
    Pimentel said the government should not backtrack from
    developing alternative, renewable sources of energy
    that are abundant in the country to further reduce our
    dependence on imported [...]

    4/05/08 11:31 AM   Full Story
    ‘GMA Rice Policy Is Crazy’ Say Rice Farmers

    Rice farmers reacted with disdain over the pronouncement of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo that relying on food imports is still good economics if the country is still able to earn enough to afford it.
    National Rice Farmers Council President Jaime “Ka Jimmy” Tadeo said that, “President Arroyo’s rice policy is crazy. What good would [...]

    4/05/08 11:29 AM   Full Story
    Philippines: Reinstate NFA Power to Help Address Rice Crisis

    Independent think-tank IBON Foundation called on the National Food Authority (NFA) to intensify its procurement of local palay rather than importing more rice from abroad in order to address the rice crisis.
    In 2006, NFA procured just 73,078 metric tons (MT) from local farmers, or less than 1% of total production of 10 million MT while [...]

    4/05/08 11:24 AM   Full Story
    ‘Pro-Cartel’ Policies Blamed for Rising Prices

    Bayan expects the crisis to worsen and oil and rice prices to increase as the government continues to implement the same flawed policies that helped worsen the crisis.

    4/02/08 04:06 PM   Full Story

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Stop Militarizing Communities! Members of farmer's group Kilusang Magbubukid sa Pilipinas in Southern Mindanao Region held a rally October 8 in front of the headquarters of the Eastern Mindanao Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in Camp Panacan, Davao City. The group called for the pullout of troops conducting massive military operations in Tamayong in Davao City, Talaingod in Davao del Norte, Monkayo in Compostela Valley and in the towns of Baganga, Cateel, Boston in Davao Oriental and Lingig Surigao Del Sur. (Photo by Jonald Mahinay/davaotoday.com)

Full Capacity. Normally, passenger vans are allowed to carry 14 people. But this one is apparently beyond its carrying limit as it negotiates the zigzag road in Sulop, Davao del Sur, a known accident- and landslide-prone area. (Photo by Keith Bacongco / AKP Images)

The Child as Vigilante. A 10-year-old boy carries a firearm and joins members of the Ilaga, an infamous anti-Moro militia, in its camp in Aleosan, North Cotabato. The child's father leads the dreaded vigilante group in the area. (Photo by Romy Elusfa/Philippine Human Rights Reporting Project)

Under Repair. A "Skylab," the most common mode of transportation in the Agusan provinces and elsewhere in Mindanao, undergoes a repair at a shop in Butuan City. The motorcycle is fitted with wooden "wings" on both sides -- hence the moniker -- and is capable of carrying up to eight passengers. (Photo by Keith Bacongco / AKP Images)

Free At Last. Pastor Berlin Guerrero of the National Council of Churches of the Philippines, shown above with wife Mylene, was released after 15 months in police detention. He had been abducted and went missing for days before the police came out to say that he was arrested on a murder charge, which his family and colleagues said had been fabricated. A court ordered him released on Sept. 11. (Photo by arkibongbayan.org)

Displaced. This family in Pikit, North Cotabato, is among those displaced in the ongoing military offensive in several areas in Mindanao. Human rights group Kawagib has denounced the ongoing campaign, saying it has victimized thousands of civilians. (Photo from Kawagib

End The War. Members of the youth group Anakbayan denounce the war being waged by the government in Mindanao against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. (Photo: arkibongbayan.org)

Where Are They? Relatives, friends and colleagues of victims of enforced disappearances commemorate the International Day of the Disappeared with lighted lanterns and photographs at the Plaza Miranda and in Mendiola on Aug. 30. (Photo: arkibongbayan.org)

Free at Last. The so-called Tagaytay 5 -- Aris Sarmiento, Axel Pinpin, Riel Custodio, Michael Masayes and Rico Ybañez -- shown here inside their prison cell during their incarceration, were freed yesterday. “The dismissal of trumped-up charges and release of Tagaytay 5 is a victory for human rights,” said Ruth Cervantes, Karapatan's public information officer. (Photo: freetagaytay5.net)

Displaced. Residents of North Cotabato have been the ones badly affected by the military offensives launched against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. "As the government continues to indiscriminately drop bombs on Moro and Christian villages in Aleosan and Pikit, more and more civilians are displaced," said Kawagib, a Moro human-rights group.(Photo: Suara Bangsamoro/arkibongbayan.org)

In One Roof. Villagers who fled their homes after the clashes last week between government troops and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in the south brought every human life with them, including their farm animals. They now live under one roof at an evacuation center in Pikit, North Cotabato. (Photo: Bong Sarmiento / Philippine Human Rights Reporting Project)

Emergency. A scene from "Ambulancia," a short film that tells of a painful twist in an ambulance driver's belief that a dying patient can be saved by running over stray animals on the streets. The award-winning film will be screened at the so-called "Woodstock of short films" in Germany. Richard Legaspi directed the film and it stars Alan Paule and Nor Domingo. (Contributed photo)

Sendoff. The Philippine Army dispatched today, Aug. 10, the 68th Infantry Battalion to Maguindanao. This battalion, together with the 46th Infantry Battalion from Samar, will augment the troops in Central Mindanao for the security operations that will be conducted to ensure peaceful elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao tomorrow. (Photo: Philippine Army)

Killings Denounced. Mindanao journalists gathered in General Santos City on Friday to denounce the recent attacks on their colleagues. On Monday, Dennis Cuesta, a Radio Mindanao Network commentator in General Santos, was shot and is fighting for his life. On Thursday, another RMN broadcaster, Martin Roxas of Capiz City, was shot dead. (Photo by Barry Ohaylan/davaotoday.com)
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