People First issues in the Province

DAR’s indifference on cry of Sumilao farmers?

Posted on November 28, 2007. Filed under: Bukidnon, Issue of the Day in Bukidnon, People First issues in the Province |

This headliner at Inquirer.net:
“Malacañang wants the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to issue its position on the land dispute involving farmers from Sumilao, Bukidnon by the time the farmers reach Metro Manila next week, at the end of a month-long march from Mindanao.”
“DAR knows the marchers are coming in next week so they better act [...]

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Cinchona: Philippine Eagle watch in Bukidnon’s Mt. Kitanglad Nature Park

Posted on November 11, 2007. Filed under: A developing province, Bukidnon, Bukidnon in Memory Lane, Indigenous Peoples, Nature and Environment, People First issues in the Province |

I chanced upon this nine-minute AVP (audio-visual presentation) of an observatory of the Philippine Eagle in Cinchona Forest Reserve Kaatuan,Lantapan, Bukidnon.

I think this is an interesting subject, the Philippine Eagle being a symbol of efforts to conserve, preserve and protect nature and the environment.

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Sumilao (Bukidnon) farmers in “walk for land” now in Luzon

Posted on November 11, 2007. Filed under: A developing province, Bukidnon, Issue of the Day in Bukidnon, People First issues in the Province |

Ten years after their famous hunger strike in 1997, the militant Sumilao Farmers are back on the streets, this time, in a “march for land” from Bukidnon to Manila.
As of the November 7 (Day 29) update from Balaod Mindanao, the farmers are reportedly in Calbayog, Samar.
The Sumilao farmers started the march on October 10 from [...]

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