WHY is there no groundswell of support for these farmers? Did they really have a right to the land they are claiming or are they squatters who claim they are of indigenous ancestry and are entitled to the land?
Regardless of the nature of the claim the President should settle this now, give the peasants or pawns cash compensation from Pagcor [Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp.) or the PCSO [Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office] just like she does the bishops, the knights, and the rooks.
This is a monumental game of chess and right now it is a stalemate, but the positions could change any minute and the game will be over.
– Alfonso DeMayo, Vancouver, Canada (via e-mail)
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March 26th, 2008 at 1:28 am
Talagang magkakasakit sila cuz they need to farm, earn a living and save so that they can acquire their desired land. You can not just claim property of other.
The monkeys are playing kasi ‘wa sila ‘ron.
March 26th, 2008 at 12:56 am
Gloria Kawatan, CARP very essence is to help tenant farmers to own the land they toil at affordable price and at easy payment scheme. CARP doesnt discriminate the origin of the tenanted land. The law applies to all (large)tenanted land. Corys Hacienda Luisita is a tenanted land, hence its subject to CARP. Corys family exploited the loophole of CARP, although legal but immoral considering the stand Cory always portrays at the rallies. There are Hacienda Luisita’s tenant farmers who find the Aquinos offer disadvantageous to them, hence they opposed it. And where did these farmers end up…theyre massacred.. If you recall Randy Davids opinion after the massacre, “the oppressed of yesterday are the tyrants of today” referring to Cory and kamag-anak inc. Its not a question of right to the land Cory owned its a question of the law and theyre obligation to follow the law. Shes been a president so she should know better, but instead they used her position to circumvent the law, and worst blood spilled and lives were lost. She should clean her dirty linen first before she points her accusative finger to Gloria.
Your family’s land case is very different from Hacienda Luisita. And Im glad for you that youre mature enough to understand that material things is not all happines is about.
March 26th, 2008 at 12:18 am
Pogito Says:
March 24th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
Mang Godo, you have a funny sounding name and your reasoning is just as funny. Pray tell us, how low can you go? If you cannot say something worth the salt, why not keep those moronic thoughts to yourself, you sanctimonious cretin?
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i know that is not your name mr.pogito, but you have a comic name and quaint thinking.
first, let me tell you. my father was also a farmer, he was always in the field and always with his carabao and never in his right mind asked what the president can do for him instead he did what he can do to his children.
that goes also with millions of farmers all over the country. they don’t indulge in any activity much more political and agricultural but instead they are with their goats, paragos and their palays, corn, sugar in particular all day long or in tagalog nakakababad sa araw.
they are the true farmers, their skin are burned, their sole feet are hard as dried land and their faces are like wrinkles crow feet. they are called farmers, the lifeline of us filipinos for they give us food. and they did not ask for something, they do their work.
as i said i am not against these bukidnon farmers to air their grievance much more to express their rights and make their statement about their plight is enough.
it is more prudent and wise to stay do their work in the field while waiting for the result of what their claiming.
it is a sacrifice to be away, it is a danger to be away, and to live in jungle of manila is not living in a jungle of bukidnon.
that’s what i mean. time has changed. farmers are now in activity beyond their calling.
maybe i answer your moronic thought also, mr. pogito. i hope your not the reverse inside and out.
March 25th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
The monkeys are playing in the banana plantation.
March 25th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
In this way, you may still earn what ever little respect your constituent may still have, in your administration.
No matter how much you augment your personal military/police, you will not succeed in your drive against insurgency. The only weapon is to provide everyone cheap food on the table, eliminate corruption, and establish an independent judiciary.
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Wonderwoman: You’re asking to much. Gloria Arroyo, Need these corrupt PNP/AFP/JUDICIARY/BISHOP in order for her to stay in power. She don’t care if the Philippines going to collapse in the middle of pacific ocean for as long as she had plenty of money stash away for her retirement.