1 (a mini) Ecosystem of rice paddies
The Richness of Philippines Rice Fields, Marie Cddyqa Jaya G. Rogel, in All About Rice, A public education series of the Asia Rice Foundation, Vol. 1, No. 3, Sept. 2004
A Insects http://www.knowledgebank.irri.org/step-by-step-production/growth/pests- and-diseases/insects (photo from philrice) 1 Green Leafhopper http://www.knowledgebank.irri.org/training/fact-sheets/pest- management/insects/item/green-leafhopper 2 Stem Borer http://www.knowledgebank.irri.org/training/fact-sheets/pest- management/insects/item/stem-borer 3 Black Bug http://www.knowledgebank.irri.org/training/fact-sheets/pest- management/insects/item/black-bug 4 Rice Bug http://www.knowledgebank.irri.org/training/fact-sheets/pest- management/insects/item/rice-bug 5 Planthopper http://www.knowledgebank.irri.org/training/fact-sheets/pest- management/insects/item/planthopper B (photo from philrice) 1 Wolf Spider https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_spider 2 Dragonfly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfly 3 Green Mirid Bug https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miridae 4 Damselfly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damselfly 5 Grasshopper: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasshopper
Ilang magsasaka sa Isabela, nabubuhay sa pagkain ng tipaklong: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/publicaffairs/frontrow/540237/ilang- magsasaka-sa-isabela-nabubuhay-sa-pagkain-ng-tipaklong/story/
6 Lady Bug https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccinellidae 7 Yellow wasp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanthopimpla_punctata C Palakang bukid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fejervarya_limnocharis D Golden Kuhol: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampullariidae menacing the ricefields: the golden “kuhol” story”: https://tmpjr70.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/menacing-the-ricefields-the-golden- kuhol-story/
Masagana 99, Nutribun, and Imelda's 'edifice complex' of hospitals: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/healthandwellness/274389/masaga na-99-nutribun-and-imelda-s-edifice-complex-of-hospitals/story/
E Duck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscovy_duck F 1 Mayang simbahan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_tree_sparrow 2 Mayang pula https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestnut_munia G 1 Greater painted Snipe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_painted-snipe 2 Cinnamon Bittern https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnamon_bittern 3 Cattle Egret https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_egret 4 White-breasted Waterhen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-breasted_waterhen H 1 Philippine Cobra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_cobra 2 King Cobra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_cobra 3 Reticulated Python https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reticulated_python I Dagang bukid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricefield_rat
Mga dagang bukid, hinuhuli ng mga magsasaka sa Nueva Ecija para kainin: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/ulatfilipino/373888/mga-dagang- bukid-hinuhuli-ng-mga-magsasaka-sa-nueva-ecija-para-kainin/story/ J Birds of prey https://www.beautyofbirds.com/philippinebirdsofprey.html
2 ANG MAGSASAKA
A Farmers, Fishermen and Children consistently posted the highest poverty incidence among basic sectors: https://psa.gov.ph/content/farmers-fishermen-and- children-consistently-posted-highest-poverty-incidence-among-basic
Philippine Statistics Authority – Philippine Standard Occupational Classification
(some definitions that are worth noting...)
Major Group 6. FARMERS, FORESTRY WORKERS AND FISHERMEN p. 458 Major Group 9. ELEMENTARY OCCUPATION : LABORERS AND UNSKILLED WORKERS, p. 158 ◦ AGRICULTURAL, FORESTRY, FISHERY AND RELATED LABORERS, p. 167
2015 Poverty Statistics for Basic Sectors – Summary Tables
Table 7 Poverty Incidence for Farmers, by region, '06, '09, '12 & '15
Philippine Statistics Authority – Current Labor Statistics
TABLE 6 - Employed Persons by Major Occupation Group, Philippines: 2015 - January 2016, p. 13
TABLE 6a - Employed Persons by Major Occupation Group, Philippines: April 2016 - April 2017, p. 13
TABLE 19 - Average Daily Basic Pay of Wage and Salary Workers by Major Occupation Group, Philippines: 2014 - January 2016, p.27
TABLE 19a - Average Daily Basic Pay of Wage and Salary Workers by Major Occupation Group, Philippines: April - October 2016, p. 27
Aging Filipino farmers to affect food security: http://www.manilatimes.net/aging- filipino-farmers-to-affect-food-security/12166/ Philippine Statistics Authority – Selected Food Security Indicators Proportion of employed person in agriculture to total employed, p. 75 Proportion of employed persons in agriculture to total employed, p. 123 Share of population engaged in agriculture to total population , p. 87
AFTA AND THE SUGAR INDUSTRY Tiempo Muerto for Negros, Tiempo Suerte for Filipinos?: http://pcij.org/stories/tiempo-muerto-for-negros- tiempo-suerte-for-filipinos/
Maiksing Kalagayang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas: http://www.anakpawis.net/2015/12/maiksing-kalagayang-magbubukid-ng-pilipinas/
B Resistance and organization Farmers urge gov’t to address poor sector's concerns: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/local-news/2017/01/26/farmers-urge-govt- address-poor-sectors-concerns-522348
Farmers decry DA’s Masagana 6000 program | Masipag.org http://masipag.org/2017/04/farmers-decry-das-masagana-6000-program/
Farmers finally occupy parts of Lapanday-managed farm https://www.rappler.com/nation/170267-farmers-installed-lapanday-farm-davao- norte
DAR orders distribution of 358 hectares of Hacienda Luisita https://www.rappler.com/nation/144184-dar-orders-distribution-hacienda-luisita- tadeco
‘Kalabaw lang ang tumatanda’: Pakikibaka ni Ka Paeng sa DAR - Altermidya http://altermidya.net/kalabaw-lang-ang-tumatanda-pakikibaka-ni-ka-paeng-sa-dar/
Lakbayan ng Visayas 2017: Pagbalikwas Laban sa Kagutuman at Pasismo https://web.facebook.com/LakbayanngVisayas/photos/a.1634610926838780.107374 1827.1634602683506271/1761227067510498/?type=3&theater
1 MASIPAG: http://masipag.org/about-masipag/ http://masipag.org/programs/ (a chapter from a book that I lost its information about...) (Poster) Pahayag ng MASIPAG Hinggil sa Karapatan ng Magsasaka (Poster) Binhing MASIPAG: Matibay Laban sa Climate Change
2 KMP: http://kilusangmagbubukidngpilipinas.com/about/ 3 UMA: https://umapilipinas.wordpress.com/about/ 4 ANAKPAWIS: http://www.anakpawis.net/about/ 5 AMIHAN: http://amihanwomen.org/about 6 GARB:
House Bill No. 555 – Genuine Agrarian Reform Bill (GARB) – Anakpawis Party- list: http://www.anakpawis.net/2016/07/hb555garb/
, by KMP and Anakapawis, Mayo 2015
Comparison Between the Genuine Agrarian Reform Bill (GARB) and the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) BY ANAKPAWIS PARTY LIST Posted by Bulatlat
3 IRRI A (About Us)
Funding: http://irri.org/about-us/our-funding Mission Objectives: http://irri.org/about-us/our-mission
profile: http://www.lobbywatch.org/profile1.asp?PrId=296
(their proposed solution)
The Rice Crisis: What needs to be done? — Global Economic Symposium http://www.global-economic-symposium.org/knowledgebase/the-global- environment/preventing-food-prices-from-creating-poverty-and- malnutrition/proposals/the-rice-crisis-what-needs-to-be-done
B (history and background, the green revolution)
history (from their narrative): http://irri.org/about-us/our-history
Miracle Rice(note: uncritical stance towards..): https://livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe50s/crops_17.html The Hungry World: America's Cold War Battle against Poverty in Asia, Nick Cullather, Harvard Universuty Press, Cambridge, MA, 2010. Chapter 6: A Parable of Seeds, pp. 159-179
C (legacy/critique)
Green Revolution Legacy(note: smells apologetic): https://livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe50s/crops_18.html
GOLDEN RICE AND GM CROPS WILL LEAD TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH PROBLEMS | Masipag.org: http://masipag.org/2015/04/golden-rice-and-gm-crops-will-lead-to-environmental- and-health-problems/
Neglect of indigenous rice varieties: http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20001016/agro.htm#2
The Green Revolution Conspiracy: http://liberterre.fr/agriculture/independance- alimentaire/greenrevconspiracy.html
4 (AGROCHEMS) A Background, legacy, history
A few other things the agrichemical industry doesn’t want you to know about them: crimes, scandals and other wrongdoing: https://usrtk.org/a-few-other-things- the-agrichemical-industry-doesnt-want-you-to-know-about-them-crimes- scandals-and-other-wrongdoing/
Monsanto’s Dirty Dozen. Twelve Products that Monsanto has Brought to Market:https://www.globalresearch.ca/monsantos-dirty-dozen-twelve- products-that-monsanto-has-brought-to-market/5537809 Syngenta Company Profile – Corporate Watch: https://corporatewatch.org/syngenta- company-profile/ Dupont Company Profile – Corporate Watch: https://corporatewatch.org/dupont- company-profile/
B Agro-chemical effects on animals and farmers
(some of their products available at the Philippines)
Pesticide Regulations Division - Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority http://fpa.da.gov.ph/index.php/regulatory/pesticide-division
Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority – List of Registered Authority (as of September 2016) (see highlighted items)
List of herbicides that may be used for transplanted rice in the Philippines. (from PHILRICE) From PAN Pesticides Database(note: non-exhaustive list, chemicals not necessarily used on rice, chemical registered locally for regular or restricted use):
Glufosinate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glufosinate, http://sitem.herts.ac.uk/aeru/ppdb/en/Reports/372.htm Fenthion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenthion, http://www.pesticideinfo.org/Detail_Chemical.jsp?Rec_Id=PC33351, http://sitem.herts.ac.uk/aeru/ppdb/en/Reports/310.htm Imidaclorprid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imidacloprid, http://sitem.herts.ac.uk/aeru/ppdb/en/Reports/397.htm, http://www.pesticideinfo.org/Detail_Chemical.jsp?Rec_Id=PC33351 Baycor(Bitertanol): bitertanol http://sitem.herts.ac.uk/aeru/ppdb/en/Reports/84.htm, Social Implications of Banana Consumption: https://community.plu.edu/~bananas/social/home.html Pyraclostrobin: http://sitem.herts.ac.uk/aeru/ppdb/en/Reports/564.htm Pendimethalin: http://sitem.herts.ac.uk/aeru/ppdb/en/Reports/511.htm, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendimethalin#Risk_factor_for_developing_pa ncreatic_cancer Boscalid: http://sitem.herts.ac.uk/aeru/ppdb/en/Reports/86.htm Fipronil: http://sitem.herts.ac.uk/aeru/ppdb/en/Reports/316.htm, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fipronil Butachlor: http://sitem.herts.ac.uk/aeru/ppdb/en/Reports/101.htm Glysophate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyphosate, http://sitem.herts.ac.uk/aeru/ppdb/en/Reports/373.htm Alachlor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alachlor, http://sitem.herts.ac.uk/aeru/ppdb/en/Reports/17.htm Atrazine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atrazine, http://sitem.herts.ac.uk/aeru/ppdb/en/Reports/43.htm Dichlofenthion: http://sitem.herts.ac.uk/aeru/ppdb/en/Reports/215.htm, Paraquat: http://sitem.herts.ac.uk/aeru/ppdb/en/Reports/505.htm, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraquat
5 (PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT)
Justice for All Filipino Farmers: A Statement on the Kidapawan Massacre and the State’s Abandonment of Agriculture - Regeneration InternationalRegeneration International http://regenerationinternational.org/2016/04/15/justice-for-all-filipino-farmers-a- statement-on-the-kidapawan-massacre-and-the-states-abandonment-of-agriculture/
Philippines Elections 2007: Negros Occidental — Sugar and Philippine Politics http://cpcabrisbane.org/Kasama/2007/V21n2/IOM-SugarPolitics.htm
A All about CARP
CARP accd'g to GRP
Q and A: The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program | Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2014/06/30/q-and-a-the-comprehensive-agrarian- reform-program/
CARP Extension Accomplishment, Facts in Figures, Congressional Policy and Budget Research Dept. House of Representatives, Febuary 2015, No. 11
CARP otherwise
CARP Deceives Peasants, Benefits Landlords http://bulatlat.com/news/6-19/6-19-carp.htm
Kalagayan ng Repormang Agraryo sa Pilipinas – Anakpawis Partylist http://www.anakpawis.net/2015/04/kalagayan-ng-repormang-agraryo-sa-pilipinas/
Why CARPER Is Worse Than CARP - Bulatlat http://bulatlat.com/main/2009/06/14/why-carper-is-worse-than-carp/
CARP, CARPER: Failing, falling, dead? « The PCIJ Blog http://pcij.org/blog/2015/06/11/carp-carper-failing-falling-dead
Carp @ 27 (An Infographic by PCIJ)
PH Land Reform Movement Peasant Update Philippines, July 2015, Issue 1
Philippines - Land Tenancy and Land Reform http://countrystudies.us/philippines/65.htm
The Anti-development State; The Political Economy of Permanent Crisis in the Philippines, by Walden Bello, Marissa de Guzman, Mary Lou Malig, Herbert Docena, Zed Books, 2005 Chapter 2 Agrarian Reform: The Promise and Reality, pp. 33-83 B Other anti-farmer impositions, impunity in court, presidential legacies since Marcos
Marcos: PD27 PD 27 of October 21, 1972 PDF copy
Masagana 99
Masagana 99 – SourceWatch: https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Masagana_99
MASAGANA 99? https://web.facebook.com/AngLagalagPH/photos/a.206942782796206.1073741828. 206869209470230/647692102054603/?type=3&theater
Some Notes on the Masagana 99 Program and Small Farmer Access to Credit, Emmanuel F. Esguerra, PSR 29 (1981): 35-43
‘Marcos era saw most rapid environmental degradation, biodiversity loss’ - Bulatlat: http://bulatlat.com/main/2016/04/20/marcos-era-saw-most-rapid-environmental- degradation-biodiversity-loss/
Culatingan Massacre(see list of massacres)
Escalante Massacre – Bantayog ng mga Bayani http://www.bantayog.org/escalante-massacre/
Corazon Aquino
Cory Aquino's betrayal | Opinion | GMA News Online http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/opinion/content/141047/cory-aquino-s- betrayal/story/
Mendiola massacre
G.R. No. 84607 http://www.lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1993/mar1993/gr_84607_1993.html
Agrarian reform 30 years after Mendiola massacre | Inquirer Opinion http://opinion.inquirer.net/101154/agrarian-reform-30-years-mendiola-massacre
Lupao Massacre philippine army patrol kills 17 civilians as war with leftists resumes - ucanews.com https://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_name=/1987/02/18/philippine-army- patrol-kills-17-civilians-as-war-with-leftists-resumes&post_id=34988
Two Presidents and the Lupao Massacre - Bulatlat http://bulatlat.com/main/2006/08/26/two-presidents-and-the-lupao-massacre/
Supreme Court frees convicts in 1989 Lupao massacre | Headlines, News, The Philippine Star | philstar.com http://www.philstar.com/headlines/90360/supreme-court-frees-convicts-1989-lupao- massacre
GMA
(Ginintuang Masaganang Ani, fertilizer Fund Scam)
Project 2010: Confronting the Legacy of the GMA Regime by Focus on the Global South, July 2010 The Fertilizer Scam by Luz Rimban, pp. 30-35 Fertilizing Ferment: The Ginintuang Masaganang Ani fertilizer Fund Scam by Jerik Cruz, pp. 36-37
Billions in farm funds used for Arroyo campaign | Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism http://pcij.org/stories/billions-in-farm-funds-used-for-arroyo-campaign/
Arroyo cleared in P728M fertilizer fund scam | Inquirer News http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/600623/arroyo-cleared-in-p728m-fertilizer-fund-scam
Ombudsman asked: What happened to fertilizer fund scam? | ABS-CBN News http://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/08/28/14/ombudsman-asked-what-happened- fertilizer-fund-scam
WHAT WENT BEFORE: Fertilizer fund scam | Inquirer News http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/853086/what-went-before-fertilizer-fund-scam-2
Noynoy Aquino
(Infographic) Super-rich growing richer under Aquino administration by IBON Foundation
Aquino’s Top 10 Evil Schemes in Hacienda Luisita - Bulatlat http://bulatlat.com/main/2015/11/16/aquinos-top-10-evil-schemes-in-hacienda- luisita/
Aquino family reclaims Hacienda Luisita - Manila Standard http://thestandard.com.ph/news/-main-stories/top-stories/190955/aquino-family- reclaims-hacienda-luisita.html
More killings feared in wake of Aquino’s support for paramilitary deployment in mining areas - Bulatlat http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/10/20/more-killings-feared-in-wake-of-aquino %E2%80%99s-support-for-paramilitary-deployment-in-mining-areas/
Kidapawan Massacre Kidapawan Massacre: How it Happened and its Casualties http://aboutcagayandeoro.com/kidapawan-massacre-update-3-dead-37-wounded-88- missing-protesters/
The Kidapawan massacre and Aquino’s blindness to farmers’ plight - The Manila Times Online http://www.manilatimes.net/the-kidapawan-massacre-and-aquinos-blindness-to- farmers-plight/254112/
FINAL REPORT OF THE NATIONAL FACT FINDING AND HUMANITARIAN MISSION TO KIDAPAWAN CITY, NORTH COTABATO, PHILIPPINES, April 4-6, 2016, (a short background on PH peasant sit. pp. 5-7)
Duterte
Grave numbers: The continued killing legacy under Duterte - Bulatlat http://bulatlat.com/main/2017/08/17/grave-numbers-continued-killing-legacy- duterte/
Flawed, fuzzy numbers in the war on drugs | Headlines, News, The Philippine Star | philstar.com http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/06/08/1707985/flawed-fuzzy-numbers-war- drugs
MAP, CHARTS: The Death Toll of the War on Drugs | ABS-CBN News http://news.abs-cbn.com/specials/map-charts-the-death-toll-of-the-war-on-drugs
DA revives Marcos’ rice program | Inquirer News http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/887479/da-revives-marcos-rice-program
Paeng Mariano's rejection as DAR secretary
CA rejects Mariano as DAR secretary | News | GMA News Online http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/624756/ca-rejects-mariano-as-dar- secretary/story/
List of CA Members Who Rejected Rafael Mariano as Agrarian Reform Secretary - PhilNews.XYZ http://www.philnews.xyz/2017/09/list-ca-members-rejected-rafael-mariano- agrarian-reform-secretary.html (image available...)
Ban on land conversion not to be signed soon by Duterte - NEDA | Inquirer News http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/885816/2-year-ban-on-land-conversion-not-to-be- signed-soon-by-duterte-neda EJK's and farmers
81 peasants killed out of 88 victims of EJK as of Aug. 31— Karapatan: https://news.mb.com.ph/2017/10/02/81-peasants-killed-out-of-88-victims-of- ejk-as-of-aug-31-karapatan/
Killings of farmers on the rise under Duterte | News Feature, News, The Philippine Star | philstar.com http://www.philstar.com/news-feature/2017/07/21/1719953/killings-farmers-rise- under-duterte
Leftist groups: Farmers also EJK victims | Inquirer News http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/937035/leftist-groups-farmers-also-ejk-victims
C Government budget and GDP trends
Military expenditure (current LCU) | Data https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL.XPND.CN? end=2015&locations=PH&start=1960&view=chart
Military expenditure (% of GDP) | Data https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS? end=2016&locations=PH&start=1960&view=chart
Agriculture & Rural Development | Data https://data.worldbank.org/topic/agriculture-and-rural-development?locations=PH
Services, etc., value added (% of GDP) | Data https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NV.SRV.TETC.ZS?locations=PH
Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) | Data https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NV.IND.MANF.ZS?locations=PH
D EJK's, human rights violation, impunities (Data, statistics and records)
Human Rights Reports by the regime...
List of massacres in the Philippines https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco/ wiki/List_of_massacres_in_the_Philippines.html
(Infographic) Killed Peasants Across Administrations from KARAPATAN
Tinay Palabay - Press Release | October 21, 2017 Killing of peasants https://web.facebook.com/photo.php? fbid=10212653186897353&set=a.4149559370052.163683.1015860686&type=3&t heater (MARCOS)
Tortyur: Human Rights Violation during The Marcos Regime, Michael Charleston Chua, June 2012
(CORY AQUINO) ASW (Cory regime, human rights) https://www.hrw.org/reports/1992/WR92/ASW-11.htm#P740_276403
(FIDEL RAMOS)
The Ramos presidency and human rights http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/54a/039.html
(GLORIA ARROYO)
Human Rights under the Arroyo Government http://www.tfdp.net/publications/hr-situationer/143-january-2001-march-2009
Equipo Nizkor - Karapatan 2010 Year-End Report on the Human Rights Situation int he Philippines. http://www.derechos.org/nizkor/filipinas/doc/karapatan1.html
Human Rights Week: Violations Of Economic, Social Rights Worsening Under Arroyo Administration – IBON Foundation http://ibon.org/2009/12/human-rights-week-violations-of-economic-social-rights- worsening-under-arroyo-administration/
Oplan Batay Laya as Arroyo’s Inhumane War: http://www.bulatlat.com/news/6-20/6-20-obl.htm
(NOYNOY AQUINO)
2016 Karapatan Year-end Report on the Human Rights Situation in the Philippines Table 2: Victims of Extrajudicial Killing and Enforced Disappearance (by Region) under the Notnoy Aquino Gov't, p. 10 Table 3: Victims of EJK and ED (by Sector) under the Noynoy Aquino Gov't, p. 17 Table 4: Violation of Civil and Political under the Noynoy Aquino Gov't, p 23
(DIGONG DUTERTE)(see above)
1 PNP & AFP (counter-insurgency programs, red-baiting etc.)
Counter-insurgency programs of GRP Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (MISSION TO PHILIPPINES) , Philip Alston, Apr. 2008 Counterinsurgency Strategy: A Nationwide Focus on CPP “Front Groups” in Civil Society, pp. 8-10 The “Purge Theory” of a Military in Denial, p. 13
Report on the Philippine Extrajudicial Killings (2001-August 2010), Al A. Parreño, 2011 Most Victims are Members or Officers of Activist Groups. pp. 4-8 Most Identified Suspects Belong to the Military, pp.9-10 Judicial Conclusions, pp. 24-30
Operation Bayanihan for Beginners, by Karapatan (Alliance for Advancement of People's Rights), Dec 2011
Connection of paramilitaries w/ the AFP
AFP uses anew Alsa Lumad, other vigilante groups vs. NPA | Davao Today http://davaotoday.com/main/politics/new-peoples-army/afp-uses-anew-alsa-lumad- other-vigilante-groups-vs-npa/
‘Soldiers watched as paramilitary attacked us’ - Bulatlat http://bulatlat.com/main/2015/09/10/soldiers-watched-as-paramilitary-attacked-us/
Who are the AFP-backed “Datu”? | Karapatan http://www.karapatan.org/Who+are+the+AFP-backed+%E2%80%9CDatu %E2%80%9D%3F
2 CAFGU and other paramilitaries (who supports and funds, crimes committedconnection w/ military)
CAFGU
Armed Violence in Mindanao: Militia and Private Armies by The Institute of Bangsamoro Studies and the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, July 2011, pp. 14-25
Philippine Deptartment of National Defense, Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Units (CAFGU)
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/philippines/cafgu.htm
Fast Facts About the CAFGU and Paramilitary Forces | ABS-CBN News http://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/12/28/08/fast-facts-about-cafgu-and-paramilitary- forces
Documentation for Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Units http://www.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/militias-public/data/pgag/148/evidence/ Policies arming civilians a product of vigilantism — Ethics in Action https://web.archive.org/web/20090313121806/http://www.eia.rghr.net/archive/2008- ethics-in-action/vol.-2-no.-5-october-2008/policies-arming-civilians-a-product-of- vigilantism
Misuse of CAFGU funds still unresolved | ABS-CBN News http://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/12/28/08/misuse-cafgu-funds-still-unresolved
Abusadong paramilitar, namamayagpag pa rin – Pinoy Weekly http://pinoyweekly.org/new/2016/10/abusadong-paramilitar-namamayagpag-pa-rin/
Paramilitaries
Pro-Government Militias: Philippines http://www.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/militias-public/data/country/168/
From Martial Law to ‘daang matwid,’ paramilitary groups are alive and killing - Bulatlat http://bulatlat.com/main/2015/09/21/from-martial-law-to-daang-matwid- paramilitary-groups-are-alive-and-killing/
Them terrorizing Lumads, farmers, et. al.
'Alsa Lumad,' Cafgus Hold Sway in Lumadland http://www.bulatlat.com/archive2/041Lumad.html
Terror in Ancestral Lands http://www.bulatlat.com/news/3-4/3-4-ancestrallands.html
Bastardization of the bagani - Bulatlat http://bulatlat.com/main/2015/09/19/bastardization-of-the-bagani/
Philippines: Paramilitaries Attack Tribal Villages, Schools | Human Rights Watch https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/09/23/philippines-paramilitaries-attack-tribal- villages-schools
E All about NFA and cartels (smuggling, hoarding etc.)
The Scourge of Rice Cartel - Has NFA Failed? http://www.impactmagazine.net/v40n05/coverstory.htm
Rice Production and Consumption Trends in the Philippines from 2000 to 2015, by Benedict A. Vizconde Factors Affecting Rice Production and Consumption in the Philippines, pp. 15-20, 7. Rice Smuggling, Hoarding and Other Iilicit Activities, pp. 19-20
6 (PML, MBK) A Wealth and backgrounds
The Most Powerful Families of the Philippines | T&C Ph http://www.townandcountry.ph/people/money-power/the-most-influential-families- in-the-philippines-a1590-20161107-lfrm2
What you need to know about the Philippines’ 50 richest individuals https://www.rappler.com/business/180034-philippines-50-richest-individuals-2017
FAST FACTS: The Country's Biggest Landholdings and Haciendas: https://web.facebook.com/pg/phkule/photos/? tab=album&album_id=1501323359948606 FAST FACTS: Some of the Biggest Landholders in the Country: https://web.facebook.com/pg/phkule/photos/? tab=album&album_id=1503798299701112
(Infographic) Severe inequality in the Philippines by IBON Foundation
B Crimes to farmers, workers and the nation (landgrabbing, inequality, PPP's etc.)
IBON PRIMER ON: PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS (PPPs), by IBON International, 2017
Will amid woes: Dismantling large landholdings, staving off hunger – IBON Foundation http://ibon.org/2017/11/will-amid-woes-dismantling-large-landholdings-staving-off- hunger/
Addressing the rampage of land use conversion – IBON Foundation http://ibon.org/2017/04/addressing-the-rampage-of-land-use-conversion/
(Infographic) Large Landholdings amid Peasant Landlessness by IBON Foundation
Araneta
Peasant women resist Araneta’s ‘legal landgrabbing’ in Rizal – Bulatlat http://bulatlat.com/main/2014/10/22/peasant-women-resist-aranetas-legal- landgrabbing-in-rizal/
CL farmers dare Bongbong, Mar on land reform case in Bulacan: http://punto.com.ph/News/Article/22351/Volume-8-No-67/Headlines/CL-farmers- dare-Bongbong-Mar-on-land-reform-case-in-Bulacan Farmers Asked Mar Roxas to Stop Araneta Landgrabbing – Bulatlat http://bulatlat.com/main/2010/03/25/farmers-asked-mar-roxas-to-stop-araneta- landgrabbing/
Mar Roxas, his mother, his President ancestor and the Negros sugar industry - The Manila Times Online http://www.manilatimes.net/mar-roxas-his-mother-his- president-ancestor-and-the-negros-sugar-industry/245189/
Negros Situation/
UCAN SPECIAL REPORT: WHAT´S BEHIND THE NEGROS FAMINE CRISIS: https://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_name=/1985/09/11/ucan- special-report-whats-behind-the-negros-famine-crisis&post_id=33345
Filipino Sugarcane Workers Are Nearly the Walking Dead: https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/jpa4md/filipino-sugarcane-workers- are-nearly-the-walking-dead
Danding Cojuangco
Hacienda Luisita & Negros will remain Cojuangco countries with DAR & CARPER https://luisitawatch.wordpress.com/2014/04/21/hacienda-luisita-negros-will-remain- cojuangco-countries-with-dar-carper/ Farmers in Danding haciendas want out of agribusiness venture | Inquirer News http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/813190/farmers-in-danding-haciendas-want-out-of- agribusiness-venture
Negros farmers suffer atrocities from 'landlord-hired bandit group' – Bulatlat http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/05/24/negros-farmers-suffer-atrocities-from-landlord- hired-bandit-group/
TADECO/Floirendo (re: schemes)
Uma Nacional - 28,816 ektaryang plantasyon ng saging ay kontrolado... https://web.facebook.com/uma.pilipinas.3/posts/1716735908367710? pnref=story.unseen-section
Hacienda Luisita (Cojuangco x Lorenzo)
‘Land ho!’ Or is it ‘Land no?’ « The PCIJ Blog http://pcij.org/blog/2012/04/25/land-ho-or-is-it-land-no
Human trafficking scam exposed, Sakadas from Mindanao exploited in Hacienda Luisita | Rural Missionaries of the Philippines http://www.rmp-nmr.org/articles/2017/01/04/human-trafficking-scam-exposed- sakadas-mindanao-exploited-hacienda-luisita
Trafficking and Exploitation of Sakadas from Mindanao in Hacienda Luisita, Tarlac(Fact Sheet as of March 15, 2017) by UMA
The RCBC Case by Luisita Watch,
(Ayala Zobel)
Whose Land? Whose Development? | INQUIRER.net http://globalnation.inquirer.net/123652/whose-land-whose-development (re: Hacienda Dolores)
Farmers hit DENR inaction on distribution of Hacienda Zobel - Remate http://www.remate.ph/2013/07/farmers-hit-denr-inaction-on-distribution-of- hacienda-zobel/
Farmers Camp Out at DAR to Protest Land Grabbing in S. Tagalog - Bulatlat http://bulatlat.com/main/2008/08/11/farmers-camp-out-at-dar-to-protest-land- grabbing-in-s-tagalog/
Many farms lost to land conversion | Inquirer News http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/876377/many-farms-lost-to-land-conversion
Lorenzo
Armed men shoot farmers reclaiming banana plantation; 7 hurt - Bulatlat http://bulatlat.com/main/2016/12/12/armed-men-shoot-farmers-reclaiming-banana- plantation-7-hurt/
NATIONAL FACT FINDING AND SOLIDARITY MISSION EXECUTIVE SUMMARY December 15-16, 2016 Brgy. Madaum, Tagum City (Lapanday Shooting Incidents)
Sy
Int'l mission urges gov't to stop land-use conversion in Hacienda Looc - Bulatlat http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/02/17/intl-mission-urges-govt-to-stop-land-use- conversion-in-hacienda-looc/
Sectors unite in nationwide protest vs. SM, contractualization - Bulatlat http://bulatlat.com/main/2017/10/13/sectors-unite-nationwide-protest-vs-sm- contractualization/ Plantations
Joselito D. Campos Jr., CEO of Del Monte Pacific Ltd - Asian Entrepreneur http://www.asianentrepreneur.org/joselito-d-campos-jr-ceo-del-monte-pacific-ltd/
The other Face of Plunder in Mindanao: A briefer on Mindanao Plantations by REAP Mindanao Network, 2016 Parceling Mindanao to Corporate Plantations, pp. 9., pp. 16. (Pineapple Plantations) Aggressive Expansion of Plantations in Mindanao, pp. 17-21
C Relationship/influence to the government (geneaology)
Filipino Genealogy Project: RP Politics: Still a Family Affair http://fil-gen-pro.blogspot.com/2012/02/rp-politics-still-family-affair.html
D Relationship/influence over the arts
Political art makes splash at Art Basel, Arts - THE BUSINESS TIMES http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/lifestyle/arts/political-art-makes-splash-at-art- basel
Artworks | The Missing Art Movement http://missingart.ph/artworks
Lorenzo family donates for Arete | Ateneo de Manila University http://www.ateneo.edu/news/lorenzo-family-donates-arete
Areté: Ateneo builds a playground for creativity https://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/arts-and-culture/181696-whats-the-big-idea- arete-ateneo-de-manila-university-creativity
ART COLLECTION, IMELDA MARCOS STYLE - NYTimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/12/world/art-collection-imelda-marcos-style.html
First PH makerspace opens at Miriam College | SM Investments http://sminvestments.com/first-ph-makerspace-opens-miriam-college
‘The art of Conrad’ | Inquirer Lifestyle http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/246570/the-art-of-conrad/
A showcase for artists | Inquirer Opinion http://opinion.inquirer.net/99275/a-showcase-for-artists Film, art in a time of change - The Manila Times Online http://www.manilatimes.net/film-art-time-change/303116/
Art Fair Philippines 2017 expands its reach – round-up | Art Radar http://artradarjournal.com/2017/03/03/art-fair-philippines-2017-expands-its-reach- round-up/
BusinessWorld | The ladies behind the art fair http://www.bworldonline.com/content.php?section=Weekender&title=the-ladies- behind-the-art-fair&id=102204
Charlie Cojuangco's field of painted dreams | Arts and Culture, Lifestyle Features, The Philippine Star | philstar.com http://www.philstar.com/arts-and-culture/539360/charlie-cojuangcos-field-painted- dreams
Butch Campos, Doris Ho, other trustees unveil new Met | Inquirer Lifestyle http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/87537/butch-campos-doris-ho-other-trustees-unveil-new- met/
7 (IMPERIALISM)
Then and now: US economic intervention in the Philippines – IBON Foundation http://ibon.org/2016/11/then-and-now-us-economic-intervention-in-the-philippines/
A Free trade agreements
By Country/Economy - Free Trade Agreements https://aric.adb.org/fta-country
Free-Market Policy Root Cause Of Mass Poverty in Agriculture « Agriculture Business Week https://archive.is/GwgwU
Four reasons why RCEP will be detrimental to Filipino farmers – IBON Foundation http://ibon.org/2017/05/four-reasons-why-rcep-will-be-detrimental-to-filipino- farmers/
EU-PH trade deal: The hazards of Free Trade Agreements – IBON Foundation http://ibon.org/2012/11/eu-ph-trade-deal-the-hazards-of-free-trade-agreements/ Five ASEAN features that show “One Community” is exclusionary – IBON Foundation http://ibon.org/2017/11/five-asean-features-that-show-one-community-is- exclusionary/
(Infographic) 3 Decades of “Globalized” Philippines by Ibon Foundation
RCEP and TPPA : Panibagong Neoliberal na mga Atake sa Asya-Pasipiko (Praymer hinggil sa Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership at Trans-Pacific Parnership Agreement) by People over Profit Network
ST IBON PRIMER ON: 21 CENTURY FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS: TRADING AWAY OUR FUTURE FOR CORPORATE PLUNDER AND PROFIT, by IBON Foundation, 2015
Chapter 1 Imperialism and the WTO, pp. 1-5, pp. 9-13 Chapter 2 Beyond the WTO: New Trade Agreements on the Rise, pp. 28-43 Chapter 3 Major Thrusts of the New FTA's, pp. 63 & 65-66 Chapter 4 Impacts and Consequences, pp. 73, 77-79
The Anti-development State; The Political Economy of Permanent Crisis in the Philippines, by Walden Bello, Marissa de Guzman, Mary Lou Malig, Herbert Docena, Zed Books, 2005 Chapter 4 Multilateral Punishment: The Philippines in the WTO, 1995-2003 ◦ pp. 131-136, ◦ The AOA and the Demise of Philippine Agriculture, pp. 139-143 ◦ pp. 150-155, pp. 159-162
B Military intervention
Human Rights Abuses in the Philippines: Shades of El Salvador, Vietnam http://www.bulatlat.com/news/5-24/5-24-readereiler.htm
(Infographic) US Military Operations in the Philippines, 2001-2013 by Ibon Foundation
C Conditional aides
US aid and imperialism – IBON Foundation http://ibon.org/2016/10/us-aid-and-imperialism/
How USAID influences PH national policy: Technical aid to advance US interests, Bryan Ziadie, 27 October 2016, IBON International
8 (RICE AND THE POPULATION) A Data about rice production (import-export, food security indicators, yield etc.)
Philippines - Ricepedia http://ricepedia.org/philippines
PhilFSIS | Rice: Food Available per Capita http://philfsis.psa.gov.ph/index.php/id/12/matrix/A20FSFAC
Philippine Statistics Authority – Selected Food Security Indicators 1990-2013 Rice: Food Available Per Capita (per person), p. 4
Rice Production and Consumption Trends in the Philippines from 2000 to 2015, by Benedict A. Vizconde Table 4. Wasted Milled Rice vs. Total Milled Rice in the Philippines 2000- 2013. pp. 9-10 Wasted Milled Rice in the Philippines, 2000-2013 , p. 10 Table 5. Annual Rice Consumption Per Capita in the Philippines, 2000- 2013, p. 11 Table 7. Total Milled Rice Production and Consumption in the Philippines, 2000-2015 p. 14 Fig. 4. Milled Rice Production and Consumption in the Philippines, 2000- 2015
Price of rice collated from Selected Statistics on Agriculture by Bureau of Agricultural Statistics, Department of Agriculture ('94, '97, '00, '01, '04, '07, '11, '16)
The 10 Largest Rice Importers In The World - WorldAtlas.com http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-largest-rice-importers-in-the-world.html
Rice wastage equalled a third of PHL rice imports in 2011–IRRI | Money | GMA News Online http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/content/255546/rice-wastage-equalled-a- third-of-phl-rice-imports-in-2011-irri/story/
B 1 people(data on population, employment and the like),
(population growth rate) For '90-'00 & '00-'10: Philippine Statistics Authority – Selected Food Security Indicators 1990-2013, Table 22, p. 110 For '10-'15: Highlights of the Philippine Population 2015 Census of Population | Philippine Statistics Authority https://psa.gov.ph/content/highlights-philippine- population-2015-census-population
Philippine Statistical Tables TABLE 13 Gainful Workers 15 Years Old and Over by Major Occupation Group, Age Group, Sex, and Region: 2015
2 Issues on urban migration, poverty, contractualization etc.
Urban Migration
Domestic and International Migrants in the Philippines (Results from the 2010 Census) | Philippine Statistics Authority https://psa.gov.ph/content/domestic-and-international-migrants-philippines-results- 2010-census
The Philippines: Rural Families, Urban Income | Cultural Survival https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival- quarterly/philippines-rural-families-urban-income
7.1. Who goes, who gains? http://www.nzdl.org/gsdlmod?e=d-00000-00---off-0aedl--00-0----0-10-0---0--- 0direct-10---4------0-1l--11-en-50---20-about---00-0-1-00-0--4----0-0-11-10- 0utfZz-8-00&cl=CL1.1&d=HASH019388f25c0ebbc6f5858ef5.9.2>=1
Manila’s population could expand to 29.3M by 2030 due to urban migration–EIU report | BusinessMirror https://businessmirror.com.ph/manilas-population-could-expand-to-29-3m-by-2030- due-to-urban-migration-eiu-report/
Urban Transition, Poverty, and Development in the Philippines, A Preliminary Draft , by Emma Porio, 31 August 2009
Migration and Urbanization, pp. 30-32 Table 6. Gross Domestic Product by Industrial Origin at Current Prices (in millions pesos), p. 33 Urban Growth, Poverty and Social Inequality, p. 39-44 Housing: Largely an Urban Problem, p.45-48
Contractualization
PSA survey records 16.3% increase of contractuals in PHL labor force | BusinessMirror https://businessmirror.com.ph/psa-survey-records-16-3-increase-of-contractuals-in- phl-labor-force/
New DOLE order on contractualization a mere rehash of old policy – Labor groups - Bulatlat http://bulatlat.com/main/2017/03/17/new-dole-order-contractualization-mere- rehash-old-policy-labor-groups/
9 BHB A Peace talks current situation
Duterte declares he’ll be first leftist president | News | GMA News Online http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/563681/duterte-declares-he-ll-be- first-leftist-president/story/
Why Duterte is not – and is unlikely to be – a socialist https://www.rappler.com/thought-leaders/137804-duterte-not-socialist
Duterte says no longer inclined to resume peace talks with Reds | ABS-CBN News http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/18/17/duterte-says-no-longer-inclined-to-resume- peace-talks-with-reds
Duterte to declare NPA as terrorist group | Inquirer News https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/946086/duterte-to-declare-npa-as-terrorist-group
Moving the Peace Talks Forward by Victoria dela Gente, Liberation, vol. 34, no.1, Jan-Mar 2017, pp. 4-8
On Duterte’s threat of tagging the NPA as terrorists - PRWC https://www.philippinerevolution.info/statements/20171120-on-dutertes-threat-of- tagging-the-npa-as-terrorists
Philippines' communist rebellion: a new generation | Inquirer News http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/923139/philippines-communist-rebellion-a-new- generation
B CASER
An Unofficial Guide to Understanding the Socio-Economic Proposals of Filipino Communists - Bulatlat http://bulatlat.com/main/2017/02/25/unofficial-guide-understanding-socio- economic-proposals-filipino-communists/
BusinessWorld | The case for CASER http://www.bworldonline.com/content.php?section=Opinion&title=the-case-for- caser&id=145766