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Editorial The US-Aquino regime is keeping the peace talks in a quagmire

t has been more than a year since formal these through negotiations. peace talks between the National Democratic From the beginning, it has been clear that the I Front of the (NDFP) and the Gov- GPH is not genuinely interested in talking with ernment of the Philippines (GPH) resumed on the NDFP. On February 14, 2011, the very eve of February 15-21 in Oslo, Norway. But the negoti- the resumption of formal negotiations, it treach- ations have not progressed because of the out- erously arrested Alan Jazmines, a valued con- standing issue of the arrest and continued deten- sultant of the NDFP and a key figure in its nego- tion by the GPH of key NDFP peace talks consult- tiations for a Comprehensive Agreement on So- ants and staff in violation of previous agree- cio-Economic Reforms. Despite Comrade ments. Jazmines' undeniable identity as an NDFP con- The possibility of any significant advance has sultant, the GPH outrightly refused to recognize become even more remote under the US-Aquino his rights under the Joint Agreement on Safety regime in the face of the GPH's refusal to respect and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG). The JASIG is previous accords and the utter lack of interest it an agreement signed in 1995 that guarantees the has shown in addressing the issues that are at safety of persons involved in the negotiations. the roots of the armed conflict and in resolving At the conclusion of the first round of formal talks in February 2011, the GPH pledged to un- dertake steps to release 17 NDFP consultants then under detention, aside from 349 political detainees. After a year, 13 NDFP consultants re- main in prison, including Jazmines. The GPH con- tinuously refuses to comply with its obligations under the JASIG to free Jazmines and 12 other

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Detention of Alan Jazmines et al 3

NPA in Abra and Kalinga hailed 6

Superprofits of oil industries 9 NDFP consultants. their safety and the talks strated his utterly reactionary Lately, the GPH has even would not be able to proceed character by endlessly spewing had the gall to accuse the smoothly, Respect for the counterrevolutionary venom NDFP of using the JASIG as a JASIG is crucial to the continu- against the NDFP. The NDFP means of securing the release ation of the peace negotia- has nothing but profound dis- of CPP officials. It stubbornly tions. appointment for Padilla, a for- declared that it would only rec- The more than 12 formal mer human rights advocate, for ognize NDFP consultants if the agreements—including the the contempt he has been NDFP could show the original Comprehensive Agreement on showing for the peace negotia- list of consultants along with Respect for Human Rights and tions. their true names and photo- International Humanitarian After a year, the peace graphs. Law (CARHRIHL) that was talks are caught in a quagmire The GPH has been exploit- signed in 1998—were all forged due to the GPH's complete lack ing the issue of JASIG verifica- within the framework of inter- of interest in fulfilling its obli- tion to justify its refusal to national laws and rules. As bel- gations. It has become plain as abide by the agreement, pro- ligerent forces in a civil war, day that the GPH does not val- long the detention of NDFP the NDFP and GPH are obliged ue its peace talks with the consultants it has captured to respect them. The GPH's NDFP at all and its catchwords and cover up their persecution. compliance or non-compliance of peace and human rights are This also serves to obscure the with its obligations under the all empty blabber. GPH's responsibility for tram- JASIG is indicative of its readi- The NDFP and the entire pling on the JASIG by abduct- ness to implement any future revolutionary movement are ing and forcibly disappearing agreements it may enter into. acutely aware that the GPH's NDFP leaders in the past. It is a matter of palabra de priority lies in crushing the The GPH claims that the honor. New People's Army and sup- JASIG is merely a side issue. Instead of complying with pressing the people's mass On the contrary, the JASIG is its obligations and keeping its struggles through armed re- one of the key agreements de- promises, the GPH has been re- pression, psywar and intelli- signed to create favorable lentlessly maligning the NDFP gence operations. This priority conditions for negotiations. and concocting one lie after is in line with the 2009 Coun- Without its guarantees, nego- another. Its chief negotiator terinsurgency Guide laid down tiators will constantly fear for Alexander Padilla has demon- by the US-Aquino regime's im- perialist master. Under this framework, the peace talks on- ly serve to camouflage the all- ANG Contents out war it is unleashing against the people. Vol. XLIII No. 4 February 21, 2012 Editorial:The US-Aquino regime is The Aquino regime has been keeping the peace talks in a quagmire 1 further emboldened to cast the Ang Bayan is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Iloko, Hiligay- Detention of Jazmines et al 3 peace talks aside in the face of non, Waray and English editions. intensifying US imperialist in- GPH wants to junk THJD 3 It is available for downloading tervention in the country, the at the Web 2 hunters killed by soldiers 4 growing presence of American Central located at: Anti-militarization in 5 troops and bigger military as- www.philippinerevolution.net sistance to the puppet govern- Ang Bayan welcomes contribu- AFP-bandit collusion 5 ment. US intervention in the tions in the form of articles and NPA in Abra and Kalinga hailed 6 news. Readers are likewise Philippines' internal affairs is enjoined to send in their com- Aquino regime to set up “new Subic” 7 currently one of the biggest ob- ments and suggestions for the stacles to the advance of the US intervention slammed 8 betterment of our publication. peace negotiations. Internsify- You can reach us by email at: Oil superprofits 8 ing US intervention and the [email protected] Aquino regime's puppetry stand in the way of forging Ang Bayan is published fortnightly by the Central Committee agreements to resolve the peo- of the Communist Party of the Philippines ple's fundamental problems. ~

2 ANG BAYAN February 21, 2012 Detention of Jazmines et al is a from arrest and detention. The military and police per- continuing violation of the JASIG sonnel dismissed the JASIG and Jazmines' rights as a JASIG he arrest by the Government of the Philippines (GPH) of Alan holder. He was immediately de- TJazmines on February 14, 2011 is a grave violation of the Joint tained at the PNP Custodial Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG). His contin- Center and slapped with ued detention and that of 12 other consultants of the National Demo- trumped-up criminal charges. cratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) aggravate GPH violations of This serious violation becomes the JASIG and do not help create conditions for the resumption of graver the longer he is kept in formal peace negotiations between the NDFP and the GPH. detention. His prolonged incar- ceration is in violation of JASIG Statements by the GPH that nel. provisions calling for the sus- it has abided by the JASIG are The GPH is merely trying to pension of all legal proceedings complete falsehoods. The GPH cover up its brazen violations of against persons covered by the has exaggerated the importance the JASIG, especially in the out- agreement. On top of all this, of verifying the identities of standing case of Jazmines' de- Jazmines likewise faces perse- NDFP consultants and tention and arrest. When cution from abusive police offi- claims that the Jazmines was arrest- cials. problem lies with ed, he presented his The GPH must be held ac- the NDFP and its Document of Iden- countable for its refusal to free failure to pro- tification that had the consultants it has illegally ar- vide proof that the reference num- rested and continues to detain. the detained ber ND 978213 and It should also be held responsible consultants are the name Dodi for the abduction and forced dis- the persons Lapida. He insisted appearance of Leo Velasco, Pru- whose names are on his rights as an dencio Calubid, Rogelio Calubad contained in a list of NDFP Peace Panel con- and other key consultants of the JASIG-protected person- sultant enjoying immunity NDFP. ~ The GPH wants to do away with The Hague Joint Declaration

t is not only the JASIG that the GPH wants to set the character and objective of the peace talks. Iaside. Also under attack are other key agree- In refusing to recognize THJD as a fundamen- ments like The Hague Joint Declaration (THJD) tal agreement, the GPH has deviously invalidated which was signed by the NDFP and GPH in 1992. all previous agreements forged on this basis, in- In February 2011, the GPH feigned recognition cluding the JASIG and the CARHRIHL. It wants to of the 12 previously signed agreements with the negate all the victories attained in the peace nego- NDFP that were the fruits of decades of negotia- tiations in the past two decades and set new bases tions. At the same time, however, it dismissed for the talks, with the aim of having the revolution- THJD as a mere mechanism, and refused to see it ary forces surrender their weapons and submit to as the foundation document that defined the char- the reactionaries. ~ acter of the entire talks. The GPH's stand is contrary to the actual role of THJD. All agreements signed by the NDFP and the GPH in close to 20 years of talks were forged on the basis of THJD. THJD is a key agreement be- cause it sets the framework on how two parties representing diametrically opposed interests could engage in talks. THJD avers that peace negotia- tions must be conducted in accordance with mutu- ally acceptable principles, among them national sovereignty, democracy and social justice and that no conditions should be set that would contradict

ANG BAYAN February 21, 2012 3 Military kills two mining site of TVI Resources in Sitio Balabag, Barangay Depore hunters in Bayog town. The journalists were released only on the fol- ilitary forces mercilessly killed two hunters even as two lowing day by the Special Citi- members of an urban poor group were illegally arrested. zens Armed Forces Geographi- M cal Unit which is on the TVI's payroll, according to the Na- February 16. A team of to a hospital where they are in tional Union of Journalists of Philippine Army Special Forces critical condition. the Philippines (NUJP). The me- gunned down four hunters in February 13. Personnel and dia people were with members Barangay Ilayang Atungay, security guards of the Universi- of a human rights advocacy Magdalena, Laguna. Residents ty of St. La Salle in Bacolod City group when they were blocked who know the four victims de- harassed Jan Earl Enerlan, a by the paramilitaries. Bayog nied the military's allegations student at the university, be- residents have been opposing that they are members of the cause of his participation in a mining operations in their com- New People's Army (NPA) and campaign against tuition fee munities for several months were carrying high-powered hikes. The students launched now. firearms. Jessie Perez, 15, and mass actions to protest impend- February 7. Combined police Christian Luceto, 35, were ing tuition fee increases and the and military operatives illegally killed on the spot. Their two school's failure to conduct con- arrested two members of the other companions were brought sultations on the matter. The Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahi- League of Filipino hirap-Southern Tagalog (Kada- Students- may-ST) in Barangay Maitim, assailed the school Bai, Laguna. The victims were officials' repression Evelyn Legaspi, 53, a member of of the protesting Kadamay's regional council and students. Pastora Latagan, 33, a staff of February 12. At the regional chapter. The mili- least 12 journalists tary planted alleged subversive from Pagadian City, documents, 14 explosive de- Zamboanga del Sur vices, four blasting caps and were accosted and various medicines at the scene detained by para- to make it appear that the two military elements women are rebels. The members while they were on of the raiding team failed to their way to cover a present an arrest warrant. reported demolition February 3. Two men killed of houses near a Loida Pagatpat, 51, a teacher at the Antipolo Elementary School in Palanas, Masbate. Pagatpat was gunned down inside a class- 9th IB rapists must be punished room and in front of her stu- dents. She sustained two gun- ABRIELA condemned the rape of a 21-year old woman by shot wounds to the head. Her Gseven soldiers from the 9th IB inside a military camp in assailants fled aboard a motor- Masbate on February 12. The victim has identified the rapists as cycle. Cpl. Gilbert Quinito alias “Jeric” and six other elements of Bra- Pagatpat was earlier ac- vo Company based in Barangay Puro, Aroroy, Masbate. cused by the military of sup- GABRIELA secretary-general Lana Linaban said that the porting the New People's Atmy. concerned government agencies should immediately investigate She was also implicated in the this heinous crime. GABRIELA also warned the Armed Forces of killing of a barangay official in the Philippines against intervening in the case to cover up the 2011. She is the third teacher ~ incident and protect the rapists among its ranks. killed in Masbate under the Aquino regime. ~

4 ANG BAYAN February 21, 2012 Villagers succeed in battling militarization in Central Panay

nder the Armed Forces of the Philippines' (AFP) re- Upressive Oplan Bayanihan (OPB), fascist soldiers conduct so- called civil-military operations in order to “win over” the people. Under this program, the military maintains its presence in popula- tion centers. The AFP builds detachments in the middle of communities or near schools, chapels, clinics and other civilian facilities in violation of the provisions of international humani- tarian law and the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitari- an Law (CARHRIHL). The militariza- defend their democratic tion of communities has the objective of allowing a reign of terror, rights. In Ta-paz, Capiz and crime and antisocial activities, destroying the masses' livelihood, Calinog, Iloilo, the people re- trampling on their human rights, forcing them to submit to the mili- fused to be cowed by the AFP tary's might and suppressing their struggles. and resisted the terrorism of the Contrary to the AFP and the US-Aquino regime's objectives, how- 61st IB in a campaign that ever, nationwide are standing up to defy militarization and “Panay...,” follow on page 6 AFP-bandit group collusion denounced

he Herminio Alfonso Command-Guerrilla Front the Alsa and Bandido groups. The Blackfighter 53 Operations Command of the New People's group is likewise being revived in Salaysay, Marilog and TArmy in Southern strongly condemned Tambobong, Baguio, . the wanton violations of the Federation of Manobo- The Gawilan group and other bandit syndicates en- Matigsalog Tribal Council (Femmatric) of the human joy the protection of the 403rd Brigade and the 8th IB rights of Lumad in Marilog District, in which utilize the Special Operations Teams ostensibly province and in Arakan Valley. for peace and development in order to suppress Lumad Femmatric is led by Lito Gawilan, who is and non-Lumad settlers and organize fake surrenders. involved in landgrabbing, robbery, selling of The military thus gives the Gawilan group a free hand in fake gold bars and extortion activities against sowing terror along the Bukidnon highway. small businessmen along the national high- Due to the Gawilan group's grave violations of the way in Bukidnon. Lumad's human rights, the 403rd Brigade has been suf- Gawilan claims to represent the Matigsalog and fering serious casualties in successive NPA tactical of- Manobo tribes in saying that he defends their ancestral fensives in Bukidnon. The military has been venting its lands. In fact, he has been facilitating the plunderous ire on the Lumad by accusing the leaders of the Bukid- operations of rubber plantations and mining conces- non tribe of supporting the NPA. sions because he holds the Certificate of Ancestral Do- Nonetheless, it is only a matter of time before the main covering resource-rich areas like Kitaotao town in Lumad masses become fully aware of the Gawilan Bukidnon province, Arakan municipality in North Cota- group's crimes such as the landgrabbing of ancestral bato and Marilog District in Davao City. lands and the betrayal of ancestral lands in Bukidnon in Colluding with the Femmatric-Gawilan group is the favor of big multinational mining companies, commer- Bunsuran group which is behind the establishment of cial plantations, logging firms and the like. ~

ANG BAYAN February 21, 2012 5 “Panay ...,” from page 5 hug where they gave the fascist paign up to the upland villages soldiers up to two weeks to and brought up the issue before stretched from June to October leave their village. In Barangay the Eighth Assembly of the TU- 2011. Tacayan, village leaders like- MANDUK (Tumanduk nga mga The 61st IB had a long and wise led in confronting the sol- Mangunguma nga Nagapangapin bloody record of human rights diers and demanding their de- sa Duta kag Kabuhi) held in violations against the people of parture. Residents of Sitio Lau- Calinog town in October. The Negros. Due to the Negrenses' gan, Barangay Aglinab also progressive organization repre- struggle, the 3rd ID was forced made a stand and told the AFP senting Central Panay's minority to transfer the butcher battal- soldiers to leave. people had earlier held a march- ion to Panay at the end of 2010. To further dramatize their rally at the Calinog town center Even in Panay, the 61st IB's stand against militarization, the joined by 1,000 indigenous peo- record has been no less notori- people drafted a petition ple and their supporters. ous. But the people of Tapaz and against the soldiers' encamp- The military troops were Calinog confronted the battalion ments at the village centers and thus compelled to leave the vil- head-on. circulated this among seven lage centers of Katipunan, In Barangay Katipunan, Ta- barangays from June to July. Af- Lahug and Tacayan. paz, villagers faced the soldiers ter the petition-signing, they Nonetheless, the military re- twice to demand their pullout. brought the document to the of- mains in the centers of many Barangay officers, mass leaders fice of the Tapaz town mayor and other barangays. The people's and other barriofolk joined in from here, to the office of the struggle therefore continues confronting the military. Up to Capiz provincial governor in July. against the AFP's terrorism and 50 villagers partticipated in the They continued and expand- military detachments in other confrontation at Barangay La- ed their petition-signing cam- village centers. ~

diers and a CAFGU element CPDF hails NPA were killed in successive bat- tles in Calbiga town on January in Abra and Kalinga 23 and 25. Comrades success- fully thwarted a raid by the he Cordillera People's Democratic Front 34th IB on an NPA base in (CPDF) hailed two New People's Army Barangay Ginbanga on January T(NPA) commands in Ilocos-Cordillera Re- 23. Killed in this firefight were gion—the Agustin Begnalen Command (ABC) of Abra for success- two regular soldiers and para- fully foiling a military attack and the Lejo Cawilan Command (LCC) military element Luis Gacuma. of Kalinga for launching a tactical offensive against the 77th IB- The comrades were able to re- CAFGU detachment on February 3. treat without suffering a single casualty. The NPA launched a count- The CPDF belied the mili- 11 a.m. on February 3. er-offensive by harassing 34th tary's claims that the NPA On the same day, an NPA IB soldiers in Barangay Huba- suffered three dead and one team under the LCC harassed san on January 25 at 10 a.m. A wounded in Abra. According the 77th IB-CAFGU detachment misencounter ensued among to the Saulo Lumadao Front at Cagalian Gate in Pasil town, the severely demoralized and (NPA-South Central Abra), Kalinga, wounding two soldiers confused soldiers, resulting in two troopers of the 52nd Di- and a CAFGU element. the death of seven troopers. vision Reconnaissance Com- The military operations in The NPA again was able to re- pany (52nd DRC) were the area are aimed at suppress- treat unscathed. wounded when the so-called ing the people's antimining Too embarrassed to admit elite fighting unit attempted struggles in the province. its losses, the military claimed to attack a temporary NPA Meanwhile, the Jovito Ra- before the media that its lone encampment in Sitio Nagas- gay Command of the New Peo- casualty was a paramilitary ele- asan, Barangay Ud-udiao in ple's Army in Samar province ment killed in its offensive oper- Sallapadan, Abra at around reported that nine enemy sol- ations in Calbiga town. ~

6 ANG BAYAN February 21, 2012 Aquino regime wants to set and send the more than 3,300 remaining troops “on rotation” up 'new Subic' for US military to , the Philippines, Singapore and . S imperialism needs a Subic Naval Base-like military facility Plans to build new military to serve as a docking area for its warships, a landing pad for facilities for the regular port Uits spy planes and a rest and recreation area for American calls of US warships bring to troops forming part of thousands of US soldiers to be deployed on a mind bitter memories of the rotation basis in various countries in the Asia-Pacific in the next sev- Philippines' long experience eral years. with military bases. The pres- ence of US troops inevitably in- US Defense Secretary Leon by its imperialist master at the volves the abuse of women as Panetta had insinuated in a re- disposal of US troops. High- well as prostitution and vio- cent US Senate Armed Forces ranking US officials are expect- lence against children. The peo- Committee Hearing that the ed to arrive in the country to ple have not quite forgotten Obama and Aquino govern- sign the agreement as soon as Lance Cpl. Daniel Smith's rape ments were working on an it is completed. of “Nicole” in 2005 and how he agreement for the accomoda- US officials had announced was able to avoid imprisonment tion of US military troops and plans to transfer 8,000 soldiers in the Philippines. equipment in the Philippines. currently stationed in Okinawa, The people's patriotic The US would like to pattern Japan to an American military movement is sure to be kindled the accord after a newly signed base in Guam, a US territory. with American soldiers free to agreement with Australia that (The plan was spurred by the leave and enter the country at allows US warships to dock Okinawans' widespread opposi- will and use the country as a regularly at Darwin City and tion to the presence of the abu- launching pad for military op- grants access to 2,500 US sive American troops and by the erations and efforts to impose Marines. Obama government's own de- US hegemony in the Asia-Pacif- The regular docking of US sire to cut back on military ic. The struggle for national battleships is part of US plans spending due to the economic liberation will further intensify to use the Philippines as a plat- and financial crisis), The US has in the face of US intervention- form for its power-projection, shelved this plan of late, howev- ism and the Aquino regime's China containment and inter- er. It has instead decided to puppetry. ~ ventionist operations in the transfer Asia-Pacific region. only 4,700 Prior to the US Senate troops to hearing, officials of the Obama Guam and Aquino governments had already met about setting up military facilities for the US in the Philippines during the Strategic Defense Dialogue (SDD) in January. The talks were disclosed in an article published in the Washington Post despite initial attempts to keep the meeting under wraps. US officials have said that they are merely awaiting the Aquino government's concrete propos- als on the matter. Like a true puppet, the Aquino regime has responded by saying that plans are already underway. It has placed all the facilities needed

ANG BAYAN February 21, 2012 7 Progressive groups slam US The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) slammed US military intervention plans to rotate 4,500 US Marines all over the Asia-Pacific arious progressive organizations launched protest actions last to project its geopolitical influ- week to assail the continued presence of US soldiers in the ence. The KMP cited the obvi- Vcountry. The protesters said that American soldiers freely en- ousness of the US' desire to tering and leaving the Philippines signalled impending military inter- make its dominant presence felt vention not only in the country but in the entire Asia-Pacific. by positioning its forces in the region. It also assailed the The Bagong Alyansang Ma- been strengthening its troop de- Aquino regime for having virtu- kabayan (BAYAN) said the US ployment to control the Asia-Pa- ally ceded the country's sover- was in the process of expanding cific and shift its foreign policy eignty because of its puppetry its military presence in the focus after waging war in Iraq to the US. country by invoking laws and and Afghanistan in the past The Kilusang Mayo Uno ac- agreements that allow such decades. GABRIELA and IWA cused the US of using its puppet presence. It cited the Mutual also raised concerns that US-in- governments to strengthen its Logistics Support Agreement stigated wars in the Asia-Pacific political and economic interests (MLSA) that permits American region would lead not only to vi- in the region. troops to access facilities and olence but the plunder of natu- Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy services in their former military ral resources, as what Casiño has filed a resolu- bases. The MLSA obliges the happened in the tion in Congress to in- Philippines to provide services two countries. vestigate the US' plans to “visiting” US troops. to increase the number On the other hand, of American troops in the GABRIELA and the Internation- country. al Women's Alliance (IWA) said The progressive groups that the presence of more US called on the Filipino people troops under the RP-US to oppose US military interven- Mutual Defense Treaty tion in the country and revive stokes the fires of conflict the tradition of patriotism between the US and China. against any threat of aggres- They added that the US has sion. ~

he relentless hikes in the The oil industry's prices of crude and re- Tfined oil have benefited superprofits none other than the big capital- ists monopolizing the interna- in 2011 tional oil industry and their big finance capitalist co-conspira- Companies Profits (in billion dollars) tors. The five biggest oil compa- nies earned combined profits of Exxon Mobil 41.1 $136.8 billion in 2011, almost equivalent to 60% of what the Royal Dutch Shell 28.6 Philippine economy is worth. This means that the monopoly Chevron-Texaco 26.9 capitalists raked in close to $16 million in profits per hour. Aside British Petroleum 23.9 from British Petroleum, the three biggest oil companies pocketed Total Petroleum 16.3 32% more in profits compared to the previous year. ~ Total 136.8

8 ANG BAYAN February 21, 2012 Protests greet latest liter of regular and premium gasoline by 50 centavos. Shell, round of oil price hikes Petron and Chevron likewise raised the price per liter of kerosene by the series of protest actions GABRIELA same amount. greeted the latest oil picketed the The oil price in- Aprice hikes on February Pandacan Oil creases have led the 14—dubbed as “Heartless Depot in Manila. The Kilusang Magbubukid Valentine” by the protesters. progressive women's ng Pilipinas (KMP) to The Bagong Alyansang Ma- group likened the for- demand a hike in the kabayan (BAYAN) and its allies eign oil companies palay procurement rallied at the Quezon City Wel- to leeches that price by P20 per kilo. The Na- come Rotunda and accused Be- sucked in profits tional Food Authority currently nigno Aquino III of having no while the people suffered. Its buys palay from farmers at P17 compassion for the people. members called on the Aquino per kilo. BAYAN asserted that the oil government to junk the Oil KMP secretary general Dani- price hikes were without basis Deregulation Law and the Value lo Ramos said that the cost of since oil prices were merely the Added Tax on petroleum prod- rice production has risen due to result of speculation and ma- ucts. incessant oil price hikes. He said nipulation by the foreign oil The latest round of oil price it was but just to raise the palay cartel. hikes is the sixth to hit the coun- procurement price because GABRIELA likewise launched try in the last two months. peasants now have to shell out its own protest actions at Divi- Petron Corp., Pilipinas Shell Pe- up to P75,000 per hectare, con- soria, Manila and San Pedro troleum, Chevron Philippines, sidering expenses for land rent, Street in Davao City on the same SeaOil Philippines and Total fertilizers, pesticides and rental day. The following day, Philippines raised the price per of farm machinery. ~

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