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P5B annual 'mechanization' fund to be allocated for farmers under Rice Tariffication Bill: Villar

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 16 01:54 PM

Some 1,100 rice-producing towns will receive tractors and other equipment to modernize the farming industry as soon as the Tariffication Bill is signed into law, Senator Cynthia Villar said Friday. Read more »

Farmers' group questions DOJ's probe into Sagay massacre

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 13 02:49 PM

MANILA - The National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW) on Tueday questioned the Department of Justice's probe into the killing of its members in Sagay, Negros Occidental. Read more »

Justice chief orders deeper NBI probe into Sagay massacre

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 08 05:27 PM

MANILA - Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Thursday he has directed the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to look "more deeply" into the massacre of 9 farmers in Sagay City, Negros Occidental last month after it found "no clear indication" of the assailants' identities so far.    Read more »

Negros lawyer's slay 'devastating', says HRW researcher

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 08 02:35 PM

The fatal shooting of a lawyer who assisted farmers after the massacre of 9 sugarcane workers in Negros Occidental is "devastating" for rights activists, a researcher for the international watchdog Human Rights Watch said Thursday.  Read more »

Abogadong humahawak sa kaso ng Sagay massacre, pinatay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 08 12:47 AM

Patay sa pamamaril ang human rights lawyer na humahawak sa kaso ng 9 na magsasakang pinatay sa Sagay, Negros Occidental. Read more »

Duterte tags Reds in Negros farmers’ slay

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 01 01:18 AM

Duterte alleged that it was the “style” of communists to kill their recruits or comrades and then blame the government for the killings. Read more »

Cops claim leftists hiding Sagay massacre witnesses

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 29 11:52 AM

Left-leaning groups are hiding several witnesses who can identify the gunmen that shot dead 9 sugarcane farmers in Sagay, Negros Occidental earlier this month, police claimed Monday. Read more »

Ilang magsasaka, maagang nag-ani bago dumating ang bagyong Rosita

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 27 02:22 AM

Inaasahang magla-landfall ito sa Martes sa Northern Luzon. Read more »

2 kinasuhan ng murder kaugnay ng Sagay massacre

Nico Delfin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 26 10:07 PM

Nagsampa ng kasong murder ang Philippine National Police laban sa 2 suspek kaugnay ng pagpatay sa 9 na magsasaka sa Sagay City, Negros Occidental noong nakaraang Sabado. Read more »

Independent investigation sa Sagay massacre, ipinanawagan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 26 02:40 AM

Nagprotesta kanina ang mga kaanak ng mga magsasaka na pinatay sa Negros Occidental para kundenahin ang sinapit nila. Read more »

Duterte warns farmers vs land takeover

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 24 09:28 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday warned farmers with links to communist rebels against taking over idle land, issuing caution just days after the killing of 9 farmers in Sagay City, Negros Occidental. Read more »

Rights groups begin probe on massacre of Negros farmers

Rina Chandran, Reuters
Posted at Oct 24 08:46 PM

Philippine rights groups said Wednesday they had begun investigating the killings of nine farmers who had occupied part of a sugar plantation, adding pressure on the government to better protect land activists.   Read more »

Military pins Negros massacre to Red October plot

Jorge Cariño, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 24 07:50 PM

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Wednesday pinned the bloody massacre of sugarcane workers in Sagay, Negros Occidental to the alleged ‘Red October’ plot of communist rebels.   Read more »

Suspek sa Sagay massacre, tukoy na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 24 12:10 AM

Hindi natuloy ang pagbisita ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa Sagay City, Negros Occidental para sana makiramay sa mga pamilya ng mga namatay na magsasaka sa Hacienda Nene. Read more »

Duterte visit to wake of slain Negros farmers canceled

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 23 07:57 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte’s scheduled visit on Tuesday to the wake of sugar farmers killed last Saturday in Sagay City, Negros Occidental was canceled due to bad weather. Read more »

Comrades may have killed Sagay farmers - DAR chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 23 10:44 AM

Nine sugarcane workers who died in a fatal shooting in Negros Occidental may have been killed by their fellow farmers, Agrarian Reform Secretary John Castriciones said Tuesday. Read more »

PNP claims slain Negros farmers' org is Red legal front

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 23 08:57 AM

The National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW), whose 9 members were massacred in Negros Occidental, turns out to be a legal front of communist rebels, the Philippine National Police said Tuesday.    Read more »

Kaanak ng mga pinatay na magsasaka sa Negros Occidental, nangangamba rin

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 23 12:24 AM

Hustisya rin ang sigaw ng mga kaanak ng mga magsasakang pinatay sa Sagay City, Negros Occidental. Read more »

House asked to probe Negros massacre

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 22 04:39 PM

The Makabayan bloc has asked the House of Representatives Committees on Agrarian Reform and Human Rights to conduct a joint inquiry in aid of legislation on the October 20, 2018 "massacre" of 9 farm workers inside Hacienda Nene, Purok Fire Tree, Barangay Bulanon, Sagay City, Negros Occidental. Read more »

Duterte to visit wake of slain Negros farmers

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 22 01:18 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte will visit the wake of sugar farmers who were killed in Sagay City, Negros Occidental last Saturday, his former aide said Monday. Read more »