Sunday, March 22, 2009

Lupang Hinarang 03/28/09




Lupang Hinarang, made by Ms. Ditsy Carolino, is a documentary film of the the different farmers fighting for their land. So far hindi pa daw siya tapos talaga, but yung nagawa pa lang is a 2-part story of the farmers from Sumilao and Negros.

grabe, super hirap pala talaga yung dinanas nila. Some of them have a hunger strike for 29 days. 29 days walang kainan, tubig lang na may halong asin. Dalawang araw nga lang hindi ko na kaya 1 month pa kaya ng walang kainan?! @_@

There is also one part of the story yung sa mga farmers na tagaNegros. Dun super grabe yung nangyayari sa kanila. Nagrant na sa mga farmers yung land nila pero still yung landowner, Robert Cuenca ata yun, which is also a relative ata of the Arroyos, ayun pinagbabaril sila ng parang wala lang. Bakit ba ganon kasugapa ang mga tao?!

We didnt also expect that day na mapupuno yung buong Andrew Auditorium(A1801). Sabi nga namin dapat pala Yuchengco na lang kami.. :))

Please continue to support the farmers. This week magkakaroon ulit ng signature campaign sa Central Plaza starting Tue. To give you an idea they need 1.3 million signatures para makatulong mapasa yung Carper Bill, pero so far 15,000 pa lang nakukuha nilang signatures. Kahit siguro magsign lahat ng 12000+ na students ng Lasalle it still would not be enough, but one signature will really help them so much...

Maraming Salamat po!

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