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Of development-then-peace in Sulu, coffee and life… |
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Written by Don Loong
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Saturday, 14 September 2002 |
 In the Parang Municipality of Sulu, where coconut farms were languishing because of depressed coconut prices, and the popular means of 'getting by' because of the absence of livelihood is just by being security personnel of politicians, Mayor Magdar T. Loong, together with Land Bank and Nestle Philippines worked out a coffee intercroping project that planted coffee under the coconut trees. The municipality of Parang used their IRA (internal revenue allotment) as collateral for a Land Bank loan of P38 Million, released to five cooperatives undertaking the coffee project. Grants from the President(s) and international agencies also allowed purchase of numerous farm equipments and establishment of a 5 hectare nursery complete with facilities and buildin! gs. Planting began on a couple of hundred hectares, subsequently to be expanded to 1,000 hectares, and further on until the ultimate target of 5,000 hectares. This project covers the whole process -- what we call "from seed to shelf" -- because it encompasses seed development to planting and production, and the farmers have a guaranteed market since Nestle has committed to buy their coffee on a contract-growing basis and at a premium over the market price.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 11 August 2007 )
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Referendum: A Political option for Mindanao |
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Written by Abhoud Syed M. Lingga
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Thursday, 12 September 2002 |
The Bangsamoro, as people with distinct identity and common culture, and with long history of political independence in the same territory they presently occupy, continuously assert their right to freedom and independence as an expression of their right to self-determination. For more than three decades the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) wage the armed struggle against the Philippine government as means to liberate the Bangsamoro people and their homeland from Philippine colonialism. The repressive reactions of the government resulted to series of wars that cause the death of thousands and displacement of millions of people, and destruction of properties.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 11 August 2007 )
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Peace movements solidify ranks to oppose US-led war against terrorism |
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Written by Samira Ali Gutoc
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Saturday, 07 September 2002 |
Grrr! I was trying not to rant to myself "; they're at it again as I stared at the word "Islamist terrorist" splashed on the Newsweek issue on Remembering 9-11. Loose usage of the words Islamic fundamentalist or Muslim terrorist pigeonholes the 9-11 tragedy to what the global powers term the War against Terrorism as a They and Us war. To paraphrase the words of US President George Bush, you're either with us or you're not.
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