Category: Features

No development without human rights: MASIPAG denounces attacks on farmers, CSOs, and human rights defenders, calls an end to state terror

December 10, 2025

by MASIPAG National Office

Development cannot truly happen when human rights violations persist. MASIPAG asserts that genuine development is impossible when farmers, scientists, and development workers continue to face harassment, red-tagging, and other forms of human rights violations.  As we mark International Human Day, MASIPAG denounces the persistent attacks on development workers and farming communities, and the militarization that […]

No more tragedies like Bhopal, no more poisoned communities!

December 4, 2025

by MASIPAG National Office

Ban hazardous pesticides and break free from toxic agriculture! On December 2-4, 1984, Bhopal, India witnessed the world’s deadliest industrial disaster when a toxic gas leak claimed over 22,000 lives and exposed more than half a million people to its deadly fumes. The harm inflicted lasting suffering, with no accountability from the corporation. The tragedy […]

The Real Disaster is the System: MASIPAG Joins the Filipino People’s Call for Accountability and Systemic Change


November 30, 2025

by MASIPAG National Office

This year, the country faced a series of typhoons, earthquakes, and other disasters that left communities more vulnerable than ever. While these are natural hazards, their impacts have been worsened by failed and ghost projects because of corruption and neglect. As floodwaters engulf fields and homes, and structures collapse, the suffering of the Filipino people […]

COP30 Has Ended. What Happens When Agriculture Is Left Out Again?

November 27, 2025

by MASIPAG National Office

COP30 in Belém has ended. Yet what lingers is not what was agreed, but what was conspicuously absent. The Just Transition Mechanism was announced, and the Global Mutirão was celebrated, but agriculture, food systems, land, and the farmers who sustain them were once more excluded from the center of climate decision-making. Their absence hangs heavily, […]