20 years of waiting, still not over for Ormoc landless farmers Ormoc City – Around 30 agrarian reform beneficiaries from Brgy. Valencia and Brgy. Sumanga, Ormoc, Leyte were once again deprived of their rights to own the lands they till when the ...
"Bawal ang tamad. Bawal ang teka-teka. NLUA, ipasa na!” This is the strong statement of the supporters of the land use bill who amassed at the Senate today, September 29, calling on Senator Chiz Escudero to immediately release the committee repo...
“The crushing fate of the NLUA during the 15th Congress should never happen again!” This was the strong statement of supporters of the National Land Use Act who amassed at the Senate today as Senator Juan Ponce Enrile makes a come-back. T...
“It’s not hard to be green! Pass the ‘green’ bills NOW!” Two days before President Noynoy Aquino’s last State of the Nation Address (SONA), over 700 environmental activists marched around the Quezon Memorial Circle, last Saturday, Ju...
“We need space!” Alarmed by the viral photo of the congested Pasig City, land use advocates demand for better distribution of land resources in the country. The Campaign for Land Use Policy Now! network (CLUP Now!) states that the photo mus...
In celebration of the World Environment Day 2015, human rights and environmental defenders launch a campaign that tells the public and the government that “It’s Never Hard to be Green.” Green defenders led by SOS Yamang Bayan Network (SOS YB...
"While I understand that the Bangsamoro Basic Law holds ascendancy over all other bills at this time, I trust the House leadership will immediately schedule House Bill 4296 in plenary and follow President Noynoy Aquino’s directive last March to com...
As the nation gets ready for “The Big One,” the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that may hit the country any time, the Campaign for Land Use Policy Now! Network (CLUP Now!) insisted that the best way to prepare for upcoming disasters is through well-imp...
As the world celebrates Earth Day, the Campaign for Land Use Policy Now! (CLUP Now!) stresses the importance of the proposed National Land Use Act (NLUA) in protecting the environment and its inhabitants. Labeled as a ‘green bill’, the NLUA is ai...
“The use of land in our country remains chaotic and breeds environmental degradation especially with the lack of a national land use policy framework.” This was emphasized by Senator Loren Legarda during the launch of a photo exhibit on land u...