Nueva Ecija,officially the Province of Nueva Ecija,is a landlocked province in the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is the city of Palayan,while Cabanatuan,its former capital,is the largest local government unit (LGU). Nueva Ecija borders,from the south clockwise,Bulacan,Pampanga,Tarlac,Pangasinan,Nueva Vizcaya and Aurora. The province is nationally known as the Rice Granary of the Philippines,producing the largest rice yield in the country.
Gapan,officially known as the City of Gapan,is a 4th class component city in the province of Nueva Ecija,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 122,968 people.
The Hukbong Bayan Laban sa Hapon,better known by the acronym Hukbalahap,was a communist guerrilla movement formed by the farmers of Central Luzon. They were originally formed to fight the Japanese,but extended their fight into a rebellion against the Philippine government,known as the Hukbalahap Rebellion,in 1946. It was put down through a series of reforms and military victories by Defense Secretary,and later President,Ramon Magsaysay.
The Commission on Appointments is a constitutional body which confirms or rejects certain political appointments made by the President of the Philippines. The current commission was created by the 1987 Constitution.
Anakpawis is a party-list in the Philippines. The party-list is the electoral wing of the radical trade union movement Kilusang Mayo Uno and the peasant group Kilusang Mangbubukid ng Pilipinas.
The New Society Movement,formerly named the New Society Movement of United Nationalists,Liberals,et cetera,is a right-wing to far-right political party in the Philippines. It was first formed in 1978 as an umbrella coalition of parties supporting then-President Ferdinand E. Marcos for the Interim Batasang Pambansa and was his political vehicle during his 21-year regime. It was reorganized as a political party in 1986,and is the furthest to the right of the political spectrum among active parties after Marcos' ouster.
The vice president of the Philippines is the second-highest official in the executive branch of the Philippine government. The vice president is directly elected by the people,and is one of only two nationally elected executive officials,the other being the president.
Central Luzon State University is a state university on a 658-hectare campus in Muñoz,Nueva Ecija,Philippines. It is the lead agency of the Muñoz Science Community and the seat of the Regional Research and Development Center in Central Luzon. To date,CLSU is one of the premiere institutions for agriculture in the Philippines and in Southeast Asia known for its research in aquaculture,ruminants,crops,orchard,and water management. It has also been placed between the sixth and the twenty-first spot for the most academically-excellent university in the country for various years,surpassing most schools in Metro Manila. It has been placed in the 100 most significant schools in Asia multiple times as well.
The Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas-1930 (PKP-1930),also known as the Philippine Communist Party,is a communist party in the Philippines that was established on November 7,1930. It uses the aforementioned appellation in order to distinguish itself from its better known splinter group,the Communist Party of the Philippines.
The Hukbalahap Rebellion was a rebellion staged by former Hukbalahap or Hukbo ng Bayan Laban sa Hapon soldiers against the Philippine government. It started during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines in 1942 and continued during the presidency of Manuel Roxas and ended in 1954 under the presidency of Ramon Magsaysay.
The Mendiola massacre,also called Black Thursday by Filipino journalists,was a tragedy that took place in Mendiola Street,San Miguel,Manila,Philippines on January 22,1987,in which state security forces under the rule of President Corazon Aquino violently dispersed a farmers' march to Malacañang Palace in protest of the lack of government action on land reform.
Renato V. Diaz,is a Filipino businessman,economist and a former congressman who represented the 1st District of Nueva Ecija from 1992 to 1998. He is the chairman and President of RVDIAZ Consultancy &Management Corporation,a consultancy firm specializing in facilitating foreign investments in the Philippines.
The secretary of agrarian reform is the head of the Department of Agrarian Reform and is a member of the president’s Cabinet.
Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan is a coalition of twelve party-lists in the House of Representatives of the Philippines. It was founded on April 16,2009. The founding assembly was held at UP Theatre,Diliman,Quezon City.
Communism in the Philippines emerged in the first half of the 20th century during the American Colonial Era of the Philippines. Communist movements originated in labor unions and peasant groups. The communist movement has had multiple periods of popularity and relevance to the national affairs of the country,most notably during the Second World War and the Martial Law Era of the Philippines. Currently the communist movement is underground and considered an insurgent movement by the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
For three days from March 30,2016,thousands of farmers and their supporters blockaded the Davao–Cotabato Road in Kidapawan,North Cotabato,in the Philippines. A day before prior to the road blockade,500 farmers protested in front of the National Food Authority Office in Kidapawan to air their grievances. The demonstration ended violently with at least three deaths on the side of the protesters and a total of 116 injured on both sides after the police dispersed the mass action.
Juan Feleo was a Filipino peasant leader and politician. He was one of the founders of one of the Philippines' leading peasant groups,the Kalipunang Pambansa ng Magbubukid sa Pilipinas and a top-ranking member of the Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas. He was also involved in the HUKBALAHAP,and his death sparked the subsequent Huk Rebellion.
Partido Federal ng Pilipinas is a national political party in the Philippines. It is the country's ruling party since 2022 under the administration of Bongbong Marcos,the incumbent president of the Philippines. During the run-up to the 2022 general election,the UniTeam Alliance was formed by the PFP,Lakas–CMD,HNP,and PMP,with guest candidates from other parties.
John Rualo Castriciones,also known by the nickname Bro. John,is a Filipino lawyer and writer who served as the Secretary of Agrarian Reform under the Duterte administration from 2017 to 2021. He was formerly Undersecretary for Operations of the Department of the Interior and Local Government from 2016 to 2017. A member of the Philippine Military Academy "Maharlika" class of 1984,Castriciones also served in various capacities under two previous administrations and as a law school professor at his alma mater Arellano University. His appointment to the Agrarian Reform portfolio was approved by the Commission on Appointments on May 29,2018,after being bypassed earlier by the commission on March 14,2018,and reappointed by Duterte on March 22,2018. Castriciones founded the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas together with the Mayor Rodrigo Roa Duterte-National Executive Coordinating Committee (MRRD-NECC).
Jaime "Ka Jimmy" Tadeo is a Filipino peasant and organic farming activist. Tadeo was formerly one of the leaders of the militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas,formed amid the 1986 People Power Revolution in order to push for agrarian reform,until the peasant movement split into multiple groups in the 1990s.
