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DAR: Distribution of Luisita land on track, near completion
Manila :: Philippines | 1 month ago
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Philippines A year after the farm workers of Hacienda Luisita won their case before the Supreme Court, the Department of Agrarian Reform said it remained on track with the distribution of land to more than 6,000 farmer-beneficiaries. The agency said
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Inflation eases for farm workers at 13.46 per cent
New Delhi :: India | 1 month ago
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Retail inflation for farm workers eased marginally to 12.64 per cent in March from 12.72 per in February, while it inched up for rural labourers to 12.62 per cent last month from 12.52 per cent levels. "Point to point rate of inflation based on the
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With deal in hand, senators to roll out immigration plan
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 month ago
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While some small details still need to be ironed out, negotiators were able to find common ground on one of the last significant hurdles -- wages and visas for undocumented farm workers, two sources close to the talks confirmed on Friday. Generally
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Welch, Owens to offer dairy farmworker protections
South Burlington :: VT :: USA | 1 month ago
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Vt. (AP) Congressmen Peter Welch of Vermont and Bill Owens of New York plan to announce legislation that they say will help ensure a stable workforce for Vermont and New York dairy farmers. Dairy farmers are ineligible for a federal agriculture visa
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Lawmaker faces criticism over 'wetback' comment
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | 1 month ago
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Published March 29, 2013 Fox News Latino In a rare open rebuke of a colleague from his own party, U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) demanded that a Republican Congressman from Alaska immediately apologize for calling Latino farm workers "
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Retail inflation for agri workers rises to 12.3%
New Delhi :: India | 3 months ago
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Retail inflation for agriculture workers increased to 12.30 per cent in January mainly due to increase in prices of food items and bus fare. The same for rural labourers was 12.28 per cent in January, according to an official release. "Point to point
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Law to bar foreign ownership of SA farms
Paarl :: South Africa | 3 months ago
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Foreign nationals will no longer be able to own land in South Africa once government's land policy is finalised and passed into law, Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti said on Tuesday. "All people who are foreign nationals will not own land, but
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Ontario crash that killed 10 migrant workers was ‘driver error,' coroner says, declining inquest
Kitchener :: Canada | 4 months ago
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Photos of Jose Valdiviezo (R) and his son Fernando Valdiviezo are displayed at home in Comas. Jose and his son Fernando were killed in the crash accident Pilar Olivares/The Globe and Mail In pictures Ontario Provincial Police and emergency crews
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Huhne changes plea in speeding case
New York :: NY :: USA | 4 months ago
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Chris Huhne admits perverting the course of justice Former cabinet minister Chris Huhne has pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice over claims his ex-wife Vicky Pryce took speeding points for him a decade ago. The Lib Dem MP, 58, had
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It's wrong to boycott South African wine, and it won't help farmworkers | Su Birch
Cape Town :: South Africa | 4 months ago
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A South African officer confronts protesters during a strike by farmworkers on 14 January, in Villiersdorp in the Western Cape. 'There is no evidence any of the protests have involved workers employed on wine farms.' Photograph: Rodger Bosch/AFP/
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