Danilo Ramos

Danilo "Ka Daning" Hernandez Ramos (born September 27, 1956) is a Filipino peasant activist and poet who is serving as the chairperson of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), the largest farmers association in the country. In the 1980s, he actively participated in protests calling for land reform in support of farmers and against the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant. He was among the survivors of the Mendiola massacre in January 1987.

Ramos ran in the 2025 Senate election as part of the Makabayan slate, but failed to secure a seat.

Early life and education Danilo Ramos was born on September 17, 1956, to farmers Lazaro Ramos, a carpenter and peasant, and Remigia Ramos. regularly receiving honors, but his involvement with truant classmates in the sixth grade resulted in him being dropped from the school's honors roll; he wept out of regret at home after the school's awarding ceremony.

Ramos was active in catechetical activities during his youth as part of the Kristiyanong Kapatiran (Christian Brotherhood) in Sta. Isabel Parish. He said that it was in church that he was first exposed to the social realities in the Philippines. His first rally was when their parish was invited to mobilize against the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant. Ramos discussing peasant situationers with youth in a peasant encampment, October 2025.

Activism Ramos speaking in front of thousands of peasants in a mobilization at Mendiola, October 2025. He became part of the Alyansa ng Magbubukid sa Bulacan in 1983 as its secretary-general. He then became the Spokesperson of Alyansa ng Magbubukid sa Gitnang Luzon in 1988 and its secretary-general from 1989 to 1993 He became the secretary-general of the KMP in 1997.

He has been a victim of other human rights violations, including red-tagging and surveillance by alleged state agents who looked where he lives in Malolos, which KMP said has escalated since 2023. However, Ramos has remained steadfast and outspoken against abuses and incompetencies by the government.

As a progressive-thinking peasant activist, he has also articulated to students and other audiences the relation of urban struggles having rooted in feudalism in the Philippines. He has challenged the likes of Cynthia Villar with very large landholdings in the Philippines and opposed the Rice Tariffication Law (Republic Act 11203).