Tag: Agrarian Reform Program

Duterte questions Cory Aquino’s agrarian reform program; says she exempted her family’s Hacienda Luisita from coverage

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, Aug. 2, questioned former President Cory Aquino’s agrarian reform program. In a speech before land reform beneficiaries in Davao City, Duterte noted that while Aquino “declared land reform” across the entire Philippines, she  “exempted” her maternal family’s Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac from coverage. A Comprehensive Agrarian Reform law had been passed in 1988, two years into Aquino’s term. “So you call her what, the one who freed, emancipated? It’s […]

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Duterte reiterates commitment to complete land reform

(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday, April 13, reiterated his commitment to give back government land leased to entities to identified beneficiaries of the agrarian reform program. “If they say they have invested so much, I don’t care,” he said in a speech in Bukidnon, referring to corporations that lease land from the government. According to Duterte, in the first place, “the law must be followed.” “The law says the land reform should benefit the […]

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Mga titulo ng lupa, ipamamahagi ng DAR sa mga farmer-beneficiary

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Inihayag ni Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) acting Secretary John Castriciones na mamadiliin nila ang pamamahagi ng mga titulo ng lupa para sa mga farmer-beneficiary. Ayon kay Castriciones, sa ilalim ng kanyang liderato, magiging prayoridad ang mga kuwalipikadong magsasaka sa ilalim ng Agrarian Reform Program ng pamahalaan. Inatasan naman ni Castriciones ang iba pang matataas na opisyal ng ahensya na suriin ang demand ng mga magsasakang nagpoprotesta sa bisinidad […]

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