Tag: Hacienda Luisita

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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SC: Hacienda Luisita has fully complied with distribution of proceeds from land sale

(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has ruled Hacienda Luisita has fully complied with its 2011 order to distribute sale shares to farmworker beneficiaries. In making the ruling, the SC cited the findings of a three-man audit panel in its resolution made public on Wednesday, July 4. “To sum up, all three members of the audit panel have determined that the legitimate corporate expenses of Hacienda Luisita Inc for the years 1998 up to 2011, coupled with the […]

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Mahigit 100 magsasaka ng Hacienda Luisita tumanggap na ng Certificate of Land Ownership

(Eagle News) — Nakamit na ng may isang daan at labing isang magsasaka sa Hacienda Luisita ang kanilang minimithing sariling lupa. Ayon kay Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella , naiaward  na sa  mga magsasaka  ang  Certificate  of  Land  Ownership para sa may  6,600 square  meters  ng  lupain na  matatagpuan sa mga barangay ng Asturias, Bantog, Cut-Cut, Mabilog, Mapalacsiao, Motrico, Pando, at parang na bahagi ng  Hacienda Luisita. Ang isang daan at labing isang magsasaka na ito […]

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Hacienda Luisita farmers ask DAR to invalidate flawed land distribution scheme

(Eagle News) — Farmers of Hacienda Luisita have asked the new secretary of the Department of Agrarian Reform to invalidate the allegedly flawed distribution system used by the past Aquino administration. No less than the new Agrarian Reform secretary Rafael Mariano talked with the Hacienda Luisita farmers on Friday, July 8. Mariano promised to work on this for 30 days.  Mariano is a militant leader who campaigned for genuine agrarian reform and a representative of […]

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Palace hopes tensions on Hacienda Luisita will not worsen

MANILA, March 7 (PNA) — As tensions in the disputed Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac continue to run high, Malacanang on Friday expressed hope that will not worsen. Reports showed that there have been bulldozing and fencing activities in the area which have gotten agrarian reform beneficiaries worried that there would be a repeat of the Hacienda Luisita massacre in 2004 where at least seven protesting farmers died in a clash with the police and military. […]

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