Ombudsman OKs raps vs 5 DAR execs
The Office of the Ombudsman has recommended the prosecution of former Agrarian Reform Secretary Nasser Pangandaman, four of his department’s officials and 36 others for allegedly diverting P200 million...
View ArticleReturn pork, DAR tells fake NGOs
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) on Thursday said it was collaborating with government lawyers to go after questionable nongovernment organizations (NGOs) that were able to access pork barrel...
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JV Ejercito wants gov’t agencies that processed ‘pork’ releases probed
Senator JV Ejercito said on Friday he would ask the Senate to investigate top officials of the departments of budget and management, agriculture and of agrarian reform who may have conspired to steal...
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DAR officials ‘are the ones involved, they’re the ones investigating’
“They are the ones involved, and now they are the ones investigating… They should resign.”
View ArticleFarmers in danger of losing lands seek help
Wanting to save their land as Christmas nears, farmers from nearby Sariaya town appealed for help from local officials for a new zoning ordinance that would classify their lands as agricultural.
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Senators Estrada, Honasan, 13 NGOs linked to DAR scam
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has recommended to President Benigno Aquino III that legal action be taken against the “anomalous disbursement” of P220 million in 2011 that Senators Jinggoy...
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BIR urged to raise cap on tax-exempt 13th-month pay, bonuses, allowances
Rank-and-file employees of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) are petitioning Internal Revenue Commissioner Kim Henares to raise the ceiling of taxes levied on all perks and allowances, including...
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Christmas bleak anew for Luisita farmers
Unlike the well-adorned homes and streets in Tarlac City, there is hardly any Christmas decor at Barangay Balete in Hacienda Luisita, the controversial sugar plantation owned by President Benigno...
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Even the dead got Malampaya funds
Unscrupulous people from bogus non-government organizations (NGOs) had submitted at least 12 names of dead recipients of assistance from the alleged scam involving the misuse and abuse of the...
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‘DAR advanced P300M to Napoles’
Janet Lim-Napoles received an advance of P300 million from a P900-million request by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) for assistance to victims of tropical storms in 2009, according to official...
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P720M bid for trucks, tractors questioned
A farmer-lawmaker and local farm machine makers have cast doubt on the government’s recent bidding out of P720 million worth of tractors and trucks meant for agrarian reform beneficiaries, claiming it...
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DAR launches Umiray Bridge linking farmers from Aurora, Quezon
More than 30,000 people living in isolated farming communities in Aurora and Quezon are expected to benefit from the newly constructed Umiray Bridge connecting the two provinces, according to agrarian...
View ArticlePlanters take over lands farmers got in Luisita
A farmers’ group has accused the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) of failing to secure the lots that have been titled to more than 6,000 agrarian reform beneficiaries in Hacienda Luisita, an estate...
View ArticlePalace, DAR asked to stop reversing gains of CARP
A councilor of the town where lands given to farmers under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) are being taken away by the government appealed to Malacañang and the Department of Agrarian...
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Aquino won’t heed bishops, to keep DAR chief
He may be under fire from Catholic bishops, but Agrarian Reform Secretary Virgilio de los Reyes isn’t going anywhere.
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50 hectares set aside for fuel wood propagation in Compostela Valley
In order to curb the wanton cutting of trees for charcoal in farming communities in Compostela Valley, some 50 hectares of public lands would be developed for the propagation of fuel wood, officials...
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Aquino kin given P471M for Hacienda Luisita land
Relatives of President Aquino have been paid more than P471.5 million for the more than 4,000 hectares of land that the Supreme Court ordered to be given to more than 6,000 farmworkers in Hacienda...
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DAR denies overpayment for Hacienda Luisita
The Department of Agrarian Reform denied allegations that the Cojuangco side of President Benigno Aquino's family was overpaid for Hacienda Luisita land that was parceled out to farm workers in...
View ArticleHouse probe sought into Luisita price
The Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives is seeking a probe into the alleged excessive mark-up in the compensation handed to the relatives of President Aquino for the 4,000 hectares of...
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Palace welcomes congressional probe on Luisita compensation
Malacañang on Monday welcomed a congressional inquiry on the Department of Agrarian Reform’s (DAR) alleged overcompensation of the Cojuangco family for the turnover of Hacienda Luisita.
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