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Group alarmed by lack of support services for land reform
Land reform advocates expressed alarm Friday at the admission by the Department of Agrarian Reform that more than 1 million farmers under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program had no access to...
View ArticleCourt cases delay CARP in Quezon
Some 16,000 hectares of land almost the size of Quezon City in Metro Manila have already been marked for coverage in the Bondoc Peninsula in Quezon province under the government’s land reform program...
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200 farmers undergo training under land reform program
More than 200 farmers from Nueva Ecija and Nueva Vizcaya have graduated from the "Farm Business School" of the Department of Agrarian Reform, a DAR official said Tuesday.
View ArticleEstrada, Honasan in separate P220M pork barrel probe
Though no witness or whistle-blower has come forward as yet to testify to it, the P220 million in pork barrel funds that Senators Jinggoy Estrada and Gringo Honasan allegedly funneled to dubious...
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Cayetano urges colleagues: prioritize Malampaya investigation
Senate Majority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano is urging the Senate to start investigating the alleged misuse of P900 million Malampaya gas funds that were supposed to aid farmers affected by typhoons...
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DAR unveils road, irrigation projects costing P100 M in Zambo Norte
Rural infrastructure projects costing more than P100 million have been lined up for Zamboanga del Norte as part of the government's rural development program in partnership with the Asian Development...
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DAR backs North Cotabato reforestation project
The government's national greening program has reached North Cotabato, with agrarian reform and local officials leading the planting of mahogany seedlings in six villages in the province, officials...
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DAR to set installation of Luisita land reform beneficiaries next month
The Department of Agrarian Reform has expressed confidence it will be able to complete the installation of land reform beneficiaries of the Hacienda Luisita sugar estate by next month but warned that...
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Firm owned by Aquino kin says 358 ha CARP-exempt
A company owned by the family of President Benigno Aquino III has asked the Tarlac City government to reaffirm the nonagricultural classification of a 358-hectare land in Hacienda Luisita in a bid to...
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Luisita farmers storm DAR compound
Farmers stormed the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) compound on Thursday to mark the second anniversary of the Supreme Court (SC) decision ordering the distribution of Hacienda Luisita.
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Farmers barricade DAR, force suspension of hearing
Protesting farmers on Tuesday forced the cancellation of a public congressional hearing on proposals to extend the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program by barricading the gates at the Department of...
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DAR denies role in pork barrel scam
The Department of Agrarian Reform officials have defended the agency from allegations that it was among government offices receiving endorsements from legislators for corruption-tainted projects,...
View ArticleTree-planting bring Christian, Moro farmers together in North Cotabato
A simple tree-planting activity has been seen to help ease religious tensions among farming communities in strife-torn North Cotabato, officials of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) said Wednesday.
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Time running out on agrarian reform
Time is running out on a social justice program launched by democracy icon Corazon Aquino 26 years ago.
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SC orders DAR exec to reply to Sandra Cam’s gov’t spying accusation
The Supreme Court has instructed a Department of Agrarian Reform official to reply to the petition for habeas data filed by Sandra Cam, president of the Whistleblowers Association of the Philippines,...
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DAR chief urged to issue CARP notices of coverage immediately
Mindanao farmers, supported by the Catholic clergy, the Task Force Mapalad (TFM) and several other groups, petitioned Agrarian Reform Secretary Virgilio de los Reyes on Wednesday to immediately issue...
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1,300-ha coconut farm on public land linked to Enrile, set for distribution
A 1,300-hectare coconut plantation in Siasi town, for years occupied by an agricultural company identified with Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile, is ready to be broken up and given to 273 farmers, according to...
View ArticleIloilo farmers sue DAR for failing to install them on awarded land
A group of farmers in Banate town, Iloilo province, has sued officials of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) for failing to install them as beneficiaries of land awarded to them nine years ago...
View Article2 foreign-funded projects in Central Luzon suspended
Two major foreign-assisted projects in Central Luzon have been suspended while another has been delayed due to several reasons, among them a review by the Office of the President, an assessment of...
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DAR: 78,000 hectares not yet covered by land reform
With only three days left before the lapse of the already extended land reform law, Agrarian Reform Secretary Virgilio de los Reyes said Saturday 8,410 landholdings involving a total of 78,303...
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