DAR failed, auditors say
The Department of Agrarian Reform’s (DAR) performance last year was dismal, according to state auditors. The post DAR failed, auditors say appeared first on Inquirer News.
View ArticleDAR going after oligarchs, too
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) is apparently behind President Rodrigo Duterte in his avowal to destroy the oligarchs in the country. The post DAR going after oligarchs, too appeared first on...
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Farmers plead for enforcement of conversion order in Hacienda Luisita
A group of farmers and agrarian reform beneficiaries from Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac are pleading for the government to heed a 1996 conversion order that allows 500 hectares of the sugar estate owned...
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Gringo, Jinggoy face Ombudsman probe over DAR scam
Sen. Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan and former Sen. Jose “Jinggoy” Ejercito Estrada face a preliminary investigation by the Ombudsman for their alleged involvement in a P220-million scam in the Department...
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Luisita farmers fear loss of P1.3B
Yes, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) is studying whether to reclassify as agricultural land a 500-hectare industrial zone in Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac province. The post Luisita farmers fear...
View ArticleEx-DAR chief airs side on ‘pork’
Former Agrarian Reform Secretary Virgilio de los Reyes said on Saturday the Office of the Ombudsman’s investigation into his alleged role in a P220-million agrarian reform fund scam would show that he...
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Fear returns to land reform hot spot
Cases of violence and threats targeting land reform beneficiaries have returned to Hacienda Matias in Quezon province’s Bondoc Peninsula district, sowing fear among tillers there, a farmers’ group...
View ArticleLand conflict seen in slay of 4 in Army camp
GABALDON, Nueva Ecija—Eva, a 43-year-old farmer, was helping put up temporary huts on Saturday when she heard successive gunshots on a farm inside the Fort Magsaysay military reservation in Barangay...
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Negros tillers want out of deal with Danding
FARMERS from Negros Occidental haciendas have filed a petition with the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) asking the agency to cancel or at least allow them to withdraw from a 10-year-old joint...
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Land conversion ban hit
THE COUNTRY’S chief economist has expressed opposition to the Department of Agrarian Reform’s plan to impose a two-year moratorium on farm land conversion, saying it would be detrimental to housing as...
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DAR eyes suit vs Luisita for delaying P1.3B payout to farmers
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has threatened legal action against Hacienda Luisita Inc. (HLI) should the corporation cause any more delays in implementing a four-year-old Supreme Court order...
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DAR to Hacienda Luisita: Pay up or face contempt
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has threatened legal action against Hacienda Luisita Inc. (HLI) should the corporation cause any more delays in implementing a four-year-old Supreme Court order...
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Farmers, indigenous people remind Duterte of promises, march to Manila
Coconut farmers, land settlers and indigenous people started their protest caravan from Lucena City to Manila, on Sunday to press their demands on President Rodrigo Duterte to speed up the return of...
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SC order stops Duterte from distributing coco levy funds – Piñol
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said on Monday, that the Duterte administration could not just distribute the coco levy fund because of a prohibition from the Supreme Court. Piñol said the...
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Bomb threats disrupt work in 4 QC-based gov’t offices
Office work in at least four government agencies in Quezon City were disrupted after receiving similar bomb threats on Tuesday afternoon that turned out to be merely scares. The post Bomb threats...
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DAR chief opposes Marcos burial but will not quit Cabinet
Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael "Ka Paeng" Mariano opposes the sudden hero's burial for late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, but has made it clear he will not resign from his post in the President's...
View ArticleFarm worker seeks refuge in Manila amid harassment
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—A farm worker in Hacienda Luisita has taken refuge in Metro Manila after he was allegedly coerced into signing an agreement that required his group to leave disputed lands in the...
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DAR stops Lapanday guards from evicting banana farmers in Tagum
Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano has issued a cease and desist order prohibiting Lapanday Foods Corp. (LFC) and its security guards from evicting farmers who have reclaimed a 145-hectare...
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Farmers reclaim disputed land
TAGUM CITY—As the sun rises today, Narciso Bardonido, 63, will till his own land for the first time in 43 years. The post Farmers reclaim disputed land appeared first on Inquirer News.
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Andaya, Napoles and children indicted for Malampaya scam, GMA cleared
Former President and current Deputy House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is off the hook for the alleged misuse of ₱900-million in discretionary Malampaya funds for lack of evidence, her latest in a...
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