“The intent to distribute lands free of charge is ineffective at best and duplicitous at worst, in the absence of a new agrarian reform law that will allow the coverage of new private agricultural lands for distribution after CARP’s mandate to do so expired in 2014.”
Category: Agrarian Reform
Tinang farmers file raps vs Tarlac prosecutor
“As a prosecutor who claimed to have worked as a lawyer of the DAR, she should have known or she should ought to know that an agrarian dispute exists in our case and therefore should have referred the matter to the DAR as repeatedly moved to by our lawyers.”
#TheRealDuterteLegacy | Without genuine land reform, social justice evades Filipino farmers
The plight of Hacienda Tinang farmers brought to mind how land reform and due support continue to evade Filipino farmers.
#TheRealDuterteLegacy | Farmers bear the brunt of Duterte’s rice liberalization policy
Ibon Foundation said that the Rice Tariffication Law has never benefited farmers. From P385 billion in 2018 ($7 billion), the value of palay production declined to P333 billion ($6.06 billion) in 2021 despite an increase of 894,076 metric ton in production volume.
Tarlac court junks cases against land reform beneficiaries and supporters
“The threat of additional schemes also remains as Noel Villanueva and his minions desperately cling onto the Tinang farmers’ land. We remain vigilant.”
Tinang farmers: We are not criminals
“For 27 years, we have been deprived of our right to till the land. Why is it that we are the ones being treated as criminals here?”
‘Planting food and right to assembly guaranteed by law’ – peasant group
“Planting food and supporting farmers are no mischief, and the right to assembly is guaranteed by the highest law in the land.”
Land reform beneficiaries, supporters violently arrested for holding collective farming
“Deprived farmers are faced with violent reprisal when they assert their rightful claim to land. This exposes CARP as instrumental to landlords while the majority of our farmers remain landless, poor, and hungry.”
Lana Linaban: An epitome of a woman unbound
Lana Linaban, second nominee of Anakpawis Partylist, says she draws her strength and inspiration from the people.
Ka Paeng and his continuing fight for the toiling masses
Rafael “Ka Paeng” Mariano survived the Marcos dictatorship and the Mendiola Massacre. He is seeking to return as a lawmaker as first nominee of Anakpawis Partylist, which seeks to represent farmers, workers, fisherfolk, national minorities, and the urban and rural poor in the House of Representatives.
Tarlac farmers assert ownership of 200-hectare land controlled by political clan
“Even if we only have salt to eat for our meals, we will continue to hold our line. This land should have been awarded to us a long time ago. We are the lawful and rightful owners of this land.”