AGRARIAN REFORM   A progressive party-list solon slammed the Cojuangco group of companies’ plan to donate 50 hectares of land in Hacienda Luisita to the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC), calling the move as “a plot to weaken and undermine farmers’ legitimate claim over the contested lands.”

Farmers seeking the distribution of the 157-hectare Hacienda Bacan in Negros Occidental owned by First Gentleman Mike Arroyo got another disappointment after Justice Secretary Raul Gonzales told them that he could not act upon their request for registration of their certificate of land ownership award (CLOA) because Arroyo had managed to get a temporary restraining [...]

POLITICS   The spirit of EDSA I is dead, EDSA II was a big mistake, and a new EDSA movement is needed.

Speaker Prospero Nograles was again criticized by agrarian reform advocates for delaying the plenary deliberations for House Bill No. 4077 or the CARP Extension with Reforms bill.
RCM vowed to continue its campaign for CARP extension with reforms saying that the farmers have already started the “Lupang Hinirang, Lupang Hinarang” campaign which include marches, educational fora [...]

Refused by the Register of Deeds of Bacolod City and the Land Registration Authority of Quezon City, and ignored by President Arroyo, farmers from Negros Occidental seeking the distribution of Hacienda Bacan owned by First Gentleman Mike Arroyo have now turned to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for registration of their certificate of land ownership [...]

Farmers seeking the distribution of Arroyo lands have denounced Atty. Ruy Rondain, lawyer of First Gentleman Mike Arroyo, for saying during a protest rally of farmers on Tuesday that Arroyo does not own the 157-hectare Hacienda Bacan in Barangay Guintubhan, Isabela, Negros Occidental.
“It was a blatant lie, and said right before a television camera. It’s [...]

A delegation of 24 farmers belonging to the peasant federation Task Force Mapalad gave members of the Senate a red rose each, signifying their plea for immediate passage of Senate Bill No. 2666 for extension of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) and for inquiry into Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Memorandum No. 09-01804 issued [...]

Negros Occidental Bishop Vicente Navarra has urged Malacañang and Congress to stop giving the farmers the runaround and instead listen to their demand for land distribution and for extension of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) with reforms.
In a homily during a concelebrated mass held at the San Sebastian Cathedral here where some 500 protest [...]

The peasant federation Task Force Mapalad said more farmers from Davao and Bukidnon in Mindanao and from various provinces in Luzon are arriving in Manila to reinforce some 500 farmers from Negros Occidental who held a protest rally Tuesday morning near Malacañang to demand immediate passage of a law extending the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program [...]

Multi-sector groups and religious leaders have denounced Malacañang for violent dispersal Thursday night of some 500 farmers who staked out along Chino Roces Ave. to demand immediate passage of a law extending the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) and the distribution of Arroyo landholdings in Negros Occidental.
The Rural Poor Solidarity (RPS), a broad coalition of [...]

500 farmers from Negros and Leyte who are seeking immediate enactment of a law extending the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) with reforms and the redistribution of Arroyo lands in Negros Occidental will stake out indefinitely on Mendiola St. near Malacañang until they receive favorable response from President Arroyo, according to peasant federation Task Force [...]

Farmers on protest march to seek immediate enactment of a law extending the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) have urged President Arroyo to revive the good name of her father, former President Diosdado Macapagal, by pursuing his dream of liberating the Filipino farmers from poverty through agrarian reform.
Jose Rodito Angeles, president of the peasant federation [...]

Some 2,000 farmers and farm workers from all over Negros Occidental have launched Saturday a long march dubbed “Lakat Mag-uuma Tungo sa Makabuluhang Repormang Panakahan” (Farmers’ March for Meaningful Agrarian Reform) to press for enactment of a law extending the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) with reforms.
Backed by advocate groups and religious leaders, several hundred [...]

The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) is misleading the public on the actual distribution status of Arroyo lands for the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) by coming out with a statement that the Arroyos have already distributed some 574 hectares of land in Negros Occidental, according to the peasant federation Task Force Mapalad.