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 order (TRO) from the Regional …

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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 award (CLOA).
Task Force Mapalad president …

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 amazing how some people around …

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 (CARP) and the distribution 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 Mapalad.
TFM president Jose Rodito Angeles …

The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) and the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) have learned that the Senate Committee on Economic Affairs headed by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago has summoned Newsbreak senior writer Aries Rufo to testify in the hearings on the World Bank ban on construction firms it accuses of corruption.
Mr. Rufo was among …

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 Task Force Mapalad, said the …

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.