If “pakyao” (piece-rate) system is rampant in most sugar farms, “arendo” or leasehold system is becoming rampant in areas covered by the government’s Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). BY KARL G. OMBION Bulatlat If “pakyao” (piece-rate) system is rampant in most sugar farms, “arendo” or leasehold system is becoming rampant in areas covered by the…
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Soiled Program: The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program’s Destined Failure
Notwithstanding CARP’s goal of land redistribution, full land ownership has continued to decline, owing to the intensification of tenancy and lease arrangements. BY ALAYSA TAGUMPAY E. ESCANDOR Philippine Collegian Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 50, January 27-February 2, 2008 The right to land is one of the most contested rights in Philippine history. In…
Tirso Cruz: 14th Luisita Martyr
BY ABNER BOLOS Gitnang Luson News Service Posted by Bulatlat.com As the 14th martyr of the Hacienda Luisita struggle was buried, the issues connected to his death continue to hound the strife-torn hacienda. Concepcion, Tarlac – The mourners marched under the scorching sun passing lush corn and vegetable plots and the giant expressway project that…
Despite gov’t decision favoring land distribution Hacienda Luisita Workers Still Face Uphill Battle
BY ABNER BOLOS Bulatlat.com The strike may have been lifted last December 8, 2005, but the struggle of the farm workers of Hacienda Luisita, Inc. (HLI) is far from over. Among the unresolved issues are coverage of land distribution and number of agrarian reform beneficiaries. Farm workers in Hacienda Luisita asked the Department of Agrarian…