“With a DDS at the helm of DAR, the prospect of genuine land reform and rural industrialization is now next to impossible.”
Peasants lament Duterte’s appointment of ‘DDS minion’ as acting agrarian reform chief
Tags: Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)
Land of promises | Agrarian reform in Duterte’s 1st year
Thirty years under a sham agrarian reform program and one year under a progressive agrarian reform chief.
Peasant groups, Agrarian Reform Secretary unite for genuine land reform
“We in DAR are one with the struggles of the Filipino people.”
Farmers May Lose Control of 1.2 Million Farmlands under RP-China Deals
Farmers may lose control of over a million hectares of farmland under four agreements on agriculture that the Philippines signed with China last January, according to independent think-tank IBON Foundation. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat Vol.VII, No. 33, September 23-29, 2007 Farmers may lose control of over a million hectares of farmland under four…
Luisita Farmers Go Back to Basics
After the strike ended more than two years ago, the HLI farm workers have been planting rice and vegetables providing them with income and food. But more than the earnings, they find fulfillment in cultivating the land that is rightfully theirs. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 28, August 19-25, 2007 Hacienda Luisita, Tarlac…
Gov’t Task Force Revived to Solve Roots of Kalinga Demolition Carnage
The government’s Inter-Agency Task Force that once “burned the night lamp” if only to solve land disputes in Rizal town, Kalinga has been revived with the mission of rooting out the problem so that there will be no repeat of the June 25 carnage between “settlers” and policemen. BY ACE ALEGRE Contributed to Bulatlat Vol.…