SONA 2023 | Agrarian reform beneficiaries await the fruits of their struggle
There are at least seven million hectares of agricultural land not yet covered by the government’s agrarian reform program.
Hacienda Tinang
Lupang pangako, muling mapapako?
Sumugod ang mga magsasaka ng Tinang sa tanggapan ng DAR para singilin ang pangakong binitawan ni Agrarian Reform Sec. Conrado Estrella III na installation ng mga Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries ng Tinang.
Tinang farmers oppose new validation order
Agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) of Hacienda Tinang in Concepcion, Tarlac trooped to the main office of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Quezon City on Monday morning to question a new directive labeling them as mere claimants.
Farmers groups, lawyers laud dismissal of 2 charges against ‘Tinang 83’
The Capas Municipal Trial Court has dismissed the illegal assembly and malicious mischief charges against the Tinang 83, a decision immediately lauded by farmers groups and their lawyers.
Tinang farmers: We are not criminals
Tinang farmers and advocates listen to one of their lawyers Jocelyn Clemente after the arraignment this morning. (Photo by Bulatlat)
Questions for Danao and the PNP
The mass arrest of over 90 farmers, advocates, and members of the media in Hacienda Tinang, Concepcion, Tarlac last week has caught the Philippine National Police (PNP) in a tight bind, with authorities now scrambling to defend their unjustifiable acts. This is...
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.”