Rappler's latest stories on philippines agrarian reform
The landless and the landlords of Bondoc Peninsula
Though the law and government agencies are on their side the farmers remain displaced while the Matias family illegally holds sway over the land
Farmer or landlord?: Whose side is your bishop on?
Eighty one Catholic Church leaders urge the Aquino administration to approve land reform bills How are your priests helping farmers enjoy their rights to land?
74 bishops to Aquino: Don't let land reform die
Catholic leaders including 15 archbishops 59 bishops and 7 church administrators call on President Benigno Aquino III and lawmakers to approve agrarian reform bills
Mercado donates 'Hacienda Binay' lot to gov't
Former Makati vice mayor Ernesto Mercado says he is making the donation to prove that he is not the beneficial user and to rectify the wrong that had been done by returning the land to deserving farmers
Gov't to act on overlapping land titles
Two years after a joint administrative order government agencies will finally sort through the mess of conflicting land documents that have derailed many government programs
Senate passes bill to extend CARPER deadline
It is now up to the House of Representatives to pass their version of the bill certified as urgent by President Benigno Aquino III
DAR's budget cut in half, but 'enough' to meet targets
There are big reductions in the department s budget for land distribution support services and agrarian justice delivery
SONA Fact Check: Accurate land registries by 2015 ‘realistic’
As of June 2014 the mapping of land ownership for tax purposes is 60 complete When finished it will also help solve agrarian reform disputes
DAR chief too meek to implement agrarian reform?
The House agrarian reform committee chair says DAR Secretary Virgilio delos Reyes must exercise his political will and use the full force of the law for a successful land reform program
Agrarian reform deadline: 41,500 hectares not yet covered
Congress has yet to pass the law seeking to extend the deadline of land distribution yet again Civil society organizations say however that a new revolutionary DAR chief is needed
Aquino to Congress: Extend agrarian reform deadline
As the June 30 deadline set by law for agrarian reform nears the President certifies as urgent a bill extending the land acquisition and distribution component of the program
Haiyan-displaced families 'forced' to occupy forests
More than 200 families in Iloilo are allegedly being prevented from returning to their homes by a development corporation with plans to turn the lands into a resort
DAR: Luisita farmers in their land by May
The agency is confident it will finish delineating farm lots and installing farmers in their land in the vast estate
DAR: No illegal land conversion in Hacienda Luisita
Tadeco s earth balling and fencing off of land is not illegal land conversion says DAR chief Virgilio De Los Reyes
Violence in Luisita: Farmers' huts burned, crops bulldozed
Tarlac police and guards hired by the Cojuangco owned Tadeco have fenced off a portion of Hacienda Luisita that they say is not covered by the agrarian reform
Drilon doubts DAR will meet land distribution targets
There have been overlaps and other inconsistencies in the records of agencies involved in implementing agrarian reform admits the DAR secretary
