DAR Starts Distributing 368 Hectares Hacienda Luisita Lands to Farmers

The country’s Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has started distributing 368 hectares of land owned by the relatives of Philippine President Benigno Aquino III in the controversial Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac province. Although the distribution started already, the KMP called the move a “maneuver” to displace tillers. The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) noted that … Read more