Militant farmers have renewed their call for genuine agrarian reform.
Camping out at the main office of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Quezon City, peasants belonging to the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) assailed the failure of the Arroyo government to distribute land to farmers and sugar workers in the 6,400-hectare Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac.
MANILA, Philippines—The Nationalist People’s Coalition, the country’s second largest political party, will remain “neutral” in the May presidential elections even if the race narrows down to a showdown between Liberal Party standard bearer Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and Nacionalista Party standard bearer Manuel Villar.
