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In defense of 'Ka Paeng'

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 10 05:45 PM

Members of Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas hold a protest in front of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Headquarters in Quezon City, Friday. Read more »

SC says Hacienda Luisita has 'fully complied' with distribution of land sale proceeds

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 04 01:48 PM

This means that "there is no more unspent balance available for distribution," the court said. Read more »

30 years after CARP

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 28 08:09 PM

Different farmer groups under the Save Agrarian Reform Alliance (SARA) hold a protest rally in front of the Department of Agrarian Reform Headquarters in Quezon City on Thursday.  Read more »

Duterte to pursue land reform even without peace pact with communists

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 22 08:18 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday said he will pursue land reform even in the absence of a peace pact with communist rebels. Read more »

Boracay land reform for 'social justice and equity': DILG official

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 22 12:05 PM

Boracay locals don't benefit much from tourism earnings, which run up to $800 million in gross receipts annually, said Interior Assistant Secretary Epimaco Densing. Read more »

Eksperto, may babala sa planong land reform sa Boracay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 20 03:11 AM

Magiging problema umano ang pagkukunan ng tubig para sa irigasyon. Read more »

Lots up for sale after 10 years: Duterte to Boracay land reform beneficiaries

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 19 07:02 AM

MANILA - Potential beneficiaries of the planned land reform in Boracay Island can only sell their share 10 years after, President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday. Read more »

What people say about Duterte's plan to turn Boracay into 'land reform area'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 15 12:10 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte's plan to distribute land to Boracay residents gets mixed reactions. Read more »

OPINION: That Boracay moment

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Jun 14 10:02 PM

Let me advance outright that the arbitrary closure of the island resort is not without some benefit. Environmental and sanitation concerns have been stoked. That is enough to be a very big deal.  Read more »

DAR says initial 25 hectares of Boracay up for distribution

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 06 12:22 AM

While the government has already declared that Boracay should be under land reform, it still raises the question of whether the world-class tourist hot spot is suitable for farming. Read more »

New law needed before implementation of Boracay land reform: expert

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 02 02:28 AM

One law expert said the government cannot redistribute lands in Boracay without a new law. Read more »

Ilang residente, nalilito sa plano ni Duterte sa Boracay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 01 02:57 AM

Pabor ang ilang residente sa plano ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na isailalim sa land reform program ang Boracay Island, pero may ilan ding nalilito na kung ano ba talaga ang plano sa isla. Read more »

Duterte stresses plan to make Boracay a land reform area

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 30 05:16 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday stressed his plan to make Boracay a land reform area, saying he wants to prioritize the island’s first inhabitants. Read more »

3 lupa, tinitingnan ng DAR na ipamahagi sa mga magsasaka

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 04 07:22 AM

May tatlong lupa nang tinitingnan ang Department of Agrarian Reform na posibleng ipamahagi sa mga magsasaka.  Read more »

Duterte eyes 'small area for tourism' in Boracay

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 02 11:30 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said he does not want the entire Boracay island to be used for tourism and commercial purposes, as he stressed his vow to purse land reform in the island paradise. Read more »

15 hectares of Boracay up for land reform: DAR

Jorge Cariño, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 01 08:12 AM

Some 15.5 hectares of agricultural land in Boracay island is "alienable and disposable," which would allow President Rodrigo Duterte to eventually distribute it to farmer-beneficiaries. Read more »

Duterte says he will make Mindanao ‘land reform area’

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 26 12:35 AM

Duterte said idle government lands are better distributed to the people since these could be more productive in their hands. Read more »

Locals in Boracay scramble to get barangay IDs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 11 01:10 AM

Indigenous people like the Aetas living in Boracay Island could not help but be happy about the pronouncement of President Rodrigo Duterte that he will implement land reform in the island. Read more »

Balak na land reform sa Boracay, ikinatuwa ng mga katutubo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 11 12:52 AM

Ikinatuwa ng mga katutubong Ati ng Boracay ang plano ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na isailalim sa land reform ang isla.   Read more »

LOOK: Duterte met Macau gambling execs before Boracay casino got OK

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 10 04:28 PM

MANILA - The head of a Macau-based firm planning to build a $500 million integrated resort on Boracay island met with President Rodrigo Duterte 4 months ago to discuss the project, official photos from Malacañang showed.  Read more »