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Read more about the article Stakeholders converge to save falling mango industry in PHL
STAKEHOLDERS’ GATHERING – More than 600 stakeholders from various parts of Mindanao converged in a one-day forum at the Mandaya Hotel in Davao City on Wednesday, Aug. 2 to participate in the drafting of the 5-year roadmap to save the dwindling mango industry in the Philippines. (Alex d. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

Stakeholders converge to save falling mango industry in PHL

More than 600 planters, growers, businessmen and other mango industry stakeholders from various parts of Mindanao gathered in a one-day consultation at the Grand Mandaya Hotel here on Wednesday.

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Read more about the article Group tells DAR: Punish Agrikulto, end ‘aryendo’ system in Hacienda Luisita

Group tells DAR: Punish Agrikulto, end ‘aryendo’ system in Hacienda Luisita

DAVAO CITY, Philippines—Members of the Unyon ng mga Manggawa sa Agrikultura urged the Department of Agrarian Reform to press charges against Agrikulto Inc. including the lessees of distributed agricultural lands…

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Read more about the article Agrarian reform chief: only SC can stop Tagum farmers ‘installation’
Agrarian reform beneficiaries in Barangay Madaum, Tagum City wait for their installation inside the San Isidro farm area on Tuesday, April 18. However, their installation was postponed to Friday, April 21. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Agrarian reform chief: only SC can stop Tagum farmers ‘installation’

Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano said it is only the Supreme Court that could stop him from installing 159 agrarian reform beneficiaries in Tagum City.

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Read more about the article Farmers’ occupation in banana farm halted; police flouts DAR’s order, seeks court clarification
HIGH HOPES. Members of Madaum Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Association Inc wait for the arrival of Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano expecting that they will be able to return to their farms in Barangay San Isidro, Tagum City on Tuesday, April 18. However, the Writ of Installation issued by Mariano on April 11, 2017 was not executed after Philippine National Police Regional Director, Police Chief Superintendent Manuel Gaerlan sought advise from the Regional Trial Court Branch 14 in Davao City on the Writ. The PNP was supposed to provide assistance for the orderly execution of the farmers' return to their lands. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Farmers’ occupation in banana farm halted; police flouts DAR’s order, seeks court clarification

Hundreds of farmers were dismayed as they were prevented from taking over awarded lands today, following the failure of the local police to provide security and to aid the Agrarian Reform Secretary in installing the beneficiaries and their families.

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