In his speech during the distribution of the Certificates of Land Owners Award (CLOAs) to some 3,400 agrarian beneficiaries, covering 5,808 hectares, in Northern Mindanao at the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines on Wednesday, October 31, Pres. Rodrigo Duterte has ordered Agrarian Reform Sec. John Castriociones to prioritize the giving of lands to the peasants and landless following the massacre that killed nine sugarcane farmers in Sagay City, Negros Occidental, on October 20. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
Sison accuses Duterte of siding with oligarchs
“No amount of pretending to distribute land ownership certificates, be these token or fake, can cover up his selfish and ugly role as an ultra-reactionary part of the oligarchy.”
