CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Philippines—Some 300 farm workers from Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac marched to Congress in Quezon City on Monday to demand that President Aquino and his relatives let them have the land awarded to them under the government agrarian reform program for free. Antonio Flores, secretary general of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), said members of the Alyansa ng mga Manggagawang Bukid sa Asyenda Luisita (Ambala), began their march from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) building, also in Quezon City, where they had been encamped since Saturday. The march was timed for Aquino's State of the Nation Address (Sona) before a joint session of C...
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