INQUIRER.net: Negros farmers remind Aquino on promise to distribute land

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Negros farmers remind Aquino on promise to distribute land Jun 4th 2013, 23:39 MANILA, Philippines—Farmers on Tuesday slammed President Aquino over his alleged failure to fulfill his promise of distributing lands to them with only a year left before the expiration of the agrarian reform program.   One of the farmers, Dorita Vargas, was among the 300 farmers assured by Aquino last year that she would get land within 2012.   But Vargas, a 63-year-old widow, said that while she already received a certificate of landownership award (CLOA) last February, she has not set foot on the five-hectare farm given to her and other agrarian reform beneficiaries in La Castellana town in Negros Occidental.   Vargas said the land she was suppos... Keep on reading: Negros farmers remind Aquino on promise to distribute land Media files: pnoypampanga-800x537.jpg (image/jpeg)

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