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Duterte leaves fate of 5 Cabinet officials to appointments body
President Duterte is leaving it up to the Commission on Appointments (CA) to decide the fate of his five Cabinet nominees—Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr., Environment Secretary Regina Lopez,...
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4 secretaries issued interim appointments
President Duterte on Monday issued interim appointments to four of his Cabinet members who have yet to be confirmed by the powerful Commission on Appointments. The post 4 secretaries issued interim...
View ArticleDuterte won’t interfere in fate of Lopez, 3 other secretaries
President Rodrigo Duterte will not intervene in the decision of the powerful Commission on Appointments (CA) regarding the fate of his four Cabinet nominees earlier bypassed by the appointments body,...
View ArticleDAR cancels Luisita deals
Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano on Wednesday nullified the sale or lease of agrarian lands awarded by the government in Hacienda Luisita. The post DAR cancels Luisita deals appeared first on...
View ArticleFarmers reinstalled in Lapanday land
Corazon Bago, 63, shrieked with glee as men with sledgehammers smashed the concrete walls of the San Isidro (Sanid) farm here on Thursday, part of the 145-hectare banana plantation that was being...
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Davao banana firm sues DAR secretary
TAGUM CITY—Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano and his undersecretary are facing charges in the Office of the Ombudsman for helping install land reform beneficiaries on 145 hectares of a banana...
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Duterte reappoints 4 Cabinet secretaries
President Rodrigo Duterte has renewed the ad interim appointment of four Cabinet secretaries who have yet to be confirmed by the Commission on Appointments. The post Duterte reappoints 4 Cabinet...
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Villar is richest Cabinet member; Mariano is poorest
With a net worth of P1.4 billion, Public Works Secretary Mark Villar, 38, is the richest member and the only billionaire in the Cabinet, according to his statement of assets, liabilities and net worth...
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DAR: Farmers can occupy farmlands under protest
Hopes are high that acquisition and distribution of land to agrarian reform beneficiaries could now move faster after Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano released Administrative Order No. 5,...
View ArticleFinally, Makabayan bolts House majority
The leftwing Makabayan bloc on Thursday announced its split from the administration-controlled “supermajority” in the House of Representatives, saying it would act as an independent group that would...
View ArticleLuisita target of incoming DAR chief
Incoming Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano announced a review of the implementation of what he said was a “sham” agrarian reform program in a sugarcane estate owned by the family of outgoing...
View ArticleFarmers hope reform genuine this time
LUCENA CITY—A national farmers group said incoming Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano’s determination to implement a genuine land reform program in the country would end the reign of “despotic...
View ArticleNo more DAR barricade: Welded gates now open
CHANGE has come to the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and it is more than symbolic. The post No more DAR barricade: Welded gates now open appeared first on Inquirer News.
View ArticleDAR gives away more land from Luisita
After eight weeks in office, Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano made good on his promise to see to the land reform coverage of Hacienda Luisita, the vast sugar plantation owned by the Cojuangco...
View ArticleLuisita farmers fear loss of P1.3B
Yes, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) is studying whether to reclassify as agricultural land a 500-hectare industrial zone in Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac province. The post Luisita farmers fear...
View Article2-year freeze on farm land conversion up
PRESIDENT Duterte has decided to impose a two-year moratorium on the conversion of 4.7 million of agricultural lands distributed under various agrarian reform programs since 1972 into subdivisions and...
View ArticleSuspects in Ecija, Isabela farmers’ slay named
TARLAC CITY—Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano on Saturday said fact-finding teams have made progress in establishing who ordered last month’s murder of five farmers in Nueva Ecija and Isabela...
View ArticleFarmers urge PNP to form special desk for land row
Land reform beneficiaries in Quezon province have urged the police to create specialized desks to handle complaints involving land disputes. The post Farmers urge PNP to form special desk for land row...
View ArticleBanana farm row far from over
TAGUM CITY—For farmer leader Antonio Tuyak, the New Year brought cries of indignation and a sense of betrayal. The post Banana farm row far from over appeared first on Inquirer News.
View ArticleRichest, poorest in Cabinet
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez is the wealthiest member of President Duterte’s Cabinet while Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano is the poorest, according to the net worth that they declared...
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