The Philippines is the fifth largest borrower ... corporations and elite families who lost land in the Philippine land reform to regain title if poor farmers begin selling small parcels carved ...

It was President Aquino’s mother, Corazon Aquino, who made land reform the centrepiece of her 1986 campaign for the presidency. Congress passed the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law in 1988, and in ...

What hides behind the opaque language and convoluted logic of the decision is the final scrapping of even the most limited land reform in the Philippines. The 6,000-hectare Hacienda Luisita sugar ...

The Philippine agrarian reform land acquisition program expired on ... the Roman Catholic Church and the military in the Philippines. Their privileges are rooted in the stability of the nation ...

The Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry Inc. (FFCCCII) on Wednesday urged lawmakers to ...

There were two major economic news, in the Philippines, this past week. The first was the announcement of the government to revive the agrarian reform program and distribute land for free.

Although a foreign-owned corporation may lease private land in the Philippines ... However, the pace of reform needs to be maintained with progress on technical and transmission issues as well ...

Manila: Twelve farmers fighting for land reform were arrested and have remained in prison based on a complaint of a landlord in central Philippines at the start of the administration of President ...

including in land governance reform; addressing school classroom overcrowding; and airport development. Since 2016, one focus of Sidel’s research has been the politics of transportation and ...