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Wednesday, July 30, 2008 |
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Negros leaders,
militants
reject CARP extension |
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Many agree that government should stop land
distribution while a review of the program is ongoing |
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By Ma. Ester L. Espina, Correspondent
BACOLOD CITY: It isn’t often
that local businessmen, sugar planters and militants agree on one
issue.But the recent pronouncements of President Gloria Arroyo at
her state of the Nation address, calling for the extension of the
comprehensive agrarian reform program (CARP) was met with great
dissent in Negros Occidental.
Provincial leaders have earlier
called for a review of CARP implementation after a study conducted
by the provincial government and submitted to Congress showed that
majority of CARP beneficiaries have reverted back to farm labor and
sold or leased out their rights to the land they acquired through
the program.
Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Roberto
Montelibano said that if government pushes for land distribution
without looking into the productivity effect, “it will only worsen
the situation.”
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Two-day transport
strike paralyzes Bicol Region
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Legazpi City: Militant transport
organizations in the Bicol Region successfully paralyzed local trade
and vehicular traffic following the two-day strike in four
provinces.
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3 dead, 2 injured
in Bacolod car crash
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BACOLOD CITY: Speeding from the
southern part of the city toward downtown Bacolod, a black Honda
Civic suddenly started hitting steel posts before it ended in a
heap,...
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Provincial board
member in Negros succumbs to breast cancer
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BACOLOD CITY: Former mayor and
elected provincial board member, Janet Espinosa Torres, succumbed to
breast cancer just before midnight, Saturday, at the Riverside
Medical Center.
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Govt troops arrest
rebel couple in Negros
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ARMY troops apprehended a New
People’s Army leader and his wife in Negros Occidental in an
operation over the weekend reports said Monday.
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Kidnap of Mindanao
State Univesity faculty still unresolved
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MARAWI CITY: Concerned relatives
and friends of Sherwin Nacua, 45, of the Biology Department of the
Mindanao State University (MSU) have appealed to media for support...
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