A decades-long dispute between a local tribe and the government over the right to implement the Casecnan Multi-purpose Irrigation and Power Project in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya may have finally been resolved, according to National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Administrator Benny Antiporda. In his...
SAN FRANCISCO, Quezon – A man allegedly gunned down his elder brother over a land dispute in Sitio Labrahan, Barangay Don Juan Vercelos, this town, Thursday, Sept. 29. Officer-on-case Corporal Lloyd Altamarino identified the victim as Michael dela Cruz Yare, 39, of Sitio Labrahan. Altamirano...
A POLICEMAN talks to a family member of a man who was hacked to death by his father due to a land dispute in Barangay Maaslob, Calatrava, Negros Occidental Saturday, June 18. (Photo courtesy of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office) BACOLOD CITY – A father allegedly killed his son...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) maintained on Monday, June 13, that the arrest of 91 farmers and their supporters in Concepcion, Tarlac was “lawful” as they allegedly destroyed crops and became unruly when they conducted their protest. Police Lt. Gen. Vicente Danao Jr., officer-in-charge...
After nine years of fighting for their land, more than 700 Palawan farmers have finally received their Certificate of Land Ownership (CLOA) which proves their claims against fellow farmers who allegedly occupied the properties illegally, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) announced Friday,...
Police have arrested the most wanted person in Malay town of Aklan who was accused of killing a liaison officer of a security agency over a land dispute at the world-renowned Boracay Island. Nabbed was 39-year old Edwin Villar Lampute who used to be connected with a security agency tapped to secure...
