The group of indigenous farmers in the Philippines, who marched around 1,500 kilometers from Bukidnon province (south of the Philippines) to Metro Manila (north of the Philippines) for around 60 days, finally got to own the land they have been struggling for, after entering into a settlement agreement with San Miguel Corporation, the company who bought the land from the previous owner.
The Settlement agreement provides for the Sumilao farmers to get back 50 of their 144-hectare ancestral land through a deed of donation from San Miguel Corporation and get another 94 hectares through a voluntary offer to sale (VOS) scheme of the Department of Agrarian Reform in adjacent properties in Sumilao, Bukidnon in the coming days or months.
(Photo courtesy of www.sumilaomarch.multiply.com)
Click here for PAKISAMA’s Statement on the Settlement Agreement
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