Now, this is the real definition of fierce.
“In Davao City last Sunday, Sep 21, 71 coconut farmers representing 10 farmers’ federations began their 71-day march toward Malacañan Palace to press President Noynoy Aquino to certify as urgent a bill that would use the recovered coco levy funds to revitalize the coconut industry and benefit the marginalized coco farmers,” reports Alexander D. Lopez in Manila Bulletin.
The report noted: “The ‘March for Historic Justice’ that will cover 1,750 kilometers was inspired by the success of the Sumilao farmers who marched for two months from Sumilao, Bukidnon to Malacañan in 2007 to convince then-President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to revoke a Department of Agrarian Reform order converting their 144-hectare farm land into a hog farm.”
The report pointed out that the Sumilao farmers’ “dramatic ordeal” left Arroyo “no choice but order the revocation of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) order and return the land, which would have been controlled by San Miguel Foods, Inc., to the farmers.”
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