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AGRARIAN REFORM CURRENT ANG HISTORICAL PROBLEMS
BRIEF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF AGRARIAN REFORM * Historically, agrarian-related remedies extended by past regimes and administrators proved to be totally unable to fulfill the promise of alleviating the quality of life of the landless peasants. * The land laws have invariably contained provisions that enabled powerful landowners to circumvent the law, or even use the law to sustain and further strengthen their positions in power.
1. Pre-Spanish Era - Land was not unequally distributed before the Spaniards came to the Philippines. - The notion of private property was unknown then. - The community (barangay) owned the land.
2. Spanish Period (1521-1898) - One of the major initial policies of the governorship of Legazpi was to recognize all lands in the Philippines as part of public domain regardless of local customs. - As such, the crown was at liberty to parcel out huge tracts of Philippine lands as rewards to loyal civilian and military as rewards. * In effect, communal ownership of land gradually and slowly took the backseat. * Private ownership of land was introduced. * With this arrangement, every municipal resident was given his choice of the land for cultivation, free from tax. * Large tracts of uncultivated lands not circumscribed within a given municipality were granted by the Spanish monarch to deserving Spaniards. * This kind of ownership became known as the encomienda. * The encomienda system in the Spanish colonies began as a result of a Royal Order promulgated in December of 1503. * By virtue of this Royal Order, encomiendas were granted to favor Spanish officials and clerics who were entrusted the responsibility to look after the spiritual and temporal developments of the natives in a colonized territory. * The encomienda system in the Spanish colonies began as a result of a Royal Order promulgated in December of 1503. * By virtue of this Royal Order, encomiendas were granted to favor Spanish officials and clerics who were entrusted the responsibility to look after the spiritual and temporal developments of the natives in a colonized territory.
Almost all the grants that Legazpi extended to the Spanish officials and friars were confined to what would eventually become the provinces of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, and Bulacan * Much later, in place of the encomiendas, the Spanish authorities began to group together several barangays into administration units. * They termed these units as pueblos or municipios which were governed by gobernadorcillos. * Together, the cabezas and gobernadorcillos made up of the landed class known as caciques (landed class). * At the passing of time, the Filipino caciques intermarried with Spaniards. This gave such class as mestizo cast which exists to this day.
Through this enviable position, the cabezas the gobernadorcillos gained more and more stature or prestige with the Spanish civil and ecclesiastical authorities, and the common people
In time, the caciques were given the prerogative of collecting taxes as well. * This act vested in them great power. * Certainly, this did not help to endear them to the ordinary people. * Caciquism as an institution became deeply rooted in Philippine soil. This paved the way to many present-day agrarian problems and unrests. * As the cacique system grew, it also became more oppressive. * This brought about colonial uprisings during the 19th century, which tended to occur in the areas with much agricultural activity such as Central Luzon. * Agrarian-related problems were the only source of major conflicts during this time. Land was available in the entire archipelago. * The major sources of conflict and rebellion were really the harsh Spanish impositions, such as: tributo, polo, encomienda, etc. * During the 19th century, several developments occurred that solidified the land tenure system, and aroused antagonism over its injustices and inequalities. * Since the Spaniards did not levy a land tax or a head tax (cedula), and few records of land-ownership were kept, the Spanish government issued two Royal Decrees: decreto realenga (1880) and the Maura Law (1894) * These decrees ordered the caciques and natives, to secure legal title for their lands or suffer forfeiture. * The Filipino peasants, either ignorant of the processes of the law or of the Spanish-written instructions, were just slow to respond. * The landowners (caciques) were quick to react. They did not only register their own landholdings but also took advantage of the ignorance of the peasants, by claiming peasant lands adjacent to their own holdings. * It was estimated that 400,000 Filipino peasants were left without titles. * No option was left for those dispossessed because documented titles to the land prevailed over verbal claims. * Hence, most Filipino landed peasants became mere tenants in their own lands. * The Royal Decree of 1894 (Maura Law) deprived many Filipino peasants of their own lands through scheming and treacherous ways of both Spaniards and caciques. * Other strategies of dispossessing peasants of their landholdings were: 1. Outright purchase at a low price of real estates (realenga) by a Spaniard or a cacique, from a badly-in-need peasants. 2. Mortgage system (pacto de retroventa); this is equivalent of today’s mortgage system (sangla). * The mortgage system is equivalent of today’s mortgage system (sangla), where a landowner who has loaned a peasant some money becomes this peasant landlord. * This happened simply because the system required the land to be collateral. While the peasant had not paid back his loan, he paid the landlord rent for the use of his own land. * Another source of land-related conflict by the late 19th century was the “friar lands”. Many farmers questioned the amount of land in grant given by the Spanish crown to the religious orders (i.e. Augustinians, Dominicans, Franciscans, and Recollect Orders). * Tenants (inquilinos) paid tax termed as “canon” to the friars.
3. Philippine Revolutionary Government (1898-1899) * - After the first Philippine Republic was established in 1899, the government of Emilio Aguinaldo declared its intention to confiscate large estates, esp. the friar lands.
4. American Regime (1898-1935) * - The Americans, considered by Filipino revolutionists, as messiahs (liberators from Spanish colonial rule), finally unmasked their true color. They themselves became the new colonizers by virtue of the Treaty of Paris (Dec. 10, 1898). * The Treaty of Paris ended the Spanish-American War, and Spain ceded the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico to America. * Despite the apparent desire of the American government to improve the land-tenure situation of the country, the following land laws and policies did not help in any way: 1) Treaty of Paris 2) Land Registration Act of 1902 3) Public Land Act of 1907 4) Cadastral Act of 1907 5) Friar Lands Act of 1907
5. Commonwealth Era (1935-1946) - The government headed by Manuel Quezon, passed and implemented the Rice Tenancy Act of 1933 (i.e. Act No. 4054). - Its purpose was to regulate the share tenancy contracts by establishing minimum standards. * The Act provided for better tenant-landlord relationship, a 50-50 sharing of the crop, regulation of interest to 10% per agricultural year, and safeguards against arbitrary dismissal by the landlord. * The desire of Quezon to placate both landlords and tenants pleased neither. By early 1940s, thousands of tenants in Central Luzon were ejected from their farmlands, and rural conflict was more acute than ever.

6. Japanese Occupation (1941-1945) * - The Japanese occupation had a tremendous impact on the agrarian issue. From the ranks of the peasant and labor organization, and from the merger of the Communist Party of the Philippines and the Socialist Party emerged the HUKBO NG BAYAN LABAN SA HAPON (HUKBALAHAP). * The HUKBALAHAP was headed by a charismatic peasant leader, Luis Taruc. * In addition to fighting the Japanese, the Huks also took upon the cause of the peasant against the landlords who often collaborated with the Japanese to maintain their dominant position.
7. Third Philippine Republic * a. Roxas Administration (1946-1948) * - In 1946, Roxas proclaimed the Rice * Share Tenancy Act of1933 effective * throughout the country. * - R.A. No. 34 of 1946, known as * Tenant Act, provided for a 70-30 * sharing arrangements, and regulated * share-tenancy contracts. * b. Quirino Administration (1948-1953) * - There were no agrarian reform laws passed during the Quirino administration. Instead, the agrarian reform policy of his predecessor was continued but with little success. * c. Magsaysay Administration (1953- * 1957) * - This administration signed into law two * land-related bills: the Agricultural Tenancy Act of 1954 (R.A. No.1199), and Land Reform Act of 1955 (R.A. No. 1400). * - The Agricultural Tenancy Act of 1954 allowed tenants to shift from share tenancy to leasehold. * - In leasehold system, a tenant pays for a fixed amount to the landlord instead of the variable share. * - The Act also prohibited the ejection of tenants, unless the Court of Agrarian Relations found just cause.
d. Garcia Administration (1957-1961) * - This administration did not make any law or major pronouncements on agrarian reform. No new policies were made.
e. Macapagal Administration * - He signed into law the Agricultural Land Reform Code of 1963 (R.A. No. 3844). This code provided for the purchase of private farmlands with the intention of distributing them in small lots to the landless tenants on easy terms of payment. * - In comparison with previous agrarian legislations, the law lowered the retention limit to 75 hectares, whether owned by individuals or corporations. * - It prohibited sharehold tenancy and established the leasehold system. * - It was viewed that a 75-retention limit was just too high for the growing population density.
f. Marcos Administration 1. Pre-Martial Law (First term, 1965-69) * The Agricultural Land Reform Code continued to be implemented by Marcos. * Second term (1969-73) Congress amended the Agricultural Land Reform Code (p.144)
- Agrarian Reform Special Fund Act (R.A. No. 6390) was passed.
Martial Law (1972-1981) - On Sept. 21, 1971, Marcos declared Martial Law. Five days later, he issued Presidential Decree (P.D.) No. 2, declaring the entire country a land reform area. * Oct. 21,1971, Marcos again issued P.D. No. 27 (Tenant Emancipation Act). This launched Operation Land Transfer (OLT), transferring tenants’ ownership of land they tilled to them, and providing the instruments and mechanisms needed.
Marcos Administration(Third term, 1981-86)
- Contined P.D. No. 2 and P.D. No. 27/

g. Aquino Administration (1986-1992)
- Upon assumption into power, Aquino declared that “her government will expand the land reform program in the country to reflect a true liberation of the Filipino farmer from the clutches of landlordism and transform him into a truly reliant citizen, participating in the affairs of the nation.”

* Aquino described her agrarian reform as “the most fundamental and far-reaching program of government for it adheres to the economic well-being and dignity of many Filipinos.” * She made agrarian reform as the “centerpiece of her government.” * The primary governing law on agrarian reform during the Aquino administration was R.A. No. 6657, known as Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL) of 1988. * This was signed into law on June 10, 1988, and became effective on June 15, 1988. * - The R.A. No. 6657 is intended “to promote social justice and industrialization providing the mechanism for its implementation and for other purposes.”
The CARP: An Overview 1. Meaning of CARP 2. Foundations of CARP a. Biblical concepts 1) Land resources are God’s property. 2) Man is only a caretaker of God- given property. 3) Ownership has social responsibility. 4) Ownership is universal but not absolute. b. Socio-anthropological concept
3. Salient Features of the CARP a. Concept b. Coverage c. Program implementation d. Participatoriness e. Beneficiaries f. Non-land transfer program
The CARP: A Decade After (1988-1998) * DAR : 4.3 million hectares (CARPable) * 3.8 hectares distributed * DENR : 3.8 (CARPable) * 1.9 hectares distributed * 3.2 million families benefited from CARP * 1998-2008 (June 10) extension

CURRENT ISSUES

No Mass Lay-Off, DAR Chief Says
Agrarian reform is not only land distribution, but a continuing effort to improve the lives of past, present, and future farmer-beneficiaries of the agrarian reform program. With this statement, Agrarian Reform Secretary Virgilio delos Reyes yesterday belied reports that about 7,000 to 9,000 employees of his department would be given walking papers as soon as the land distribution component of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) expires on June 30, 2014.

Luisita Farmers Inch Closer to Owning Land Thousands of farmers inched their way closer to owning more than 4,300 hectares of agricultural land in Hacienda Luisita as the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) conducted last Monday their second round of interviews with potential beneficiaries in the country’s biggest sugar plantation.The second round of interviews, according to DAR Secretary Virgilio de los Reyes, is necessary to update in person those who were interviewed from May 23 to July 22, 2012 on the preliminary results of the processing of interview data and accompanying documents submitted by applicant farmworker-beneficiaries.

DAR Continues to Fulfill Mandate, Turns Over New Roads The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has completed a new batch of infrastructure projects that are expected to increase the income and raise the productivity of agrarian reform beneficiaries in poor provinces.DAR officially turned over recently the newly constructed Sto. Niño-Oguis road worth P17.594 million. This three-kilometer farm to market road will benefit 44 and 129 agrarian reform beneficiaries in barangays Sto. Niño and Lubluban, respectively—both in the municipality of Libertad in Misamis Oriental. Also turned over was the Barangay Galalan-Sitio Gisgis road in Panguil, Laguna, and this will benefit 2,296 agrarian reform beneficiaries. This 2.14-kilometer farm to market road in barangay Galalan was completed at a cost of P13.554 million.

New Palay Farming Technique Helps Double Yield ABUCGAYAN, BILIRAN – Believe it or not, the Philippines may have just found the right formula that would help it regain its once lofty status – a rice exporting country. Rice farmers here got the biggest surprise of their lives when a hectare demo farm yielded 178 sacks of palay with no extraordinary efforts but by merely following a balance treatment – from selection and preparation of seeds for a particular season; amounts of fertilizer, pesticide and water; proper spacing of seedlings; and, right timing for harvesting. THE END!

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...BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Im Cliffe Whitney Paug Lapiz, 22 years old, presently residing at Purok1 North Poblacion, Medina, Misamis Oriental. I am currently 3rd year student taking up Bachelor of Science in Business Administration major in Financial Management at Bukidnon State University-Medina External Studies. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We thank almighty God for successful completion of this Development Paper this would not be possible without him. I have taken efforts in this requirement. However, it would not have been possible without the kind support and help of many individuals. I would like to extend my sincere thanks to all of them. We are really grateful to our subject instructor MR. EDMUND P. VOSOTROS, for all kinds of informative information and valuable advice. To our preeminent head MA’AM FLORENCIA BAANG, to all our deans named; MA’AM MARIETTA T. ASPRIL, MA’AM LARSENEY OBEMIO, MA’AM CICILE ALLOYON let me extend our over whelming thanks giving and our deepest gratitude and appreciation. I would like also to express my gratitude towards to my parents who gave us a support, of giving us money to work on this assignment. Let me give my greatest and deepest gratitude to all of my Classmates, Sir, Ma’am, thank you very much. INTRODUCTION Why do we need to borrow money? There a numerous reasons for the borrowing of money but common ones are; home loans, purchasing of cars, insurance...

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