Land Use under the Aquino Administration Land use conversion is becoming an issue as it is becoming massive and anti-poor, basically more profits for the heartless capitalists. The talk of Sir Kristian Saguin made me realize the work of President Simeon Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III on the land use. I complement PNoy for initiating in his SONA last July 2010 for the National Land Use and Management Act(NLUMA) to be passed. NLUMA as the national land use as the highest policy making body. It categorizes uses of land for protection, production, settlement and infrastructure. The NLUMA was opposed by the real estate sector as the act will negatively affect the housing backlog, real estate boom and global competiveness. It is said to be that the bill was too pro-peasant. The conversion of land in the Philippines is more on the growth of real estate and not by the manufacturing sector. It is driven by interest and thirst for money by capitals instead of providing for the need of the masses. The relocation sites for informal settlers are said to be the safety of the IS from the hazard of living near flood prone areas. They were relocated off city such as Bulacan, Rizal and Cavite. I have an experience wherein I interviewed someone that experience the relocation in Montalban. She said that the relation site is more of a danger zone and prone to disasters. It has no basic services and far from work. There is also less opportunity for livelihood. The relocation site in Montalban is prone to flooding as it is a catchment. It is also along the west valley fault. The sites is basically to kill the informal settlers instead of taking care of their needs. The political ecologies of land-use (1) Structural solutions to a complex problem. There is an easy way out for the government. (2) Neoliberal reforms and urban space: using disaster and risk as an opportunity.