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==Suspension of banana venture eyed as land row heats up in South Cotabato village== | |||
*Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=422508 | |||
*Friday, April 27, 2012 | |||
:By. (PNA) LAP/AVE/AC | |||
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, April 27 (PNA) – South Cotabato officials are seeking the suspension of the planned expansion of banana plantations in a farming village in Tupi town due to a worsening land conflict in the area. | |||
South Cotabato Governor Arthur Pingoy Jr. said he is set to meet with representatives of a banana company to discuss the temporary deferment of its expansion in Barangay Koronadal Proper in Tupi until the ongoing land conflict in the area is resolved. | |||
He initially declined to name the banana company, which is reportedly working on a contract-growing scheme for a 10-hectare plantation within the disputed area that spans around 45 hectares. | |||
“We want the ownership of the area resolved first to avoid possible problems later on,” the governor said. | |||
Tension gripped the village last February after a group of Moro residents intensified their claim over the lands, which they cited as part of their ancestral domain. | |||
Alleged members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) led by Nadsid Akmad alias Kumander Faisal reportedly converged in the area supposedly to assist the claims of Moro residents over the lands from local Christian settlers. | |||
The provincial government initiated a dialogue to ease the tension in the area but the situation has remained volatile due to the pending resolution of the land dispute. | |||
Pingoy said he directed the Provincial Environment Management Office to defer the issuance of environmental clearances to companies that were eyeing to engage in any business venture in the area to avoid complicating the situation. | |||
“These might push the claimants to resort to violent means to gain ownership of the lands and we don’t want that to happen,” he said. | |||
In support of the local government’s move, the governor said officials of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) provincial office have advised local landowners not to enter into any business contract with any entity without its endorsement. | |||
The provincial government had asked DAR to conduct another survey of the area to resolve the ownership of the disputed lands, which were earlier distributed to 30 local farmers. | |||
DAR had issued certificate of land titles to the farmers but Akmad’s group insisted that it was the real owner of the land. | |||
==13 colleges, universities in Region 12 raise tuition fees by 4-8%== | ==13 colleges, universities in Region 12 raise tuition fees by 4-8%== | ||
*Source: http://www.zambotimes.com/archives/46748-South-Cotabato,-Maguindanao-execs-set-meet-over-boundary-row.html | *Source: http://www.zambotimes.com/archives/46748-South-Cotabato,-Maguindanao-execs-set-meet-over-boundary-row.html | ||
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She said they reviewed the applications of the concerned institutions before submitting them to the CHED central office. | She said they reviewed the applications of the concerned institutions before submitting them to the CHED central office. | ||
==South Cotabato, Maguindanao execs set meet over boundary row== | ==South Cotabato, Maguindanao execs set meet over boundary row== | ||