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Pangilinan said the key to encouraging new blood in the agricultural sector was to improve support to farmers so that they could increase their income.

He favored the strengthening of the local government’s role in agricultural productivity because the local executives know the needs of their farmers.

“I [...]

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Speech by Senator Benigno S. “Noynoy” Aquino III delivered on January 21, 2010 before the members of the Makati Business Club at the Peninsula Manila Hotel, Makati City

Four-part video of the speech, courtesy of NoyTV on YouTube:

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Transcript of the Speech of Senator Benigno S. “Noynoy” Aquino III Before Filing His Certificate of Candidacy for President (November 28, 2009)

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Sumilao farmers back Noynoy’s candidacy
JOHANNA CAMILLE SISANTE
GMANews.TV

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—While some farmers from Hacienda Luisita are criticizing Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III for his family’s non-distribution of the plantation’s land, another group of farmers pushing for agrarian reform is backing up [...]

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How Villar built business empire with deceit, corruption: ex-lawyer
By Aries Rufo
abs-cbnNEWS.com/Newsbreak

First of 3 Parts

MANILA, Philippines – Octogenarian Maxima Policarpio had spent most of her life in the mountains of Norzagaray, a small town in Bulacan, near the foothills of the Sierra Madre. [...]

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We want to link to the original article but we get a 404 now. It seems that many news articles about the protest are gone now. Why is that?

VILLAR TOOK OUR LAND – TRIBESMEN
by People’s Journal

Wednesday, 17 March 2010 19:51

DUMAGAT tribesmen who accused [...]

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NY Times stands by accuracy of Luisita story
By Philip Tubeza
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines—It’s all on tape.

The New York Times Wednesday stood pat on the accuracy and fairness of the paper’s story that quoted a cousin of Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino [...]

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Villar allies slam Aquino over Hacienda Luisita
By Gil C. Cabacungan Jr.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines—Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, the Liberal Party standard-bearer, came under fire Tuesday after his cousin was quoted in The New York Times article published March 14 as [...]

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Aquino: NY Times unfairly misquoted cousin on Luisita issue
By Philip Tubeza
Philippine Daily Inquirer

NAGA CITY—Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III Tuesday accused The New York Times of unfairly misquoting his cousin and said that the Cojuangco family had unanimously decided on drastic changes [...]

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San Pedro

On March 15, 2010 By

San Pedro
By Lito Banayo
Malaya

HOW could a piece of property sequestered by the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG), and a lis pendens annotated upon its transfer certificate of title, land in the hands of a corporation called Crown Asia, owned and controlled [...]

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