Lapanday farmers hold solidarity night

Farmer-beneficiaries held a solidarity event last May 12 on the last night of their camp out on Mendiola Bridge in Manila that started on International Labor Day.

The farmers said their protest action was successful as evidenced by the unprecedented dialogue with President Rodrigo Duterte who assured them they will be installed in their farms in Tagum City, Davao del Norte.

The Department of Agrarian Reform tried to install the farmers but were were prevented twice by armed guards of Lapanday Foods Corporation and the refusal of the local police to provide assistance.