Batangas State University Caloocan Balayan.

Batangas

A Case Study
Issues Regarding Article II Section 17 Section 20

Respectfully Submitted By:

Monica H. Alicante Clarisse Aira G. Baque Aira Romina A. Bulirao Maricon B. Codizal Ralph del Moro

Bredix James A. Duman Dulce Amor R. Laroza Leo Mendoza Roxanne G. Perez Jennifer G. Vertucio

To: Mrs. Michelle del Rosario

18 July 2011

DAR, Solgen to contest Hacienda Luisita ruling

Overview
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) will file a motion for reconsideration before the Supreme Court regarding a recent order directing the agency to hold a referendum at the Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac that will ask farmer-beneficiaries to choose between land or stocks. In a press conference, Agrarian Reform Secretary Virgilio R. de los Reyes said that a motion for reconsideration will be filed through the Office of the Solicitor General on or before July 22 on the ruling that scrapped the stock distribution plan of Hacienda Luisita, Inc. The decision also raised the possibility of reviving the SDP in referendum that will be held by farmer beneficiaries.The DAR chief said that what must happen according to Section 31 of Republic Act 6657 is if the stock distribution option is nullified, then the lands should be distributed to farmers.He added that there should be no referendum to be conducted among the farmer-beneficiaries because it applies the principle of majority wins.

Solution of the Government

As a solution for this issue, the Supreme Court has allowed the farmerbeneficiaries to choose between getting the shares of stocks in the Hacienda Luisita Incorporated or getting the actual lands.Under the Sec. 31 of RA 6657 or Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988 :" if within two years from the approval of the law, the land or stock transfer is not made or realized, or the plan for stock distribution is not approved by the Presidential Agrarian Reform Council (PARC), the agricultural land of the corporate owners shall be subject to compulsory coverage of the law. (The Government will ask the Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling on a controversial agrarian reform scheme, insisting that the law requires physical land distribution instead of distributing shares of stock in a corporation.)
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Pnoy: Govt to help BPO industry keep on growing

Overview
Telecommunications has helped the Science and Technology Department give early warning against landslides and floods through the use of strategically placed automated cell phones, the President noted. The Department of Health also stands to benefit from technological advancements with improvements in Telehealth by increasing capacity for transferring information and helping medical services grow, he said. PNoy said that allowing the people to feel in their everyday lives the effects of these

technological gains is his way of reciprocating the hard work of these researchers and developers, many of them, our countrymen. The newly constructed NSN Network Labs is the first R&D facility in Southeast Asia internationally recognized in the telecommunications industry. It services and supports all R&D teams around the world. The Philippines was selected among 37 locations as NSNs new hub in Asia. Having Network Labs in the Philippines is a source of great national pride because no one ever thought that the country would be a worldwide leader in the BPO industry, Aquino said.He said that it is a vote of confidence in their skills, in their work ethic, and in their inherent creativity. Much more than that, however, it embodies the sea change in the way this country works. It embodies a newfound ambition of the people and the new can-do attitude they have been trying to foster.

Solution of the Government

Government will give the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry a favorable environment to sustain the momentum of growth, President Benigno Aquino III said. Aquino gave the assurance during the inauguration of NetworkLabs, Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) research and development facility at the University of the Philippines-Ayala Technohub in Quezon City.To sustain the momentum of the business

sector, the Aquino administration has cut red tape in business registration, reassessed the tax rulings process to make it more efficient, and reduced the required documents for bidding in public works, the President said. Government is offering generous tax incentives to investors, including six to eight years of income tax holidays for BPOrelated investments, Aquino said. The incentive allowed the BPO industry to gain net margins of 11-21 percent in 2010, compared to Indias 13-16 percent, he added. Under the Omnibus Investments Code and other laws, investors are given four to six years of income tax holidays for projects listed in the Investments Priority Plan, depending on pioneer status, as well as duty free importation of capital equipment. PNoy said that he want to see more businesses opening, and to see many more skilled Filipinos being employed. More businesses open, the more opportunities our countrymen will have to show what they are capable of.