Bishop urges SC to start transfer of HLI titles to tillers 03/25/2012

Bishop urges SC to start transfer of HLI titles to tillers

03/25/2012
Saying “time is of the essence,” an official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) appealed to the Supreme Court to order the immediate transfer of land titles of the Hacienda Luisita Inc. (HLI) to farm workers based on its recent decision favoring land distribution in the huge estate owned by relatives of President Aquino.

Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo said the SC must issue the order as an initial step leading to the issuance of the Certificate of Land Ownership Awards to the farmers.

“As the situation of poverty and hunger in the hacienda increases, the legal installation of the farmers will bring great relief to their long-suffering families,” Pabillo said..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20120325hea2.html