LUCENA CITY – A Catholic priest serving in Quezon province is contesting President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s claims of success in implementing agrarian reform, saying the continuing plight of farmers in Sariaya town tells a different story. “If agrarian reform has truly been successful, why do farmers in Sariaya who have already been awarded Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOAs) and have cultivated their land for many years remain at risk of losing it?” Fr. Warren Puno, director of the Ministry of Ecology of the Diocese of Lucena, said in response to the President’s July 27 State of the Nation Address […]...Keep on reading: Quezon priest challenges Marcos’ agrarian reform claims in Sona