http://www.marroxas.com/forum/ Mar Roxas Forum » Topic: How Villar treats farmers to buy lands at cut throat price en Thu, 17 May 2012 22:12:02 +0000 http://www.marroxas.com/forum/topic/how-villar-treats-farmers-to-buy-lands-at-cut-throat-price#post-151 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:00:49 +0000 nelson 151@http://www.marroxas.com/forum/ <p>I'm sending my blog reply to one Mr. Schumey about one presidentiable. I live in Bacoor, Cavite and I know how Villar's agents buy lands. I believe only Sen. Mar can do an insightful study on this issue. </p> <p>------</p> <p>Now this is something to level off Villar's accusation that the Aquino family shortchanged the farmers in Hacienda Luisita. </p> <p>Somewhere in Bacoor, Cavite, in a farming barrio of San Nicolas, farmers were given lands by the government. They hold titles known as CLOAs and EPs. For all we know, these are land ownership to propagate farming and improve the lot of the hardworking tillers. These titles are not to be sold to anybody until the prescribed period of 10 years and 5 years, respectively, lapses. </p> <p>This farming barrio of San Nicolas is the peripheral part of Bacoor, Cavite, and is the nearest Bacoor barrio to Las Pinas. Alas! BF Resort Village of Las Pinas and guess who lives there. Only a river separates the farms from BF Resort.</p> <p>The big story is this. More than ten years ago, Villar (through his companies) bought the CLOAs and EPs piece by piece, on installment basis, at a very cheap price, capitalizing on the financial needs of the CLOA and EP owners (they are actualy beneficiaries of the so called land reform). A check from the local agrarian reform officer confirmed that Villar indeed was able to purchase the lands. Some 30 titles were purchased and covering a total of 60 hectares! One of the farmers who regreted selling their father's CLOA admitted that their land was purchased at a price of 150 Pesos per square meter. Amazing! Adding insult to the law, the lands were purchase when the prescription period was not finished.</p> <p>Here is a bigger story. The farmers said that a wide road from BF Resort will be constructed soon. It will connect the farming barrio of San Nicolas to BF Resort Drive in Las Pinas. And guess where Villar lives? BF Resort Drive!</p> <p>This is the ultimate story. Simple arithmetic will say that 90 Million Pesos was spent to purchase 60 hectares at P150 for every square meter. Construct a wide road and the agricultural lands in the farming town of San Nicolas can command a price of at least P1500 per square meters. That means a land valued at 900 Million. Amazing!!!!!!!</p> <p>The CLOA by the way are land titles given by the Cory government to the farmers. What an irony! </p>