Farmers’ exodus

After four days of walking and marching from Hermosa Bataan, armed only with a conviction  and a belief that they will finally get to own their land under the government’s agrarian reform program, hundreds of farmers groups arrive at the office of the Department of Agrarian Reform in Quezon City to stage a protest rally calling on DAR Secretary Rafael Mariano to help them fulfill their long-cherished dreams. Manny Palmero