Category Archives: Land Bank

The interest of the Republic, for whom the OSG speaks, has been amply protected through the direct action of petitioner LBP – the government instrumentality created by law to provide timely and adequate financial support in all phases involved in the execution of needed agrarian reform.

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Erineus

The OSG’s Intervention           The interest of the Republic, for whom the OSG speaks, has been amply protected through the direct action of petitioner LBP – the government instrumentality created by law to provide timely and adequate financial support in … Continue reading →

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Interest payments borne by government, not by farmers-beneficiaries

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Erineus

Interest payments borne by government, not by farmers-beneficiaries  Nor do we find any merit in the LBP’s assertion that the large amount of just compensation that we awarded the petitioners, together with the amount of interest due, would necessarily result … Continue reading →

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Expropriation for agrarian reform requires the payment of just compensation

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Erineus

Expropriation for agrarian reform requires the payment of  just compensation The LBP claims that the just compensation in this case should be determined within the context of the article on social justice found in the 1987 Constitution. In the LBP’s … Continue reading →

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The LBP’s valuation of lands covered by CARL is considered only as an initial determination, which is not conclusive, as it is the RTC, sitting as a Special Agrarian Court, that should make the final determination of just compensation

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Erineus

Under Section 1 of Executive Order No. 405, series of 1990, petitioner LBP is charged with the initial responsibility of determining the value of lands placed under land reform and the just compensation to be paid for their taking. Through … Continue reading →

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Once an expropriation proceeding for the acquisition of private agricultural lands is commenced by the DAR, the indispensable role of LBP begins, which clearly shows that there would never be a judicial determination of just compensation absent respondent LBP’s participation

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Erineus

We stated in Heirs of Roque F. Tabuena v. Land Bank of the Philippines22 that “once an expropriation proceeding for the acquisition of private agricultural lands is commenced by the DAR, the indispensable role of LBP begins.”23 In Heirs of … Continue reading →

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