00:00The farmers were able to return to their land in Talisay City in Negros Occidental.
00:09The people in front of their security agency were able to fulfill their maximum tolerance.
00:15Aileen Pedrezo of GMA Regional TV has a report.
00:21These women are crying as if they are in a group of men holding batons.
00:30At one point, this woman slapped one of their farmers.
00:36You can also see in the video that there were stones falling on the men.
00:40The chaos happened between the farmers,
00:44along with the agrarian reform beneficiaries,
00:46and the people of a private security group in Talisay City, Negros Occidental.
00:52The farmers fought for the land that was taken by a businessman.
00:57In 2002, the businessman asked them to rent the land
01:02within a year after they received the Certificate of Land Ownership from the Department of Agrarian Reform.
01:09In September 2024, they sent a demand letter to the businessman.
01:28Their return to the land was in the hands of the guards.
01:50The farmers said that the police did nothing in the midst of the chaos.
01:54But the security agency and the police refused.
01:58The farmers said that they will not give the land to anyone
02:02even if they are given maximum tolerance.
02:05You can see in the video that they are not giving the land to anyone.
02:12When it comes to the issue, they are fighting with the police.
02:15They are not bullying anyone.
02:17We are there, ma'am.
02:19We did not see anything on the act.
02:21Allegedly, they were harassed.
02:23GMA Regional TV tried to get the businessman's license.
02:27Aileen Pedrezo of GMA Regional TV reporting for GMA Integrated News.
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