(Photos 1 & 2) A representative from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) turns over the initial assistance provided by the Department to farmers and farm workers from Madaum Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Inc. (MARBAI) in Tagum City, Davao del Norte, who are camping at Mendiola Bridge to protest the refusal of Davao-based Lapanday Foods Corporation (LFC) to honor the installation order issued by the Department of Agrarian Reform, which allows them to reclaim the 145-hectare land held by LFC.(Photos 3 & 4) The initial assistance includes boxes of medicines and vitamins, as well as some clothing. The farmers were also given information materials on the programs and services that they can avail from the DSWD. ###
