The rights of tenants of the Buenavista Estate will be protected, President Manuel Roxas declared in a statement last night. The President further said that he “will oppose every step taken by land speculators, whoever they may be, to rob the tenants” of the opportunity to own their lands. The statement was issued in connection with the re-sale of the estate to Gen. Ernest H. Burt for P5,000,000 by the San Juan de Dios. The estate covers an area of 373,000 hectares and is occupied by more than 23,000 tenants. The President also heard of the sale of th
Buenavista Tenants’ Rights Safe - Roxas
The rights of tenants of the Buenavista Estate will be protected, President Manuel Roxas
declared in a statement last night.
The President further said that he “will oppose every step taken by land speculators, whoever
they may be, to rob the tenants” of the opportunity to own their lands.
The statement was issued in connection with the re-sale of the estate to Gen. Ernest H. Burt
for P5,000,000 by the San Juan de Dios. The estate covers an area of 373,000 hectares and is
occupied by more than 23,000 tenants.
The President also heard of the sale of the Concepcion Hacienda of Malabon by the Philippine
Trust Company to the same parties that had purchased the Buenavista Estate. Other properties
are involved in similar deals, the President had been informed.
Msgr. Jose N. Jovellanos, acting for the archbishop of Manila, yesterday afternoon admitted that the
estate was sold to Burt, but declared emphatically that it was never sold or parts of it to the tenants, this
was done so illegally and in bad faith,”Mgr. Jovellanos said. (The Sunday Times, July 14, 1946, p. 1.)
Some 300 tenants in a hacienda in Jala-Jala, Rizal, administered by Crisanto de Borja are
aroused because of a plan to eject tem. The administrator is reported to be using pressure trough
government man to oust the farmers.
The repeated failure of De Borja to attend conferences called by the tenancy division of the
department of justice has further increased the restiveness of the occupants of the land. De Borja
failed to appear at three projected conferences, the first on June 18 in Cardona, the second on July
15, in Jala-Jala, and the third in the department of justice, July 29.
Mayor Marcos Francisco of Cardona yesterday appeared in behalf of the tenants, but the conference
could not be held because of the absence of the other party (The Manila Times, July 30, 1946, p. 1.)
1. These events happened just after the World War II. How would you describe the relationship
between tenant-farmers and landlords at that time?
2. These news items appeared on the front page of Manila Times, which means that these were big
events that happened during that time. What, do you think, were the reasons why there was the
sudden urge to own land during that time?
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