Mariano drew flak from Lapanday Foods Corp. for defying a Davao City Regional Trial Court (RTC) order approving the September 2011 compromise agreement between Lapanday and Hearbco-1, which upheld the validity of three contracts signed between Lapanday and Hearbco-1 involving the 450-hectare Hearbco-1 banana farmland. “The RTC approved the compromise agreement between Lapanday and Hearbco-1. “Mariano’s CDO set aside the contracts between Lapanday and Hearbco-1, including the compromise agreement. Duterte vows to extend aid to farmersPresident Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday met with Marbai farmers who called for his intervention in their land dispute with fruit giant Lapanday Foods. The Marbai farmers hit Lapanday for refusing to comply with Mariano’s installation order.

Source: Manila Times May 09, 2017 16:18 UTC