April 24, 2012The Supreme Court reaffirmed its Nov. 22, 2011, decision, which ordered the distribution of the 4,915-hectare agricultural estate to the 6,296 registered farmworker-beneficiaries. The court also set the 1989 market price for Hacienda Luisita land as a basis for computing just compensation at P40,000 per hectare. April 25, 2001The conversion of the town of Isabela into a city was ratified in a plebiscite. About 92 percent of votes, or 10,169, agreed with the cityhood bid, while 913 disagreed. 9023, or the Charter of the City of Isabela, which was signed into law by then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on March 5, 2001.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 20, 2019 21:00 UTC