last Updated: 07 AUGUST 2009

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President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo shows off the copy the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) Extension with Reform (CARPER) Bill after she signed it into law Friday (August 7, 2009) at the Don Ceasario San Diego Gym in Plaridel, Bulacan. With the President in photo are (from left) Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, Rep. Edcel Lagman,Senator Gregorio Honasan and other legislators. The CARP Extension with Reform (CARPER) Bill is the government’s reply to the pleas of farmers and workers in the agricultural sector for more time to fully implement the CARP, which expired June last year. (Rolando Mailo/OPS-NIB Photo)