AGRA ASSIGNMENT

1. What are the factors in the evaluation of the property appropriated as ruled by the Supreme Court in Republic v.
Lichauco (14 SCRA 682)?

2. In the case of Association of Small Landowners v. Secretary of Agrarian Reform (175 SCRA 343), what is the
meaning of “just compensation?” And, what are the criteria for determining just compensation?

3. When must just compensation be paid as cited in the case of Land Bank v. Court of Appeals (249 SCRA 149)?

4. Are landowners entitled to recover interest from the time of taking? (Republic v. Tayengco, 19 SCRA 898)

5. What is a landless resident under our laws?

6. Who are entitled to be beneficiaries of the lands under the constitution?

7. What must a claimant show in order to be entitled to be a beneficiary of the agrarian reform program?

8. If a person enters upon the lands of another without any agreement with the landowner, is he entitled to claim the
land as a beneficiary of agrarian reform?

9. What is the status of awards made to beneficiaries who have been issued titles (Emancipation Patents) under
Exeutive Order 228 where the landowner was not notified nor paid just compensation?

10. What are the remedies of the landowners where titles have been issued without the observance of the legal
requirements?