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Acting presidential spokesperson and Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (File photo) MANILA - The Duterte administration is continuously addressing the long-standing pleas of farmers and indigenous peoples (IPs) for genuine land reform, Malacanang said Thursday. This, after labor leader and presidential candidate Leodegario "Ka Leody" de Guzman called on the government to address land grabbing which has led to mass exodus of IPs from their ancestral lands. "President Rodrigo Roa Duterte remains committed to delivering genuine agrarian reform in the country," acting presidential spokesperson Martin Andanar said in a press statement. Citing government data, Andanar said the administration distributed 229,289 hectares of agricultural lands from July 2016 to May 2021, benefitting 166,217 Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries. He said the government also issued 57 Certificates of Ancestral Domain Titles (CADTs), covering 993,345.17 hectares of ancestral domains, which benef ....