The body of a 64-year-old businessman believed killed by his helpers was found in his residence in Bacolod City yesterday, the police said.

Fransisco Lim was found lifeless by his secretary, Grace Legaspina, in the kitchen of his two-storey house at Narra Street, Corner C.L. Montelibano, Brgy. Villamonte, Bacolod City at about 9:15 a.m. yesterday, Police Station commander Luisito Acebuche said.

Lim suffered hack and stab wounds on his head, neck, eye, and armpit, Scene of the Crime Operative SPO2 Rey Pahayupan said.

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will certify as urgent a bill seeking a 10-year extension of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law to 2018 when Congress convenes, Agrarian Reform Secretary Nasser Pangandaman told the DAILY STAR yesterday.

But Rep. Ignacio Arroyo (Neg. Occ., 5th district) said he and other solons are set to seek a review of the CARP first before a decision on the extension can be reached by Congress, which reconvenes on July 23.

Hearings will have to be conducted to determine whether CARP has succeeded in uplifting the lives of its beneficiaries, he said. The CARL, or Republic Act (RA) 6657, which took effect in 1988, expires next year.