Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)

	Bridge to Success by: Nora Briones Publishing Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 (10:10 AM) "What is the distinguishing feature of CASANDRO ARC which you think would make it win the "The Most Progressive ARC" award? The question was thrown to one of the senior members of the validating team. As she pondered over her reply, we held our breath in waiting. Then, she broke the silence into a single word we least expected to come out-
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	Rough Road to Success by: Marcy Ballesteros and Rhodelmelh D. Lagayan Publishing Date: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 (02:29 PM) Hacienda Esperanza located at Barangay Nagasi, La Carlota City, Negros Occidental was owned by the late Ambassador Roberto Salas Benedicto. It had a total land area of 564 hectares planted to sugarcane. In 1992, the Department of Agrarian Reform covered the landholding under Compulsory Acquisition (CA).
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	Working Hand in Hand for Progress by: Rhodelmelh D. Lagayan Publishing Date: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 (01:54 PM) The Callawa Bonggan Employees Agrarian Reform Association Inc. (CABEARBAI) composed of workers from the Lapanday Agricultural Development Corporation (LADECO) was registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on October 1988.
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	Mang Simo, A Farmer Scientist by: Arnold G. Agbada Publishing Date: Monday, January 18, 2010 (09:45 AM) It was a rainy Thursday morning when the ARB validating team headed north, where the famous cobblestone streets are delimited with well-maintained antique houses and other structures built way back to the Spanish era, and where "longanisa" is not fatty and matched with its equally delectable "sukang iloko".
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	Faith in Action by: Marife V. Sison Publishing Date: Monday, January 18, 2010 (09:58 AM) Nong Molo as he is fondly called, Romulo V. Loberes Sr., hails from barangay Agustin Navarra, Ivisan, Capiz. He is now 71 years old and has been married for the past 51 years to Leticia. Their union was blessed with eleven children, eight boys and three girls.
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	A Dream Come True for Mang Fredo by: Delfin Elias Samson, Jr. Publishing Date: Monday, January 18, 2010 (10:08 AM) As he went about his daily tasks of tilling and nurturing the land that was not his, he nurtured the dream of owning that land amidst the turmoil and strife that was prevalent in the area.
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