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Anak ng ARB, Top 8 sa nakalipas na RRT Exam
Isang masagana at napakasayang balita ang bumungad sa pamilyang Bucasan ng Diego Silang, Diffun, Quirino pagkatapos napabalitang pagpasok ni Keith Bucasan sa listahan ng Top 10 national topnotcher sa nakalipas na Radiologic Technology Licensure Examination. Umani ito ng papuri at pagbati mula sa…
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Lady farmer defying all odds: A Story of Optimism and Empowerment
Farming is about touching the soil and seeing life emerge from the ground that humbles the heart of Agnes Ramos. The 64 year old farmer, a wife, and a mother of two, describes farming as one of the most honorable professions because it contributes to the sustainability and security of food in…
23 ARBOs form Cooperative Union in Cagayan
“What makes a union successful?” A union is an organization that takes people’s dreams and gets people to understand that, if they work together, they can achieve those dreams and that is how The Cagayan Cooperative Union was formed. It is initially organized and composed of 23…
“Pagbabalik-Loob, Paniniwala, Pag-unlad”
Si Ginoong Diony Batister Yadao, saisenta anyos, Ilocano, at tubong San Mariano, Isabela ay ang lumipas na Chairman ng DAGAMI (Danggayan Dagiti Mannalon ti Isabela), samahan ng magsasakang Isabelino na taliwas ang paniniwala sa gobyerno. Sa kanyang pagbalik loob ay naisipan niyang tumulong sa…
ROTARY COMMUNITY CORPS OF CAUAYAN CITY MULTI-PURPOSE COOPERATIVE: GROWING BETTER AND BIGGER
Community Corps Association based in San Francisco, Cauayan City, Isabela, is one of the well-known cooperatives in the City of Cauayan. It has a total share capital of Php 2,493,965.00 through its economic activities, which include water refilling stations, consumer stores, catering services,…
ATTY. RAUL T. TOBIAS: a lawyer with a big heart
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”-- Harper Lee’s quotes from the book “To Kill a Mockingbird”. Manong Raul as he is fondly called by friends,…
EPAHP Project sa Aurora, namayagpag sa gitna ng pandemya
Sa gitna ng covid-19 pandemic noong 2020 kung saan naging limitado ang kilos ng tao at marami ang nawalan ng trabaho, maging ang operasyon ng negosyong bigasan ng Nagkakaisang Lakas Paggawa ng Dipaculao Aurora Multi-Purpose Cooperative o NALAGDA MPC sa lalawigan ng Aurora ay hindi pinalampas ng…
Mulanay farmers improve production and processing of arrowroot products
Ma. Gemma A. Esguerra, Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II led the launching of the VLFED project and signing of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Jennifer Ilagan, a representative from DTI, Mulanay Mayor Aris Aguirre, and Kagawad Ernesto R. Padolina as representative of the…
Farmer's grandson finally receives land title after 45-year struggle
"While I was waiting for my turn to receive the motorized banca from BFAR (Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources), President Marcos approached me. I am grateful to our President for letting me to speak with him at that moment." Mang Buddy got the President's ear by telling him about his…
WECARBEMPCO: A Rising, Sustainable Coop of Northern Aurora
Along the north-eastern coast of Luzon, a hundred kilometers away from the capital town of Aurora, lies the West Casiguran Agrarian Reform Community. It is composed of the agricultural barangays of Calabgan, Dibet, Esteves, Casiguran, and Aurora. The topography is generally mountainous with…
SHORT STORY: “Without a Smile”
THE repercussions of facing challenges can change a person's life for the better or for the worse, depending on one's viewpoint toward the challenges at hand. Francia Cantor, a 56-year-old farmer from Barangay Bolo Sur, Sipocot, Camarines Sur, says that "the injured soldier grows braver." …
TLFC expands its services to Vizcayano farmers
The Tiblak Langak Farmers Association (TLFA), one of the outstanding and good performing agrarian reform beneficiaries organizations (ARBOs) of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in the province of Nueva Vizcaya in supporting and serving smallholder farmers and other stakeholders…
The land that fulfills a dream
Through Executive Order No. 75, series of 2019, and DAR Administrative Order No.03, Series of 2020, all qualified Agriculture graduate applicants could be awarded agricultural lands. She was one among the 220 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs), in the said province, who received lands from the…
The Real-life Wonder Woman
Underrated, unsafe, rebel infested, and isolated. These are some of the words that were used to describe a once far-flung Barangay in Rosario, Agusan del Sur called Marfil, where development could hardly stretch and people co-exist with plants, trees, and animals, striving to make a living. But…
The coop that touches lives
Because of the improvement in their standings, the cooperative acquired several assets that helped them in their operations. According to C2FMPC Manager Salvacion R. Dugan, the cooperative managed to construct a 3-storey building as their base of operations in San Francisco, Quezon. Moreover,…
Department of Agrarian Reform
The Department of Agrarian Reform is the lead government agency that holds and implements comprehensive and genuine agrarian reform which actualizes equitable land distribution, ownership, agricultural productivity, and tenurial security for, of and with the tillers of the land towards the improvement of their quality of life.
