Castriciones distributes agri lands in Coron through Serbisyong DAR-to-Door
Coron, Palawan - Agrarian Reform Secretary Brother John Castriciones distributed here a total of 9.7 hectares of agricultural lands to eight (8) agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in Barangay Guadalupe through a personalized Serbisyong DAR-to-Door program of the Department of Agrarian Reform ((DAR).
Serbisyong DAR-to-Door is a program of the department where Brother John personally delivers the certificates of land ownership award (CLOAs) right at the farm or at the doorsteps of the recipients.
Brother John said they do this service to bring the government to farmers’ household so that they would feel that this administration is on their side.
“We visit various far-flung communities to give hope to the farmers. To show them that if we can personally deliver the land titles they’ve been dreaming of for many years, we can do more to make their lands become more productive,” Brother John said.
The Secretary is accompanied by other DAR top officials from central, regional, and provincial offices to show their full support to this program.
Support Services Office Undersecretary Emily Padilla advised the new landowners that they should join farmers’ organizations or cooperatives to quickly receive various support services from the government.
“The government’s support are in the form of access to credit facilities, farm inputs and machineries, training and seminar, among others, and you would quickly benefit from them when you join organizations,” Padilla said.
Palawan Congressman Franz Alvarez said that his office is open for ARB's concerns whenever they need the local government’s help.
“All I ask of you is to maximize the use of these lands, and do not be tempted to sell them,” he added.
The farmer-recipients of the program include Liverinda Zabalo,Luis Zabalo, Leonardo Zabalo, Bienvenido Zabalo, Damian Apolinario,Edwin Alarcon, Romualdo Bautista and Engracita Wab.
The emotional Engracita Wab thanked the DAR for the blessings that she received because she had been tilling the land for many years uncertain if the property would become hers.
“From now on I will never be scared that this land would be taken away from me. Thank you very much for what you have done to us,” Wab said.