The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Eastern Visayas recently turned over to the provincial government of Samar a three-hectare lot intended for socialized housing exclusively for the former rebels.

DAR Eastern Visayas Regional Director Robert Anthony Yu said 144 housing units are to be constructed in the donated land in support to the government’s National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC).

“Today, we formally turn over these land intended for the housing lot for the Peace and Prosperity Village in the municipality of Pinabacdao, which is our commitment to Executive Order No. 70, series of 2018 or the Whole-of-Nation approach in attaining inclusive and sustainable peace and in ending the armed conflict,” Yu said.

He added that the DAR’s effort in achieving social justice does not end in the provision of land for socialized housing, the department would continue to distribute farm lots to qualified agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs), which will include rebel returnees.

Yu assisted Bureau of Land Tenure Improvement Director Romeo Reyes in handing over the Deed of Transfer and the land title to Governor Reynolds Michael Tan, which was witnessed by Pinabacdao Mayor Teodoro Mabag and the members of the Provincial Task Force-ELCAC.

Tan said the provincial government will be working together for the realization of all the plans of the programs that have been laid out, especially those relevant to ELCAC.

On the other hand, Mabag expressed his thanks to the DAR as well as to the governor and Samar’s 2nd District Representative, Sharee Ann Tan, for the realization of the Peace and Prosperity Village in his municipality.

The said lot is located in Barangay Catigawan, an upland village in the said municipality, which is about three kilometers from the national highway.

Nagkaloob kamakailan ang Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) ng Eastern Visayas ng tatlong (3) ektaryang lupa sa provincial government ng Samar upang gamitin bilang socialized housing na titirahan ng mga dating rebelde.

Ayon kay DAR Eastern Visayas Regional Director Robert Anthony Yu, may 144 housing units ang ipagagawa sa donasyong lupa bilang suporta sa National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) ng pamahalaan.

“Pormal nating ibinibigay ang lupa para sa pabahay sa Peace and Prosperity Village sa munisipalidad ng Pinabacdao, bilang commitment natin sa Executive Order No. 70, series of 2018 o ang Whole-of-Nation approach upang mapagtagumapayan ang kapayapaan at matapos na ang kaguluhan sa bansa,” ani Yu.

Idinagdag pa niya na hindi nagtatapos ang social justice sa pagbibigay ng lupa para sa socialized housing, ang ahensya ay patuloy na mamamahagi ng lupa para sa mga kwalipikadong agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs), kasama ang mga rebel returnees.

Kasama ni Yu si Bureau of Land Tenure Improvement Director Romeo Reyes sa pag-abot ng Deed of Transfer at titulo ng lupa kay Governor Reynolds Michael Tan, na sinaksihan ni Pinabacdao Mayor Teodoro Mabag at ng mga kasapi ng Provincial Task Force-ELCAC.

Sinabi ni Tan na ang provincial government ay sama-samang magtatrabaho upang makamit ang mga planong nakalatag sa programa ng ELCAC.

Nagpasalamat naman si Mabag sa DAR, kay Governor Tan at kay 2nd district Representative Sharee Ann Tan, dahil sa pagpapatupad ng Peace and Prosperity Village sa munisipalidad.

Ang nasabing lupain ay matatagpuan sa Barangay Catigawan, isang upland village sa munisipalidad na may layong tatlong kilometro mula sa national highway.