Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Acting Secretary Bernie F. Cruz for the first time signed today, November 29, 2021, certificates of land ownership award (CLOAs) to jumpstart the distribution of titles to 220 identified agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) comprising of 346 hectares of land out of the 700-hectare Mindoro State University (MinSU).

“The MinSU (formerly Mindoro State College of Agriculture and Technology (MinSCAT), located in barangay Alcate and Villa Cerveza, Victoria, Oriental Mindoro, was placed under the coverage of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), pursuant to Executive Order No. 75, series of 2019,” Cruz said.

He disclosed that there were issues during the coverage of the property under EO 75, which include among others, the claim of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) of the 101 hectares as ancestral domain.

“During the online deliberation on June 30, 2020, the DAR Provincial Office proposed not to include the 101 hectares because of the issue with the NCIP,” Cruz said.

Cruz stressed that out of the 700 hectares, only 500 hectares was approved for coverage excluding the 99 hectares school campus and 101 hectares claimed by NCIP.

“MinSCAT President Levy Arago requested for revalidation of the property and the revalidation was approved by the DAR Central Office and Regional Office. During the last revalidation, the parties agreed to include the demonstration farm of the school in their retention area,” he said.

He said that after the last revalidation, an estimated area of 346 hectares will be covered by CARP out of the 700 hectares retention area.

Cruz said that the DAR Oriental Mindoro provincial office has generated two (2) collective CLOAs involving two (2) lots covered under EO 75 and the final retention of the MinSU.

“Transaction of the latest subdivision will then be annotated for easy evaluation of the Register of Deeds examiners, and upon approval of the survey plan, individual CLOAs will then be generated,” Cruz added.

Executive Order 75 was signed by President Rodrigo Duterte in 2019, which mandates the distribution of government-owned lands under the second phase of the agrarian reform program.

Lumagda ngayon, Nobyembre 29, 2021, sa unang pagkakataon si Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Acting Secretary Bernie F. Cruz ng certificates of land ownership award (CLOAs) para simulan ang pamamahagi ng mga titulo sa 220 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) ng may kabuuang 346 ektarya mula sa ang 700-ektarya ng Mindoro State University (MinSU).

“Ang MinSU (dating Mindoro State College of Agriculture and Technology (MinSCAT), na matatagpuan sa barangay Alcate at Villa Cerveza, Victoria, Oriental Mindoro, ay inilagay sa ilalim ng Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), alinsunod sa Executive Order No. 75, serye ng 2019,” ani Cruz.

Ipinahayag niya na nagkaroon ng mga usapin sa pagpapatupad upang sakupin ang nasabing lupain sa ilalim ng EO 75, kabilang na ang pag-aangkin ng National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) ng 101 ektaryang lupain bilang ancestral domain.

"Sa online na deliberasyon noong Hunyo 30, 2020, iminungkahi ng DAR Provincial Office na huwag isama ang 101 ektarya dahil sa isyu sa NCIP," ani Cruz.

Binigyang-diin ni Cruz na sa kabuuang 700 ektarya, 500 ektarya lamang ang inaprubahan para sa coverage at hindi kasama ang 99 na ektarya na school campus at 101 ektarya na inaangkin ng NCIP.

“Hiniling ni MinSCAT President Levy Arago ang revalidation ng lupain at ang revalidation ay inaprubahan ng DAR Central Office at Regional Office. Noong huling revalidation, napagkasunduan ng mga partido na isama ang demonstration farm ng paaralan sa kanilang retention area,” aniya.

Aniya, pagkatapos ng huling revalidation, tinatayang 346 ektarya ang naging saklaw ng CARP mula sa 700 ektarya na retention area.

Sinabi ni Cruz na ang tanggapang panlalawigan ng DAR Oriental Mindoro ay nakabuo ng dalawang (2) kolektibong CLOA na may dalawang lote, saklaw ng EO 75 at pananatili sa MinSU.

"Ang transaksyon sa pinakabagong subdivision ay magkakaroon ng anotasyon para sa madaling pagsusuri ng Register of Deeds examiners, at sa pag-apruba ng survey plan, ay magkakaroon naman ng mga indibidwal na CLOA," dagdag ni Cruz.

Ang Executive Order 75 ay nilagdaan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte noong 2019, na nag-uutos sa pamamahagi ng mga lupaing pagmamay-ari ng pamahalaan sa ilalim ng ikalawang yugto ng agrarian reform program.