To provide security of tenure and strengthen the property rights of agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs), the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in North Cotabato delivered 6,255 hectares of land to SPLIT project or the Support to Parcelization of Land for Individual Titling project.

Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II Rodolfo Alburo said through the SPLIT Project, the ARBs who were awarded land via collective certificates of land ownership award (CCLOAs) would be given individual land titles.

Alburo divulged that around 3,233 ARBs would be given individual titles through this project. He added that the DAR Cotabato provincial office has accomplished more than 100% based on its target to cover 6,247 hectares of land.

"We have deployed 20 field validation teams, together with DAR municipal offices personnel, who are working so hard doing the activities in the field to expedite the SPLIT project implementation in Cotabato province," Alburo said.

He also added that in spite of hitting the target ahead of time, Cotabato’s provincial office is not resting on its laurels, thus, adding some 7,900 hectares of land for validation until the end of the year to benefit about 2,000 ARBs.

Earlier this year, DAR Cotabato provincial office has hired some 108 contracts of service employees to compose the field validation teams of the SPLIT project.

In the implementation of the SPLIT Project, DAR is working closely with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the Land Registration Authority, Registry of Deeds, Land Bank of the Philippines, National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, and the Department of Interior and Local Government.

Upang mabigyan ng seguridad sa kanilang lupain at mapagtibay ang karapatan ng mga agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) sa kanilang pag-aari, ang Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) sa North Cotabato ay naghatid kamakailan ng 6,255 ektaryang lupain para sa SPLIT project o ang Support to Parcelization of Land for Individual Titling project.

Ayon kay Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II Rodolfo Alburo, sa pamamagitan ng SPLIT Project, ang mga ARB na nabigyan ng lupain sa ilalim ng collective certificates of landownership awards (CCLOAs) ay pagkakalooban ng indibidwal na titulo.

Inihayag ni Alburo na may 3,233 ARB ang mabibigyan ng titulo sa ilalim ng proyektong ito. Idinagdag pa niya na ang DAR Cotabato provincial office ay nakapagpatupad na ng mahigit 100 porsiyento base sa target nila na 6,247 ektarya ng lupa.

"Nagtalaga tayo ng 20 field validation teams, kasama ang DAR municipal office personnel, na nagsusumikap upang mapabilis ang pagpapatupad ng SPLIT project sa lalawigan ng Cotabato," ani Alburo.

Idinagdag pa niya na sa halip na magpahinga na lang dahil sa naabot na nila ang kanilang target, ang opisina ng lalawigan ng Cotabato ay hindi nagpapahinga at nagdagdag pa ng may 7,900 ektarya upang i-validate na pakikinabangan ng may 2,000 ARB.

Sa unang bahagi ng taon, ang DAR Cotabato provincial office ay tumanggap ng 108 na kawani bilang contract of service sa field validation teams ng SPLIT project.

Sa pagpapatupad ng SPLIT Project, ang DAR ay nakikipagtulungan sa Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the Land Registration Authority, Registry of Deeds, Land Bank of the Philippines, National Commission on Indigenous Peoples at Department of Interior and Local Government.