News Articles from Region IV CALABARZON
361 Quezon farmers now landowners
“The CLOAs are just the first step towards more support from the government. We will follow President Duterte’s national goal of improving the economic lives of our farmers by pouring various support services to farm communities,” Castriciones said. “My marching order…
Public consultation on Cardama properties in Biñan, Laguna
Agrarian Reform Secretary John R. Castriciones (center) with DAR lawyers and representatives of Cardama and Greenfield Development Corporation inspects the vicinity map of the 33.6456-hectare lot in Barangays Mamplasan, Loma and Bungahan in Biñan, Laguna during the public consultation…
DAR conducts consultation meeting with farmers and property firm
Agrarian Reform Secretary John R. Castriciones yesterday met with representatives from Eton Properties and a group of agrarian reform beneficiaries relative to the latter’s consolidated petitions for revocation of a 2001 Conversion Order involving a total of 136 hectares in Barangay…
DAR distributes agri lands in Rizal province
The distribution of CLOAs covers packets of landholdings from four towns of Rizal with combined area of 42.8308 hectares. “I would like to thank the government for helping us. The DAR did not just help us not to get evicted from the farm but they also made us owners of the land we’re…
Heir of deceased farmer receives land title
Tanay, Rizal- Rene Negosa, 52 years old, heir of Agrarian Reform Beneficiary Feliciano Negosa (deceased), from Brgy. Macabud, Rodriguez, Rizal, was among the 115 farmers from the province of Rizal who were awarded lands by Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary John R. Castriciones during…
Persistence helps 63-year-old woman become CARP beneficiary
PERSISTENCE truly pays, at least, for 63-year-old farmer-beneficiary Luz Villamor-Balingit. Mrs. Balingit was left out empty-handed when the 17-hectare farm in Nasugbu, Batangas, owned by the late Generoso Valenciano was placed under CARP coverage in 1993. The farm her ailing husband, Regino…
DAR, DSWD to increase 36k farmers’ income through livelihood projects
The DAR will be responsible for the implementation activities including planning, supervision, and procurement of materials for the establishment/assistance of farmers’ agri-businesses. Padilla said the CLAAP project would develop at least 1,200 enterprises and the 36,000 farmers provided…
Dialogue
Department of Agrarian Reform Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Office (LAO) Atty. Luis Meinrado C. Pangulayan and Region 4B Agrarian Reform Adjudicator and concurrent Special Assistant to the Office of the Undersecretary for LAO Rolando S. Cua lead the dialogue held on 30 August 2018 at the DAR…
Mojica clan receives land titles in Cavite
Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary John R. Castriciones (third from right) poses with the three Mojica clans from the province of Cavite, who are farmer beneficiaries of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). Shiela Mojica (second from left), Eusebio Mojica (fourth from…
Farmer receives land title from DAR
Department of Agrarian Reform Secretary John R. Castriciones was warmly welcomed by Victorio L. Lontoc, Sr., one of the 163 farmer beneficiaries who received their Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) covering a total of 112.32 hectares of land in Cavite. Tatay Victorio started farming at…
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.
