News Articles from Region VIII
ARBs in EV receive cash assistance from DSWD, Tingog Partylist
On Tuesday, after the validation by DSWD, qualified ARBs throughout the region simultaneously received five thousand pesos each. In Northern Samar, 298 ARBs from the towns of Allen, Victoria, Lavezares, Rosario, San Jose, San Isidro, Capul, Palapag, Gamay, Lapinig, Lope de…
ARBs, DAR employees fill astrodome to the rafter
The more than 5,000 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) from different parts of Eastern Visayas, including employees of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), guests from line agencies and local government units (LGUs) filled the 5,000-capacity Tacloban City Convention Center during the May…
ARBs from E. Visayas receive land titles from PBBM
After distributing Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOAs) in Dumaguete City in the morning of May 20, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., proceeded to Tacloban City to distribute another set of land titles to 5,060 qualified agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) from different parts of Eastern…
DAR-EV chief meets PBBM
DAR Eastern Visayas Regional Director, Atty. Robert Anthony Yu, welcomes President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Agrarian Reform Secretary Conrado Estrella III to the May 20 distribution of Certificates of land Ownership Award (CLOAs) and turnover of various government assistance at the Tacloban City…
DAR-EV chief directs MARPOs to take the lead in SPLIT implementation
Since the project is expected to be completed by the end of 2024, Yu emphasized the significant role of the provincial and municipal implementers in achieving the regional target, particularly in field validation, which is crucial in the effective implementation of the SPLIT project since it is…
DAR employees endure heat, hike 5-km to validate ARBs
In the validation process, ARBs are being checked whether they are still the ones in possession of the lots awarded under the government’s Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). If found out that the actual tiller is no longer the registered ARB, an investigation report…
17 gov’t institutions support FARM Project, sign MOU
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Eastern Visayas joined other government institutions on February 21 this year in expressing support to the Farmers Assistance for Recovery and Modernization (FARM) Project, which primarily aims to address the price of rice. As a gesture of support,…
SPLIT team documents 200 hectares in 18 days
TACLOBAN CITY – A field validation team (FVT) under the Department of Agrarian Reform’s (DAR) Support to Parcelization of Lands for Individual Titling (SPLIT) project showed excellence in their work performance in the province of Leyte by documenting 200 hectares in just 18 days.…
DAR, PRC collect 14 bags of blood in bloodletting
With the theme “Give blood, give plasma, share life, share often,” the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Leyte Chapter joined forces in conducting a bloodletting activity at the DAR Regional Office in Tacloban City. Doctor Arden Rama, who headed…
DAR releases ₱70-M for FMR projects in Palo
In appreciation, Petilla expressed her gratitude to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for his effort to concretize all roads to make it easier for the local government units (LGUs) to maintain them and much easier for the farmers to plant and to bring their products to the markets. …