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ARBs receive new land titles, more support services
BAGO CITY – A total of 1,562 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in Negros Occidental received land titles while 1,880 others were recipients of almost PHP70 million in support services during the distribution rites of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) on Monday, led by President…
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DAR, NIA complete P4.1M irrigation system for Bayombong farmers
Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya (PIA) -- The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) have completed the construction of an irrigation system project designed to boost agricultural production of farmers in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya. Engineer Pedro Barasi, DAR…
DAR provides P1.5-M farm machinery to boost rice production
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) provides 84 farmers, who are agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARB), P1.5 million worth of farm machinery. These farmers are members of the Awayan Libmanan Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organization (ALARBO) Inc. in Libmanan, Camarines Sur. They received a…
Antipolo City farmers rejoice as DAR distributes land ownership certificates
Following an extensive legal dispute that was resolved following the enactment of R.A. 6657, the land was eventually brought under Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) coverage. After the issuance of the Notice of Coverage (NOC) on December 10, 2012, and subsequent rejections of…
DAR exceeds land title registration target in Caraga
The Department of Agrarian (DAR) in the Caraga region exceeded its target for the registration of land titles to farmers under Project SPLIT for the year 2023. DAR Caraga director Merlita S. Capinpuyan welcomed the new year with this significant milestone, stating, “ Caraga region ended…
BARMM, DAR ink pact to bolster land reform drive
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and the Bangsamoro government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to bolster the agrarian reform program in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). According to the DAR on Wednesday, the MOU signing…
DAR-Caraga opens condonation response desks for ARBs
BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Agrarian Reform in the Caraga Region (DAR-13) simultaneously launched Condonation Response Desks (CORDs) across the region on Monday for the efficient implementation of the Republic Act (RA) 11953, or the New Agrarian Emancipation Act. “These CORDs…
DAR rolls out mobile debt condonation desk in Ilocos Norte
LAOAG CITY – A mobile condonation response desk is being rolled out in Ilocos Norte to reach out to around 149 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) and help in facilitating the condonation of their debts incurred decades ago. On Tuesday, a team from the Department of Agrarian Reform-Ilocos…
Agrarian reform community turns to coop to become sustainable
ROXAS CITY, Capiz – A group of agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in Capiz organized a cooperative to become sustainable rather than rely on the produce from their farm. The Lonoy Agrarian Reform Cooperative (ARC), based in the municipality of Sapian, started in 2006, with each of the…
Pangasinan town farmers learn biz skills via DAR program
CALASIAO, Pangasinan – A new batch of farmers comprising 25 agrarian reform beneficiaries from this town are learning entrepreneurship skills through the Farm Business School Project of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). In an interview on Tuesday, Lopez Farm School owner Romeo Lopez…
DAR to create condonation quick response centers nationwide
MANILA – The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) is set to establish condonation quick response centers in all its offices nationwide to attend to concerns of agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs). In a public briefing on Monday, DAR Secretary Conrado Estrella III said he will sign a…
Moratorium on agrarian debt payment extended
President Marcos on Tuesday signed an executive order extending the moratorium on the payment of amortization by agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) due to the “continuing disruptive effects” of the pandemic. Under Executive Order No. 40, the President extended by two years or until…
PARC Secretariat assesses effectiveness of partner agencies
The Presidential Agrarian Reform Council Secretariat reported over the weekend that it assessed the 2022 performance of partner agencies of the Department of Agrarian Reform in implementing the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program vis-à-vis its approved targets and fund utilization. PARC…
Pamamahagi ng DAR ng mga titulo ng lupa sa mga magsasaka, bumilis
Iniulat ng Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) sa Kamara de Representantes na mahigit 49,000 titulo na sumasakop sa mahigit 43,000 ektarya ang kanilang naipamahagi sa mga benepisaryong magsasaka sa loob lang ng unang anim na buwan ng 2023. Inihayag ito ni DAR Secretary Conrado Estrella III sa…
DAR forms panel, group for new agrarian law IRRs
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has created a committee and a technical working group (TWG) to formulate the implementing rules and regulations (IRRs) for Republic Act 11953 or the New Agrarian Emancipation Act, writing off P57.557-billion in outstanding debt of 610,054…
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.
