News Articles from Region VII

Farm equipments to boost farmer-beneficiaries groups in Cebu

Farm equipments to boost farmer-beneficiaries groups in Cebu

The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) recently conducted an orientation on the maintenance and proper handling of common service facilities (CSFs) for five agrarian reform beneficiaries organizations (ARBOs) in Cebu to boost their agricultural activities.The farm equipments, procured under the…

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Cebu farmers learn agri-entrepreneurial skills

Cebu farmers learn agri-entrepreneurial skills

Seventy-one agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARB) from Cebu province are now armed with agri-entrepreneurial skills after they participated in the recently concluded Farm Business School (FBS) implemented by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). FBS is an on-site entrepreneurial training on…

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79-year-old farmer receives land title after 14 years

79-year-old farmer receives land title after 14 years

“Through the years, the DAR has helped me get through life’s various crises. It was through DAR that I learned to plant corn and cassava during off season of palay to augment my income. I also got 300 coconut seedlings from DAR in 2012. Those trees are now mature I am already…

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Happy senior farmers

Happy senior farmers

CARMEN, Bohol (August 23, 2018)—Senior citizen farmers were all smiles after receiving their long-awaited certificates of land ownership award (CLOAs) from Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary John Castriciones. Castriciones led the distribution of CLOAs to 419 agrarian reform…

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Grateful farmer

Grateful farmer

CARMEN, Bohol-- Seventy-nine-year-old farmer Florentino Lomod from Pilar, Bohol, was overwhelmed with joy after receiving his long-awaited certificate of land ownership award (CLOA) from Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary John Castriciones in a distribution ceremony held here. In…

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DAR distributes land titles to 97 Canlaon farmers

DAR distributes land titles to 97 Canlaon farmers

Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary John R. Castriciones recentlly led the distribution of Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOAs) to 97 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in a ceremony held in Hotel Essencia, Dumaguete City. The distributed lands are private agricultural lands…

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DAR-Central Visayas resolves 1,126 agrarian legal cases

DAR-Central Visayas resolves 1,126 agrarian legal cases

More than a thousand farmers and their families heaved a sigh of relief as the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in region seven resolved 1,126 agrarian legal cases in the last six months. Regional Director Luis Bueno reported this during the department’s performance review and planning…

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DAR turns over P2.3 M climate resilient farm project in Bohol

DAR turns over P2.3 M climate resilient farm project in Bohol

Talibon Mayor Restituto Auxtero was thankful for DAR's efforts in providing these farm implements that will increase farm productivity and will benefit farmer-members of these eight ARBOs.Chairpersons of the respective ARBOs signed the Memorandum of Trust Agreement entered into by DAR Bohol…

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DAR turns over 28.1-linear meter Tulay ng Pangulo in Negros Oriental

DAR turns over 28.1-linear meter Tulay ng Pangulo in Negros Oriental

Regional Director Luis B. Bueno, Jr. on the other hand emphasized the presence of the Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries in the area that will benefit the members of the Domolog-Poblacion-Tagaytay Farmer’s Association (DOFTAFA), Hacienda Asuncion Producers Association (HAPA), Matobato Agrarian…

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DAR chief leads CLOA distribution in Cebu

DAR chief leads CLOA distribution in Cebu

CEBU – Around 133.3529 hectares of farmlands were distributed to 137 agrarian reform beneficiaries in a ceremony led by Agrarian Reform Secretary John R. Castriciones in Cebu recently.The distributed certificates of land ownership award covered some farmlands in the towns of Daanbantayan,…

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