Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri is pushing for additional funding for the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in its proposed 2026 budget, justifying its strong performance in implementing land distribution and support programs for farmers in seeking the augmentation. Zubiri...
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan urged local government units (LGUs) to be more proactive in setting a floor price for government purchase of unhusked rice or "palay" as he works with Malacañang and the Department of Agriculture (DA) in drafting an executive order (EO) to stabilize the...
The World Bank has noted improved implementation of an extended loan that supports breaking down collective certificates of land ownership awards (CLOAs), or titles given to agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in the Philippines. In an Aug. 21 implementation status and results report seen by...
Special Assistant to the President Anton Lagdameo on Wednesday, July 24, said President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s legacy program enabled farmers to finally own the land they have been tilling for decades. “The President’s legacy program has made it possible for farmers to finally claim the...
ILOILO CITY – A total of 5,201 farmers from Iloilo and Guimaras were freed by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) of their debts as Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs). FARMER-BENEFICIARIES from Iloilo and Guimaras receive their land titles from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in...
ILOILO CITY – A total of 4,630 farmers from Capiz province were freed by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) of their debts as agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs). LAND titles were distributed to agrarian reform beneficiaries in Roxas City, Capiz. (DAR-Capiz) The DAR distributed...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has stepped up its crackdown against illegal land conversion in Western Visayas. VILLAREAL (Tara Yap) DAR-6 Regional Director Leomides Villareal ordered the Regional Legal Division to identify violators of illegal land...
ILOILO CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday, September 19, distributed land to 1,932 farmer-beneficiaries from Panay Island. PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., with officials of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), distributes land to farmer0beneficiaries from Panay Island in...
There are still 800,000 land titles intended for distribution to agrarian reform beneficiaries until the end of the Marcos administration, a Cabinet official said. Department of Agrarian Reform Secretary Conrado Estrella III (Photo courtesy of DAR) Department of Agrarian Reform Secretary...
BACOLOD CITY – An employee of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) was gunned down in Purok Sandia, Barangay Mambaroto, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental on Monday morning, July 8. AN employee of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) was killed in Barangay Mambaroto, Sipalay City, Negros...
ILOILO CITY – The land reform program has benefited about 271,200 individuals since 1972 in Western Visayas. THREE of the thousands of agrarian reform beneficiaries in Western Visayas. (DAR-6) Sheila Enciso, Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)-Western Visayas director, said these...
DAVAO CITY – The Department of Agrarian Reform-Davao region has revealed its achievements in the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) from January to May this year. DAR-Davao Director Jazon E. Collado said at the Kapihan sa Bagong Pilipinas here on Tuesday that...