Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Rep. Villafuerte's office, MANILA BULLETIN) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte expects the completion of the issuance of land...
DAVAO CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday, February 7, vowed to complete the distribution of all lands covered by the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) before his term ends in 2028. PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. speaks at the distribution of electronic land titles...
President Marcos intends to double the number of land titles that will be distributed to beneficiaries this year. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (RTVM Screenshot) Marcos said he wants the government to double the 90,000 distributed titles last year as he aims to complete the distribution...
Senator Christopher "Bong" Go expressed support for the proposed budget of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) for 2024, including the agency's programs that can help marginalized farmers. Senator Cynthia Villar noted this during the Senate Finance Subcommittee hearing held last Thursday,...
Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas (Facebook) Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas has challenged President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to prioritize the creation of a new and genuinely redistributive agrarian reform program. This, even as the Makabayan solon hailed Marcos for signing...
Senators on Friday, July 7, welcomed President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s signing into law of the New Agrarian Emancipation Act. Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri said the bill “is good news” for the country’s farmers as this would relieve the burden of Comprehensive...
Sen. Cynthia Villar said she is confident that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. will soon sign into law the bill condoning loans of farmers and agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs). Sen. Cynthia Villar (Senate PRIB Photo) Villar, chairperson of the...
Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion on Thursday, April 27, is prodding Congress to review the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL) to allow farmers to use agrarian lands as collateral to access loans from banks. Joey Concepcion (Photo from Go Negosyo via Facebook) He observed that under the...
For Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda, the potential enactment of the New Agrarian Emancipation Act will be "the most important legislative accomplishment" of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s young administration. "The New Agrarian Emancipation Act condones 58.125 billion pesos of...
With 271 affirmative votes, the measure mandating full insurance coverage to farmer-beneficiaries of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) during natural calamities was passed on third and final reading on Tuesday, Jan. 31. (MANILA BULLETIN) Approved during Tuesday's plenary session was...
Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid is now pushing for a bill seeking to provide full crop insurance for qualified agrarian reform beneficiaries of the government’s Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). In filing Senate Bill No. 1766, which seeks to amend Republic Act No. 6657, Lapid said it...
A House bill condoning the unpaid debt of farmer-beneficiaries of the government’s Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) has been overwhelmingly passed on third and final reading. Gaining the chamber’s final approval Monday afternoon, Dec. 12 was HB No.6336, or the proposed New Agrarian...
