The Department of Finance (DOF) has urged the Senate to help guarantee the Philippines’ "strong economic rebound" from the lingering pandemic by swiftly approving the Duterte administration’s remaining economic reform measures. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez Finance Secretary Carlos G....
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) have wrapped up their agricultural and agrarian development cooperation in Mindanao after nine years of implementation. On September 2, a project exit conference was held in General Santos City to celebrate the...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) have finally concluded a nine-year project that supported farming communities in most conflict areas in Mindanao that were lacking vital rural infrastructure and capacity-building measures to make their...
Reading specialist Daisy Jane Cunanan-Calado discusses points to consider in education reforms LEARN BY HEART A regular classroom setup pre-pandemic (Ali Vicoy) After participating in various international assessments where the Philippines ranked the lowest in reading, math, and science, the...
The majority of the members of the Davao Marsman Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Multi-Purpose Cooperative (DAMARB MPC) intend to continue with its contract of lease with export banana plantation company, Marsman Estate Plantation Inc. (MEPI). Photo from Manila Bulletin In a statement, DAMARB MPC...
Is Agrarian Reform Secretary John Castriciones using the distribution of agricultural land titles as launchpad for the 2022 elections? The Department of Agrarian Reform, as a government agency, does not think so. On Tuesday, Aug. 24, DAR issued a statement saying that Castriciones has been active...
Some 28 business and professional organizations in the country have expressed strong support as they called to uphold the independence of the Commission on Audit, which has uncovered “deficiencies” in its audit on the way government funds were being appropriated by government agencies. “We,...
"I'm smarter." President Duterte urged Filipinos to believe in him and the government and not the communists, saying he had already resolved the issue of agrarian reform-- proof that he is smarter than the rebels. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (Malacañang photo) In his pre-recorded public...
More than a hundred farmers will become land owners soon as the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) is set to carry out distribution ceremonies for land titles in Camarines Sur on Aug. 18 and 19. DAR Secretary Brother John Castriciones (Photo from DAR Facebook page) A total of 137 agrarian reform...
Farmers in the province of Tarlac have received much-needed equipment that they can use in improving their production level and, as a result, generate more income. MECHANIZED FARM AID--Forty farm tractors have been given to three farmer organizations in Tarlac--a move that would benefit more than...
Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary Brother John Castriciones admitted that it would be a challenge for them to deliver housing units to at least 600,000 farmer beneficiaries by the end of the Duterte administration but ensured that many will still benefit from it. Department of Agrarian...
About 229,000 hectares of land have been distributed to farmers under the government's agrarian reform program, Department of Agrarian Reform Secretary Brother John Castriciones said. LAND OWNERS, FINALLY -- Agrarian reform beneficiaries in Cebu province finally receive their own farmlands during...
