Undistributed land titles in Central Luzon are now down to less than a thousand after 75 percent of them were successfully awarded to farmer-beneficiaries. Department of Agrarian Reform Secretary Brother John Castriciones (Photo courtesy of DAR) Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary John R....
Various government agencies have promised to assist a Pangasinan town's burgeoning cassava industry, which was created through sheer necessity during the most difficult stretches of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-triggered lockdown last year. Cassava chips and Cassava cake (Photo courtesy of...
VIEW FROM THE RIDGE Justice Arturo D. Brion, Chancellor, Philippine Judicial Academy From his very first public appearance during the Court’s 120 th founding anniversary last June 11, 2021, Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo signaled in unmistakable terms his resolve to kickstart the process of...
The mass registration of coconut farmers who will benefit from the forthcoming release of the P100-billion coco levy fund will be a continuous process. And the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) must issue a formal clarification on this matter to ease the anxiety among farmers who are not yet part...
A remote community in Albay will soon have its own reliable source of potable water, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) said. SOLVING WATER WOES -- The Department of Agrarian Reform-Albay, Tiwi local government unit, and a farmer’s association ink an agreement for the construction of a...
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has enjoined consumers to support local farmers in Nueva Vizcaya by buying their own brand of coffee, dubbed the "Ambaguio Kapi." AMBAGUIO KAPI -- The Department of Agrarian Reform has vowed to help local coffee farmers in Nueva Vizacaya bring their coffee...
Filipino farmers may just be able to recover their losses from infestation and natural calamities under a P1-billion insurance fund intended for Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) beneficiaries. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Agriculture) The DAR and the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation...
The Senate has approved on third and final reading the bill that seeks to strengthen Republic Act 10742 or the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Reform Act of 2015, which aims to revitalize youth participation in governance. Senator Sonny Angara, chair of the Senate Committee on Youth and the principal...
A Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) regional office is banking on the success of its planned vegetable garden so that it could produce enough money for a cash assistance program intended for its employees. DOUBLE PURPOSE -- Agriculturist Francisco Obina leads the training on organic vegetable...
Farmers in Pampanga will soon be providing food supply to the National Nutrition Council (NNC) to feed hundreds of malnourished children and pregnant women in Metro Manila. (File photo/Keith Bacongco/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has linked up the Sto. Tomas – San Luis...
Facing rough seas, Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) officials led by Secretary Brother John Castriciones braved a boat ride to the remote Island of Lahuy in Caramoan, Camarines Sur just to distribute land titles to local agrarian reform beneficiaries. ROUGH DELIVERY--A team from the Department...
Agricultural roads, potable water systems, and an irrigation canal will soon be built for the municipality of Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat in a bid to boost the province's farm productivity. AGRI INFRA IN THE WORKS--Officials of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Italian Agrarian Reform Community...
