CAGAYAN -- Two senatorial candidates in the May 9, 2022 elections are supporting Governor Manuel Mamba's vision to reopen the Port of Aparri. The Cagayan Provincial Information Office said former Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary John Castriciones and former Ifugao Governor Teddy...
Agrarian Reform Secretary John Castriciones has resigned from his post to give way for his aspiration to become a senator in next year's elections. The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) made the announcement Thursday, saying Castriciones' resignation took effect last Oct. 8 when he was sworn in...
Agrarian Reform Secretary John R. Castriciones has already intervened in the issue between several agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in Davao and Marsman Estate Plantations Inc. (MEPI) urging the former to resolve their long-standing rift with one of the country’s top banana exporters. Banana...
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...
Over 4,800 hectares (has) of idle government-owned lands are up for distribution to farmers in the Bangsamoro region down south, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) said Wednesday, Aug. 18. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Agrarian Secretary Brother John Castriciones disclosed that around 4,800.34...
Going around the country to distribute land titles to landless farmers has nothing to do with political gimmicky, Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary John Castriciones said on Wednesday, Aug. 18. DAR Secretary Brother John Castriciones (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) This, as the agrarian...
"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...
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...
Decent and affordable housing units for farmer-beneficiaries of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) will be constructed in 19 sites all over the country. SOON TO RISE--The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) led the groundbreaking ceremony for a housing project for farmers in Barangay...
Close to 600 land titles will be distributed to farmers in Southern Leyte before the end of the month, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) announced on Tuesday, July 27. (Keith Bacongco/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) A total of 575 certificates of land ownership award (CLOAs) will be turned over...
Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary Brother John Castriciones has condemned the shooting incident that led to the wounding of two farmers in Barangay Dulangan, Pilar, Capiz. Department of Agrarian Reform Secretary Brother John Castriciones (Photo courtesy of DAR) “The senseless...
