BAGUIO CITY – A total of 392 electronic titles (E-titles) covering 431.6 hectares were distributed to 402 Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) on Friday, July 7. The distribution, which was held at the Newtown Hotel in this city, was part of the National Simultaneous Certificate of Land Ownership...
(Keith Bacongco/ MANILA BULLETIN) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda highlighted on Friday, July 7 the estate tax amnesty exemption provision in the newly-signed Republic Act (RA) No.11953 or the New Agrarian Emancipation Act. Salceda, chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, went as...
Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said the condonation of all unpaid agrarian debt will have no impact on the government's revenue. DOF Secretary Benjamin Diokno (Noel B. Pabalate) Diokno stressed the government has already made plans about the government's target revenue and the condonation of the...
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...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Facebook, MANILA BULLETIN) The signing of the New Agrarian Emancipation Act is a "defining moment" of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s first year in Malacañang. Thus, said Camarines Sur...
Despite being freed from their agrarian debt, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. assured Filipino farmers that the government would continue supporting them as he highlighted the importance of the country's agriculture sector. *President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM screenshot)*...
Agrarian Reform Secretary Conrado Estrella III does not think that the New Agrarian Emancipation Act is unfair to Filipino farmers who managed to pay off their agrarian debt before the measure was signed, due to how the situation evolved. *Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary Conrado...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (2nd from right), Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri (leftmost) and Agrarian Reform Secretary Conrado Estrella lll (rightmost) witness President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s (seated) signing of the New Agrarian Emancipation Act in Malacañang on July 7,...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has signed Republic Act (RA) No. 11953 or the New Agrarian Emancipation Act, which will free agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) from their agrarian debt burden. *RELIEF PROVIDED — President Marcos signs the New Agrarian Emancipation Act, which frees...
(Keith Bacongco/ MANILA BULLETIN) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda and AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee are highly anticipating the enactment of the proposed New Agrarian Emancipation Act, which both believe will be a boon to the agriculture sector. The measure--already enrolled by the...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (left) and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Rep. Salceda's office, MANILA BULLETIN) The impending enactment of the proposed New Agrarian Emancipation Act, which will free some 654,000 farmers from government debt, is poised to become President...
