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Farmer Fernando Santos laments the damaged crops in his dry rice fields in San Miguel, Bulacan, on February 26, 2024. The below-normal rainfall attributed to El Niño severely impacted rice plantations in San Miguel, Bulacan. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

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EL NINO- BULACAN

Pia Gutierrez

ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. on Monday directed the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to expedite the distribution of land titles to agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARB) in Negros Occidental.</p><div><br/></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/08/23/new-agrarian-law-a-second-chance-to-improve-farmers-lives-dar">READ: New agrarian law a ‘second chance’ to improve farmers’ lives: DAR</a></div><div> </div><p>Marcos made the statement as he led the distribution of 4,724 Certificates of Land Ownership Award and Electronic Titles to 2,797 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in Negros Occidental in a ceremony held in Bago City.</p><div> </div><p>Monday’s distribution is part of the government’s target to hand over a total of 11,772 land titles to 7,848 ARBs in Negros Occidental this year. </p><div> </div><p>“Ang halos 5,000 titulo ng lupa na ibibigay natin ngayon ay bahagi ng higit sa 11,000 titulo na ipamimigay ngayong taon sa ating mga magsasaka sa Negros Occidental,” Marcos Jr said.</p><div> </div><p>(The nearly 5,000 land titles that we will give today are part of more than 11,000 titles that will be distributed this year to our farmers in Negros Occidental.)</p><div> </div><p>“Hindi lamang po sa Negros Occidental, at sa buong Pilipinas po. Ang susunod yata namin napupuntahan ay sa Mindanao, marami po kaming ibibigay din na mga titulo para sa ating mga DAR beneficiaries. At pinapangako po sa atin ni Secretary Estrella, eh ‘ka niya baka maabot nating ang 100,000 na mabigyan ng titulo sa taong ito,” the President continued. </p><div> </div><p>(Not only in Negros Occidental, but in the entire Philippines. I think the next place we will go is in Mindanao, we will also give many titles to our DAR beneficiaries. And Secretary Estrella is promising us that maybe we will reach 100,000 who will be given titles this year.)</p><div> </div><p>The President in the same program distributed P69.17 million worth of government assistance to 1,830 beneficiaries. The assistance came in the form of organic fertilizer, farm machinery and equipment (FMEs), Tulay ng Pangulo Para sa Kaunlarang Pang-Agraryo (TPKP), as well as Farm-to-Market Roads, he said.</p><div> </div><p>“Dahil po ang Agrarian Reform ay hindi lamang magbibigay ng titulo at iiwanan na kayo, kasama po sa batas ng Agrarian Reform ay susuportahan kayo ng Department of Agrarian Reforms sa pamamagitan ng ganoon nga, ng abono, ng farm equipment, at lahat ng farm-to-market road,” he said.</p><div> </div><p>(Because the Agrarian Reform will not just give you the title and leave you behind, the Department of Agrarian Reform will support you with fertilizer, farm equipment, and all farm-to -market road.)</p><div> </div><p>“Yan po ay patuloy ng suporta ng DAR kahit na naibigay na ang inyong titulo. Nagpatayo din tayo ng tulay sa ilalim ng programang Tulay ng Pangulo Para sa Kaunlarang Pang-Agraryo.”</p><div> </div><p>(That is DAR’s continued support even after your title has been given. We also built a bridge under the President&#x27;s Bridge for Agricultural Development program.)</p><div> </div><p>The President also announced that ARBs who received their land titles before July 24 last year are already free from debt, after he signed in 2023 the New Agrarian Emancipation Act. The law benefits more than 610,054 Filipino farmers tilling more than 1.7 million hectares of land agrarian reform lands, making them debt-free from P57.65 billion of agrarian arrears, the Palace said.</p><div><br/></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/14/24/some-farmers-in-bulacan-feeling-effects-of-el-nio">READ: Some farmers in Bulacan feeling effects of El Niño</a></div><div> </div><p>“Sa mga tumanggap ng mga e-titles na galing sa collective CLOA, at sa mga tumanggap ng CLOA sa mga lupang narehistro bago mag-abente kuwatro ng Hulyo noong nakaraang taon, malugod kong ipinaaalam na wala na po kayong babayaran na amortization. Burado na po ang inyong utang sa Land Bank,” he said.</p><div> </div><p>(To those who received e-titles from the collective CLOA, and to those who received CLOA on lands registered before the fourth of July last year, I am happy to inform you that you will no longer have to pay amortization. Your debt to the Landbank has been erased.)</p><div><br/></div>

<p>Monday’s distribution is part of the government’s target to hand over a total of 11,772 land titles to 7,848 ARBs in Negros Occidental this year.</p>

Monday’s distribution is part of the government’s target to hand over a total of 11,772 land titles to 7,848 ARBs in Negros Occidental this year.

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Marcos distributes nearly 5,000 land titles to Negros Occidental farmers

Pia Gutierrez,

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Published Apr 08, 2024 04:03 PM PHT

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