‘Serbisyong DAR to Door’ reaches ARBs in Agusan del Norte “Better late than never,” this is the statement of Margarito Bugas, a 94-year-old, Agrarian Reform Beneficiary of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) of Agusan del Norte. Margarito, proudly narrates how his dream of having a land becomes a reality as the Agrarian Reform Secretary John R. Castriciones personally delivered and handedover the Certificate of Landownership Award (CLOA). This was also the sentiment of the two farmers in Agusan del Norte, Paul B. Agsaway and Milagros Barientos who thought that they left in the dark and to do is to till the land they never own. These three farmers are the recipient of ‘Serbisyong DARto-DOOR’, whose Agrarian Reform Chief Castriciones personally handed over the land Caraga INFOCUS
titles to the farmerbeneficiaries on August 23, 2021 in Brgy. Sanghan, Cabadbaran City. This activity is part of the agency’s implementation of the new version of Agrarian Reform under President Duterte’s administration, which aims to speed up the implementation of CARP Phase 2, targeting the distribution of public agricultural land to qualified beneficiaries. In a ceremony, Sec. Castriciones, together
with DAR Caraga Regional Director Leomides Villareal and Agusan del Norte Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II Andre B. Atega represented by PARPO I Rodrigo R. Bitangcor led the hand-over of CLOA to the beneficiaries. Castriciones expressed joy as he watched the local farmers who bridged the gap from the clutches of poverty and made the difference. Like in the case of Paul October 23-29, 2021 |
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