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| The
CLOA Distribution in Barcelona, Sorsogon |
“In 1986 when President
Cory Aquino assumed in her office and approved the passage of the Republic Act
6657, after thirty years, here’s your land title. It took a long time because
the process is dragging. Anyway, it’s worth the wait,” Leonito M. Gaveria,
Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II said during the distribution of
Certificate Landownership Award (CLOA) in Barcelona, Sorsogon to the twenty one
(21) Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) on February 22, 2017.
The ceremony was also
attended by Domingo Venus, LBP representative; Cynthia Evasco, Municipal
Assessor; and Atty. Manuel Fortes, Mayor of Barcelona who previously worked in
DAR as Legal Officer expressing his concern for the tough work of DAR employees
in processing the land titling.
Emmanuel M. Preña, the
Technical Assistant in Barcelona encouraged the new ARBs to join Bangate
Multi-purpose Cooperative or any agricultural organization so that they may have
access on support services.
According to Engr. Noli
O. Olitin, Chief in Land Tenure Improvement this is the first time that
Barcelona had a CLOA distribution ceremony. Engr. Hilario Fruto, Jr. has also expressed
his gladness that his municipal agrarian reform office (MARO) was able to
contribute on the land acquisition and distribution (LAD) accomplishment of the
province.
For the time being,
DAR Sorsogon is still doing great effort to distribute more landholdings. The
Task Force on Problematic Landholding is having an inventory, review, and
validation of problematic landholdings on every municipalities of Sorsogon
making their best to transform them into workable so that more farmers would be
benefited. ###
