A total of 400 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARB) in Barangay Binongkalan, Catmon, Cebu received 326 certificates of land ownership award (CLOAs), covering 157.28 hectares of agricultural lands from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to improve their economic lives.
Grace B. Fua, Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II, who led the distribution of CLOAs attended by Catmon Mayor Aves Monleon, said DAR is pooling all their efforts to fast track the issuance of the CLOAs to the landless farmers.
“Apart from helping them in making their lands productive, the DAR also reminds them from time to time of their obligations such as paying their taxes to confirm ownership over the land,” she said.