A total of P1.834 billion worth of land amortization debt has been condoned for Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) in Negros Island Region (NIR).
This relief covers 8,860.15 hectares of land and was formalized through the distribution of 19,244 Certificates of Condonation with Release of Mortgage (CoCrom) freeing 11,179 ARBs from decades of agrarian debts.
Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary Conrado Estrella III personally led the distribution ceremony held at the Manuel Y. Torres Memorial Coliseum and Cultural Center in Bago City. The event included the turnover of land titles generated under the New Lands Program and the Support to Parcelization of Lands for Individual Titling (Project SPLIT).
Among the beneficiaries was…