THIRTY-SIX agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) were installed to at least 59-hectare land in Manapla town, Negros Occidental.
The property involved the landholding formerly owned by ALM Group of Farms Inc. located at Hacienda Sto. Niño in Barangay Tortosa, Manapla.
It was led by officer-in-charge chief agrarian reform program officer Angel Belga, along with Police Captain Jaynick Bermudez, chief of police of Manapla Police Station.
DAR-Negros Occidental I, in a statement, said the writ of installation is ordered by the office of the Provincial Agrarian Reform Adjudicator (Parad).
Parad, administered by DAR Adjudication Board, is vested with primary and exclusive jurisdiction to determine and adjudicate agrarian reform matters, including all matters involving the implementation of the agrarian reform program.
Moreover, the installation is one of the preliminary activities of the DAR in acquiring land under the comprehensive agrarian reform program extension with reforms (Carper).
The agency is mandated to redistribute government and private agricultural lands to landless farmers and farm workers to secure the farmers’ land security, social equity, and provide them with the necessary productive resources needed to ensure their economic viability and productivity, it added.