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MANILA, Philippines — The Luzon and Visayas grids were placed on yellow and red alerts on Tuesday, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) said in its advisories.
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75-year-old farmer receives land title for property passed down from his father
Seventy-five (75) year-old farmer Ramonito Siocon, from Zamboanga del Norte, received his long-awaited land title from President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. on Friday, May 24, during the distribution ceremony held at Zamboanga del Norte Convention Center, Dipolog City.
73-year-old ARB’s long wait ends as President Marcos hands over land titles in SOCCSKSARGEN
Eliseo Tuscano, a 73-year-old agrarian reform beneficiary from Matalam, North Cotabato, ended his twenty-five-year wait after he received his land title from President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. during the distribution of electronic titles (e-titles) and Certificates of Land Ownership Awards (CLOAs) at the South Cotabato Gym and Cultural Center in Koronadal City, South Cotabato on May 24, 2024.
Zambales fishers reject China's fishing ban in Philippine waters
MANILA, Philippines — Small-scale fisherfolk said that they will continue fishing activities in the Philippine waters despite China's unilateral imposition of a four-month fishing ban in the South China Sea.
PBBM rallies gov’t agencies to speed up land distribution
DIPOLOG CITY – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. led the distribution of 4,956 Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOAs) covering 7,214.70 hectares of land to around 4,456 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARB) across the provinces of Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga del Norte, and Zamboanga del Sur. The event, held in Zamboanga del Norte Convention Center in this City, marked a significant step towards empowering Filipino farmers by granting them ownership of the land they till.Among the recipients were Jose Jore, 81 years old from Zamboanga del Sur, Ramon Siocon, 75 years old from Zamboanga del Norte, and Alfredo Bonghanoy from Zamboanga del Sur, 73 years old, who expressed profound gratitude to President Marcos Jr. for fulfilling their long-held dream of land ownership. They pledged to preserve and cultivate the land, ensuring its legacy for future generations.Addressing the audience at the Zamboanga del Norte Convention Center, Marcos Jr. commended the DAR for its tireless efforts in expediting land distribution processes. He emphasized the importance of swift action, urging the department to distribute the remaining one million land titles to farmer-beneficiaries before his term concludes.
‘Don’t be a sore loser, accept divorce bill’
MANILA, Philippines — Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman yesterday described as “sore losers” those who continue to question the newly-approved House Bill (HB) 9349 or the Absolute Divorce Act.
P1.5-B worth irrigation project in Cotabato town to start soon
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Officials of the Cotabato provincial government and the National Irrigation Administration are now preparing to implement a P1.5 billion worth irrigation project covering 900 hectares of rice farms in Tulunan town in the province.
PBBM, Estrella Continue Agrarian Reform Legacy, Distribute 4,351 Land Titles in SOCCSKSARGEN
Koronadal City – Continuing the legacies of their father and grandfather, President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. and Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III distributed yesterday, May 24, 2024, a total of 4,351 land titles covering 5,918.44 hectares of agricultural land to 4,271 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) held in South Cotabato Gym and Cultural Center in Koronadal City, South Cotabato. Of these, 1,184 are Certificate of Land Ownership Award (CLOAs) under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). At the same time, 3,167 are Electronic land titles (e-titles) under the Support to Parcelization of Lands for Individual Titling (SPLIT) Project for ARBs in the provinces of North Cotabato, Sarangani, South Cotabato, and Sultan Kudarat. Marcos recalled how his father, the late President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. started land reform in the country by writing with his own penmanship Presidential Decree No. 27 ordering the emancipation of all tenant farmers alongside then-Secretary Conrado F. Estrella, the grandfather of the present DAR Secretary.