The Department of Agrarian Reform Municipal Office of Isabela headed by MARO Jose Renato Defiño, installed 53 agrarian reform beneficiaries recently in a 43-hectare lot in Hacienda Emma, Brgy. Camang-camang, Isabela, Negros Occidental.

Formerly owned by Norberto and Victoria Gemotea Gayotin, the land was placed under the Comprehensive of Agrarian Reform Program coverage and processed under the Voluntary Offer to Sell scheme. The ARBs will take over the cultivation of the land after this year's harvest season.

Evelyn Colimbo of the DAR provincial office said the ARBs and their families were happy that their long wait is over. She added the installation went on without any resistance.

The ARBs were reminded of their responsibility to take care of the lands awarded to them and should meet their obligations such as paying taxes due to the local government and the land amortization at the Land Bank of the Philippines, Colimbo said.

Ernesto Estanda, DAR provincial legal officer, also reminded ARBs of the importance of the CLOA and their liabilities should they violate its provisions.*

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