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July 7, 2023
(UPDATE) PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday signed a new law that condones over P57 billion worth of loans of more than 600,000 farmers who are agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs).
July 7, 2023
Philippine Canadian Inquirer PBBM signs New Agrarian Emancipation Bill into law News
July 7, 2023
The leadership of the House of Representatives on Friday said the New Agrarian Emancipation Act will free more than half a million beneficiaries of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) from the shackles of indebtedness. Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez and Camarines Sur Rep. L-Ray Villafuerte said the new law signed…
July 7, 2023
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. signed on Friday Republic Act No. 11953 or the New Agrarian Emancipation Act, which will provide debt condonation for over 600,000 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARB) nationwide. The law will condone P57.557 billion worth of unpaid amortizations, including interest and surcharges for 1,173,101.57 hectares of awarded lands to 610,054…
June 26, 2023
Senator Cynthia Villar was elated with the recognition given by the World Bank to the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) or Republic Act No. 11203 as a "strategic policy reform." The WB lauded the RTL, which was passed into law in 2019, as "indicative of the true spirit of this strategic shift." Villar's…
June 26, 2023
Results of the World Bank’s (WB) policy review of the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) indicate that the RTL, or Republic Act (RA) 11203, is serving its purpose as a “strategic policy reform,” according to Senator Cynthia Villar, who chairs the Senate’s Committee on Agriculture. In a statement on Monday, the…
June 20, 2023
ALMOST 2 million bags of certified rice seeds, including varieties that could limit the impact of the El Niño weather pattern, have been distributed under the countrys Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) Seed Program.
June 15, 2023
A BILL filed at the House of Representatives seeks to provide scholarship grants for children and dependents of farmers and fisherfolk.
June 11, 2023
THE Regional Field Office of the Department of Agriculture (DA) announced it is closely monitoring the situation in the province following the alert level raised by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) for Mayon Volcano. On June 5, DA-RFO 5 Regional Executive Director Rodel P. Tornilla activated the…
June 5, 2023
Sen. Cynthia Villar expressed confidence that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will prioritize the signing into law of a bill condoning loans of farmers and agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs). Villar, chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture, Food, and Agrarian Reform, said Senate Bill 1850 or the New Agrarian Emancipation Act will…