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MANILA -The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has vowed to speed up the resolution of pending agrarian reform cases by hiring additional lawyers to review disputes. DAR Secretary Conrado Estrella III, in a statement issued on Thursday, said this is part of the department's compliance with the mandate of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to provide social justice and free the farmers from the bondage of the soil. Estrella revealed that DAR is experiencing a shortage of lawyers that will review agrarian reform disputes pending under the DAR Adjudication Board (DARAB) and the Agrarian Law Impl...

(PNA photo by Oliver Marquez) MANILA - The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) wants agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) to be self-sufficient, agrarian cooperatives to be progressive, and agrarian reform communities (ARCs) to be sustainable and resilient within the next six years. These are among the plans of Secretary Conrado Estrella III contained in his priorities that he presented during the fourth Cabinet meeting of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at Malacanang Palace on Friday. In a statement issued Tuesday, Estrella said DAR's goals would be his guide in creating strategic plans. E...