KORONADAL CITY: The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in the Soccsksargen Region (DAR-12) commended Thursday all stakeholders and partners for their collective efforts in project implementation, which led to the regional office recently receiving national recognition.
DAR-12 Director Mariannie Lauban-Baunto said the regional office achieved a major milestone by registering the highest number of e-titles in the Support to Parcelization of Lands for Individual Titling (SPLIT) Project in the country as of July 31.
‘These accolades are testaments to the hard work and steadfast dedication your respective field offices exemplified toward achieving our project objectives. We thank you for your devotion to our agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs),’ Baunto said in a statement.
DAR-12 data showed the successful registration of e-titles in the provinces of North Cotabato, South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, and Sarangani.
North Cotabato led the other provinces with 4,909 e-titles covering 8,235 hectares, while South C
otabato followed with 2,702 e-titles for 4,438 hectares.
Sultan Kudarat had 2,092 e-titles spanning 4,925 hectares, and Sarangani with 1,845 e-titles over 2,729 hectares.
Baunto said 11,548 e-titles were registered regionwide, encompassing an area of 20,326.7181 hectares.
She said extensive registration efforts also identified 11,809 ARBs, significantly improving land ownership records and increasing accessibility to land for local communities.
‘This achievement reflected DAR-12’s dedication and ongoing efforts to improve land tenure security,’ she said.
The SPLIT Project, funded by the World Bank, aimed to give individual land titles to ARBs previously awarded with Collective Certificates of Land Ownership Award under the Agrarian Reform Program.
Source: Philippines News Agency