LEGAZPI CITY - Over 3,000 agrarian legal cases in Bicol have been resolved from January to August this year, the Department of Agrarian Reform in the region (DAR-5) said on Thursday. Geri Buensalida, DAR-5 spokesperson, in a message, said this was noted after the recently conducted annual regional assessment of the legal sector. Based on the report, 3,044 of the 5,582 agrarian legal cases targeted for the third quarter of 2022 have been resolved. Lawyer Leo Miguel Ramos, officer-in-charge Assistant Regional Director for Administration and Legal Chief of DAR-Bicol, said he hopes to maintain the region's good performance as indicated by the formative evaluation last month. "We've done well [in implementing the agrarian justice delivery program]. Hopefully, we can keep it up," Ramos said in a statement. "DAR-Bicol has settled 270 quasi-judicial cases, 41 judicial cases, 430 Agrarian Law Implementation (ALI) cases, and 2,303 cases brought to mediation were successful
Darke Co. Chamber hosting unemployment fraud event
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DARKE COUNTY The Legislative Council of the Darke County Chamber of Commerce will hold a free online event on unemployment fraud what you need to know to prevent it, find it and report it.
The informational update will be held on March 25, 2021, at 8 a.m. via Zoom. The speakers will be Juliane Barone, Legal Chief, Office of Unemployment Insurance Operations at Ohio Department of Job and Family Services and Bruce Madson, Senior Labor Policy Advisor at Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.
“For weeks, every committee we have has been discussing the growth of unemployment fraud in Ohio and Darke County. I knew we had to respond to help organizations and individuals in our area,” said Peggy Emerson, Chamber President. “With the help of Senate President Matt Huffman, we were able to connect with our presenters who will bring their expertise here to help businesses.”