REGISTRATION TARGET. The Department of Agrarian Reform in Bicol (DAR-5) aims to include over 3,000 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in the Registry System for Basic Sector in Agriculture (RSBSA) by the end of the year. Geri Buensalida, DAR-5 information officer, said on Monday (Sept. 12, 2022) members and non-members of ARB organizations should enroll so they could easily avail of government assistance. (Image from DAR-Bicol's Facebook page) LEGAZPI CITY - The Department of Agrarian Reform in Bicol (DAR-5) is targeting at least 3,438 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) to be listed in the Registry System for Basic Sector in Agriculture (RSBSA) by the end of the year. Geri Buensalida, DAR-5 information officer, said in a phone interview on Monday that they are encouraging members and non-members of agrarian reform beneficiaries organizations (ARBOs) to enroll in the RSBSA so they could easily avail of government assistance. "We are working it out to register all the 3,438
LEGAZPI CITY-The Department of Agrarian Reform in Bicol (DAR-5) has conducted a validation and cleansing of its database on land acquisition and distribution to evaluate and identify deductible and unworkable landholdings. Gerard Buensalida, DAR Bicol spokesperson, in an interview on Friday, said the region still has 71,726 hectares of "undistributed" agricultural lands. Based on record, Camarines Sur has 25,391 hectares; Masbate 19,064 hectares; Sorsogon 11,198 hectares; Albay 9,702 hectares; Camarines Norte 6,298 hectares; and Catanduanes with 72.75 hectares. Buensalida said the validation was to ensure that the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) balance is correct since some of the undistributed agricultural lands are within the forestry area, exempted within the timberland areas, or some are retention rates. "We want to make sure that the efforts of our workers will not be wasted upon verification of the said lands," he said. Romulo A. Britanico, DAR B