DAR to distribute titles on Sept. 30 to Luisita farmers

DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Anthony Parungao said they expect to distribute the  certified true copies of the Certificates of Land Ownership Award qualified farmworker-beneficiaries in the 10 barangays of Hacienda Luisita up to the middle of October.

 

As of September 25, he said  the CLOAs of about 5,800 qualified farmers who had signed and filed their Application to Purchase and Farmers Undertaking were already generated by DAR and registered with the Register of Deeds. 

 

Parungao said that  only 296 beneficiaries have yet to claim their Lot Allocation Certificates, while only 377 of them have yet to sign and file their APFUs. 

 

However, he said  that the DAR continues to seek out the beneficiaries who have yet to claim their LACs or file their APFUs. 

 

He noted that a good number of beneficiaries are either working abroad or living outside of Tarlac, and were thus unable to claim their LACs or sign and file their APFUs. 

 

"Their CLOAs will be generated and registered as soon as they have signed their APFUs," Parungao said.

 

"We have taken the initiative of searching for these beneficiaries to see how we can help them claim their lots. Our field facilitators are out there seeking them out so they can assist them," he added.

 

Under the law, farmer-beneficiaries have to pay amortizations for their CARP-awarded land for a period of 30 years.

 

In the meantime, the Owner’s Duplicate Copy of the CLOAs will be held by the Land Bank of the Philippines. 

 

Parungao clarified that what will be distributed will be the certified true copies of their CLOAs, which, nevertheless, constitute proof of ownership of their CARP-awarded farm lands.

 

The distribution of CLOAs will begin in Barangay Pando on September 30, to be followed by Barangay Motrico on October 1, and Barangay Lourdes the following day. Distribution resumes on October 8 at Parang then Mabilog (October 9) and Bantog (October 10). The following week, DAR will distribute CLOAs in the four remaining barangays: Cutcut (October 15), Asturias (October 16), Balete (October 17), and Mapalacsiao (October 18).

 

“After the CLOA distribution, what remains to be done is the delineation of the boundaries of the farm lots on the ground by setting up monuments or boundary stones," Parungao added.