{"id":162289,"date":"2018-04-30T21:37:13","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T01:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=162289"},"modified":"2018-04-30T21:37:13","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T01:37:13","slug":"dar-identifies-15-5-hectares-of-carp-ready-land-in-boracay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/04\/30\/dar-identifies-15-5-hectares-of-carp-ready-land-in-boracay\/","title":{"rendered":"DAR identifies 15.5 hectares of CARP-ready land in Boracay"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has identified tracts of agricultural land in Boracay ready to be subjected to the government’s Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA —<\/strong>\u00a0The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has identified tracts of agricultural land in Boracay ready to be subjected to the government’s Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP).<\/p>\n

DAR Acting Secretary John Castriciones said on Monday his agency is just awaiting President Rodrigo Duterte’s official go signal to start implementing agrarian reform in the world-famous Philippine island.<\/p>\n

Castriciones said DAR has identified some 15.5 hectares of land in Boracay ready for CARP because of the absence of structures.<\/p>\n

The tracts of land are in the barangays of Manoc-manoc, 7.5 hectares; Balabac, 4 hectares; and Yapak, 4 hectares.<\/p>\n

“Those areas have no structures, so we can immediately implement agrarian reform there,” he said in a media conference in Metro Manila. “It’s a tedious process but we’re prepared to do it.”<\/p>\n

Castriciones said Boracay has other tracts of agricultural land, but these have existing structures and are thus, not readily available for distribution.<\/p>\n

CARP was a law started in 1988 which aimed to grant the country’s landless farmers and farm workers ownership of agricultural land. It was extended in 2009 and expired in 2014.<\/p>\n

Before departing for Hainan, China early this month, President\u00a0Duterte announced his intention of implementing agrarian reform in
\nBoracay to benefit farmers on the island.<\/p>\n

The government is shutting Boracay off to tourists for six months starting April 26 to rehabilitate what the President described as now a “cesspool.”<\/p>\n

The government said water pollution, accumulation of solid waste, and structures’ encroachment on wetlands, forest land, and easement zones are among the problems plaguing Boracay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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