DAR Board resolves 905 agrarian cases

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Adjudication Board resolved a total of 905 agrarian reform cases in the first semester of 2019. DAR also reported resolution of 9,896 cases by its field offices.

The Cordillera Administrative Region and Region II are the top performers with a perfect accomplishment rate of 100 percent, followed by Region I with 93.75 percent, Region IV-B with 90.9 percent and Region VII with 78.98 percent.

Agrarian Reform Secretary John Castriciones said DAR’s overall mid-year accomplishment for this semester is 54.9 percent, receiving a total caseload of 4,187 cases and resolving 2,297 legal agrarian cases.

“Our compliance with Republic Act No. 11032, known as the ‘Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act of 2018’ is only one of DAR’s steps to ensure easier and faster delivery of quality services to the public,” Castriciones said.

 Earlier this year, DAR Agrarian Legal Sector launched a zero backlog program aimed at tackling the cases that have piled up during previous administrations.

“I have challenged the central and field offices to resolve all pending cases before 2022,” Castriciones added.