LEGAZPI CITY, Dec. 11 -- The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Bicol distributed a total of 6,960 land titles and Certificates of Condonation with Release of Mortgages (CoCRoMs) to agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in the region on Thursday.

DAR Secretary Conrado Estrella III led the distribution of a total of 3,497 land titles to 2,697 ARBs, covering 5,929.36 hectares of agricultural land at the Fuerte Camsur Sports Complex in Pili, Camarines Sur.

Estrella said the initiative supports President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s directive to expedite the issuance of land titles before the end of his term.

"All that's left is 800,000 titles, and we still have two and a half years. This year, we completed 300,000. We thank the Lord becau...