VINTAR, Dec. 8 -- The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) on Monday distributed 775 electronic titles (e-titles) to 677 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in the Ilocos Region, covering more than 717 hectares of land.

The distribution was part of the extended implementation of the World Bank-funded Support to Parcelization of Lands for Individual Titling (SPLIT) project, which aims to subdivide around 1.38 million hectares of Collective Certificates of Land Ownership Awards (CCLOA) nationwide.

During the ceremonial awarding rites held at the municipal auditorium here, DAR Secretary Conrado Estrella urged ARBs to take proper care of the land awarded to them and make it productive for their future.

Expressing concern on the ageing popu...