MANILA, April 18 -- The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) on Thursday said it aims to distribute at least 100,000 certificates of land ownership awards (CLOA) this year.

"Ang aming (Our) trajectory, is that by this year ay (is) 100,000 [CLOAs]; ngayon kung iyong milagrong ipinagdadasal namin, baka magawa naming (now if there's a miracle for our prayer, we can make it) 200,000," DAR Secretary Conrado Estrella III said at the Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon briefing.

He mentioned a recent distribution with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. in Agusan del Sur, and another with Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte in Palawan, citing DAR's collaboration with other agencies for a whole-of-government approach.

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