Manila, May 1 -- A total of 111 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, have been relieved of debts amounting to PHP15.378 million under the Republic Act (RA) 11953 or the New Agrarian Emancipation Act.

The certificates of condonation with the release of mortgage (CoCRoMs) were distributed to identified farmers under the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Negros Occidental 2 (South) in a ceremony held on Tuesday led by Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II Arnulfo Figueroa, District Manager Elma Popioco, and City Assessor Roldan Dunque.

"We continue to stress the importance of the parcel of land awarded to the beneficiaries and the opportunities it presents," Figueroa said in a statement on ...