DAR revokes land titles from some CLOA beneficiaries over premature leasing, selling 

The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) on Thursday said it has revoked or forfeited Certificates of Land Ownership Awards (CLOA) handed to agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) found violating the prohibition on selling or leasing awarded lands for 10 years.

At a Palace briefing, DAR Undersecretary Rowena Niña Taduran revealed that the agency has monitored instances of erring ARBs who allegedly lease or sell their lands even prior to the formal awarding of their CLOAs.

“Actually, iyong sa legal [bureau] namin is binabawi. May mga instances na babawiin sa iyo meaning to say hindi ka pala capable to be a land owner under the Agrarian Reform [law] kaya may mga instances… binawi ng DAR because naibenta nila or isinangla,” Taduran said.

(Actually, our legal bureau revokes it. There are instances that it is being revoked because they were found to be incapable to be a land owner under the Agrarian Reform law…thus, the DAR revokes it because it has been sold or leased.)

The Republic Act No. 6657 or the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law prohibits the sale or lease of lands awarded to ARBs for 10 years from the date of the CLOA or land title’s registration.

Taduran said DAR, however, acknowledges that some ARBs could have difficulty in complying with the prohibition.

To ensure ARBs’ compliance and productivity, she said that the DAR provides support services such as distributing farm machinery and equipment [FMEs], post-harvest facilities, and credit facilities for those hit by calamities.

Taduran said the DAR is aiming to complete the distribution of all pending agricultural lands to ARBs by the end of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.’s term in 2028. — BM, GMA Integrated News