DAR to empower Boracay’s Ati

AGRARIAN REFORM Secretary John R. Castriciones said the executive agency would extend support services to the indigenous people of Boracay Island who recently received agricultural lands from the government.

The land titles covering a total of 3.2064 hectares, which were personally handed by President Rodrigo Duterte, were given to 44 members of the Ati group under collective ownership.

“We will be providing the farmer-beneficiaries with planting tools and implements to maximize their efficiency when it comes to productivity,” Sec. Castriciones said.

He added that the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) would soon provide various trainings to help develop the land and uplift the economic lives of the Ati.

Community leader Delsa Justo, who received the Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) in behalf of the group, said they will take care of the land for their children and the future generations of Ati.

Aside from the Ati, Sec. Castriciones said that the DAR is also eyeing to distribute lands to the Tumandok who lives on some of the wetlands in the island.

“I have already made the necessary coordination with Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu so that they would be able to develop and preserve the land,” Sec. Castrciones said.

Along with the distribution of CLOAs to the Ati, 439 farmers from the towns of Buruanga, Tanggalan, and Malay, Aklan, also received land titles, covering a total of 270.8288 hectares, from the President.##
- DAR

Kalibo Police Station pinaigting do Special Motorized Anti-Criminality Response Team

[Press Release] PINAIGTING EON it Kalibo Police Station ro Special Motorized Anti-criminality Response Team (S. M. A. R. T) sa banwa it Kalibo. Suno kay PSUPT Richard Mepania, Chief of Police it Kalibo Municipal Police Station nga ipatupad do rayang programa dahil sa paeapit nga Kapaskwahan ag Bag-ong Dag-on. Kung siin dayang programa hay ginakumponihan it didekadong Police nga magahimo it pag patrolya gamit do motorsiklo sa mga gapangunang daeanon it Kalibo.

Dayang systema hay kaparte ku Comprehensive Patrol Deployment Plan/Oplan Patrol Serenata nga magasilbi sa tanan nga barangay it Kalibo nga kung siin mapadali ro pag responde sa gakatabo nga krimen. Nakataeana nga maga implementar it Brgy. Saturation Drive. May una man nga Oplan Bulabog “Wang Wang Sa Brgy. “ nga kung siin maga himo it sunod-sunod nga paglibot it patrol cars ag motorsiklo nga gamit do pag patunog it sirena ag blinkers sa tanan nga mga barangay. Gapati gid do kapulisan nga mabahoe rayang epekto para matapna do gakatabo nga holdapan ag panakawan sa banwa.

Dugang sa pag implementar it lokal nga ordinansa, magahimo pa gid it patrolya sa mga bars ag club agud mabuhinan ro mga krimen paagi sa "Oplan Bakal" ag "Oplan Sita" sa mga establisimiento. Gina hinyo gid ro mga tag-iya it mga bars nga magbutang it mga CCTV cameras kun sa siin kaparte raya para mapadali do pagsugpo it kriminalidad nga gakatabo sa banwa it Kalibo.

Gapangayo gid it kooperasyon/bulig do Pulis Kalibo sa mga pumueoyo para matapna do mga krimen ag mapa establisyar do kalinong it banwa.##

- P01 Aldren Andrade, Asst. PCR Kalibo Police Station

Ati people receive Boracay land titles

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte kept his promise to implement land reform in Boracay Island when he led the distribution of six Certificates of Land Ownership Awards (CLOA) to 44 members of Aklan’s indigenous people on November 8, 2018 at Barangay Manoc Manoc Covered Court, Malay, Aklan.

Duterte told the Ati group to take care of the awarded lands. “Till the land, make it productive so that you, your children and your grandchildren are assured of a quality life,” he said.

“Huwag kayong magpasalamat sa akin, magpasalamat kayo sa Diyos (Do not thank me, thank God),” Duterte added.

The new Ati landowners received a total of 3.2064 hectares of agricultural lands. These land titles are under collective ownership following the indigenous people’s tradition of preserving the property.

Community leader Delsa Justo received the CLOAs in behalf of the group. “Nagpapasalamat po kami kay Pangulong Duterte, pinadala siya ng Panginoon para tulungan kami. Aalagaan namin ang lupa dahil ito ang ipapamana namin sa aming mga anak at susunod na henerasyon (We thank President Duterte. He was sent by God to help us. We will take care of these lands for our children and the future generations),” Justo said.

She said that their people was the first residents in Boracay. But they had been forced to migrate within the island because of other claimants. She now hopes for a peaceful installation to the awarded lands.news national 1 pix 2 november 12 2018

Along with the distribution of CLOAs to the Atis, Duterte also awarded CLOAs to 439 farmers from Buruanga, Tanggalan, and Malay, Aklan  which covered a total of 270.8288 hectares.##