Department of Agrarian Reform

FOI Receiving Officer 11:24 AM, Apr 17, 2020

April 17, 2020

Dear Antolin,

Thank you for your request dated Feb 06, 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Land Distribution Applied for by the  Small Settlers Landless Association., Inc of Davao del Norte.

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERBUi0yMzcwNzAwNTYyMjEM, for request with ticket number #DAR-237070056221.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

DAR - CO FOI Receiving Officer
FOI Officer

Ybañez 12:26 PM, Jun 01, 2020

Good day sir/maam, 

As regards your query on the status of the possibility of  having a land acquisition and distribution process in  the areas you mentioned in your letter, please be informed of the following:

a) These areas are targeted for acquisition and distribution under Executive Order No. 75 of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte re: for Government agencies to identify lands owned by the government devoted to or suitable for agriculture for distribution to qualified beneficiaries;

b) DAR Davao del Norte created a task force in compliance to such directive along with the implementing guidelines issued by both DAR and the Department of Justice (Joint DAR-DOJ AO 7, 2019);

c) Preparations were underway to undertake the different courses of action such as but not limited to gathering of data, information dissemination campaign to potential beneficiary applicants, and inter-agency meetings;

d) a timeline regarding the conduct of information dissemination was already prepared but that unfortunately, the country was placed under the state of national health emergency in March 2020, and greatly affected our schedules considering that the office was no longer allowed to conduct any mass gatherings;

e) While waiting for the "new normal practices in the workplace" to be put in place and clearance from the national government to allow conduct of  gatherings with a limited number of people per session due to strict physical distancing, DAR Davao del Norte will reconvene the task force to make the necessary preparations in formulating an amended timeline of schedules for the information campaign.  As soon as this will be allowed by the national government, all potential beneficiary applicants will be notified. 

Thank you so much for your consideration.

Very respectfully yours,

Ybañez 12:26 PM, Jun 01, 2020

Good day sir/maam, 

As regards your query on the status of the possibility of  having a land acquisition and distribution process in  the areas you mentioned in your letter, please be informed of the following:

a) These areas are targeted for acquisition and distribution under Executive Order No. 75 of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte re: for Government agencies to identify lands owned by the government devoted to or suitable for agriculture for distribution to qualified beneficiaries;
b) DAR Davao del Norte created a task force in compliance to such directive along with the implementing guidelines issued by both DAR and the Department of Justice (Joint DAR-DOJ AO 7, 2019);
c) Preparations were underway to undertake the different courses of action such as but not limited to gathering of data, information dissemination campaign to potential beneficiary applicants, and inter-agency meetings. 
d) a timeline regarding the conduct of information dissemination was already prepared but that unfortunately, the country was placed under the state of national health emergency in March 2020, and greatly affected our schedules considering that the office was no longer allowed to conduct any mass gatherings;
e) While waiting for the "new normal practices in the workplace" to be put in place and clearance from the national government to allow conduct of  gatherings with a limited number of people per session due to strict physical distancing, DAR Davao del Norte will reconvene the task force to make the necessary preparations in formulating an amended timeline of schedules for the information campaign.  As soon as this will be allowed by the national government, all potential beneficiary applicants will be notified. 

Thank you so much for your consideration.

Very respectfully yours,

DAR XI FOI team

Ybañez 05:15 AM, Jun 06, 2020

June 6, 2020

Dear Antolin Bongcawel, Jr.,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Feb 06, 2020 09:21:01 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your Request

You asked for Land Distribution Applied for by the  Small Settlers Landless Association., Inc of Davao del Norte.

Response to Request

Your FOI request is approved. I enclose a copy of [some/most/all] of the information you requested.

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Atty. John R. Castriciones, Secretary, Department of Agrarian Reform, Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Asst. Dir. Claudio Ybañez
FOI Receiving Officer
Department of Agrarian Reform
Km.12, Cat Pequeno, Davao

Attachments:
 AO 07 IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO 75, SERIES OF 2019 (GOL FOR DISTRIBUTION).pdf