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(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law that allows farmers holding agricultural free patents to sell their land or use it as collateral without restrictions. Republic Act 11231, or the Agricultural Free Patent Reform Act, signed by Duterte on Feb. 22, essentially amends the Commonwealth Act 141 or the Public Land Use Act which prohibits land owners from selling and mortgaging their land within the first five years of the patent grants. The time restriction allows […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, Feb. 20, signed an order directing the government to identify agricultural lands owned by the state and distribute these to qualified beneficiaries. In Executive Order 75, Duterte ordered “all departments, bureaus, offices and instrumentalities of the government” to do this within 30 days from effectivity of the order. According to the order, the Department of Agrarian Reform shall then “cause the preparation of an inventory” of the lands “devoted to” […]
