DAR Regional Director Alexis Arsenal congratulated the Department of Agrarian Reform in Aklan for its austere but meaningful commemoration of the 19th CARP anniversary in Aklan. It was held on June 12 at the Aklan State University. Director Arsenal reported that despite the obstacles hurdled by DAR Reg. 6 in implementing CARP at Negros Occidental, the program implementation in Panay island including Aklan remains successful. He also noted that CARP is a very difficult program but one among the noblest that addresses poverty reduction and aid in jobs generation in the countryside.
Atty. Daniel Y. Martelino, the Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer – Aklan announced that the 19 years of CARP in Aklan, brought laudable physical infrastructure and other support services to Aklan amounting to over 200 million pesos. Atty. Martelino stressed the importance of the program to sustain rural development and spur economic growth in Aklan rural communities.
The celebration on June 12 also gathered major CARP stakeholders in Aklan. Certificates of Recognition were awarded to the three honor graduates (Cum Laude) of DAR – Aklan through the Pres. Diosdado Macapagal Agrarian Scholars Program. Certificate of Recognition was also given to the Agbalogo Multi-purpose Cooperative as Most Outstanding ARB organization in Aklan.
On the same occasion, DAR-Aklan held its Salamat-Paalam for the retirees and other honorees in the province. Gifts and tokens of appreciation were given to nine former members of the DAR-Aklan family. Atty. Carol Morales will become a Municipal Trial Court Judge in Zamboanga del Sur, Hon. Soviet Dela Cruz as Sangguniang Bayan member of Kalibo, Salvador Romano, Luzviminda Teodosio, Angeles Sodusta, Prudencio Inamac, Jerome Refol, Ma. Theresa Legaspi, and Ruth Sayawan retired from government service.
A part of the CARP month long celebration is the turn over of P10.5M projects in Malinao, Aklan; the Bulabod – Rosario Communal Irrigation System (P4.2M) to serve 150 hectares of riceland and the 2.42 km. farm-to-market road in Bulabod to Sugnod worth P6.3M.
Finally Aklan’s observance of the 19th CARP celebration will culminate with a mangrove reforestation planting at Dumatad, Tangalan of the Bugna ARC in said municipality on June 29 to be participated in by DAR-Aklan employees. /MP
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