# Senate Committee on Finance: DAR - September 17, 2026

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**[00:11:22.800] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000023)  
The hearing of the Committee on Finance, Subcommittee G, is hereby called to order. Our hearing for today is the proposed

**[00:11:30.000] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000024)  
fiscal year 2027 budget

**[00:11:32.000] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000025)  
of the Department of Agrarian Reform.

**[00:11:34.000] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000026)  
I would like to acknowledge

**[00:11:36.000] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000027)  
the presence of our

**[00:11:38.000] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000028)  
Majority Leader,

**[00:11:40.000] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000029)  
Senator Migz Zubiri,

**[00:11:42.000] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000030)  
and our distinguished chairperson

**[00:11:44.000] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000031)  
of the Committee on Finance,

**[00:11:46.000] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000032)  
Senator JV Ejercito.

**[00:11:48.000] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000033)  
Thank you for joining us.

**[00:11:50.000] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000034)  
May I now call on our

**[00:11:52.000] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000035)  
Committee Secretary, before we do our opening

**[00:11:54.000] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000036)  
statements, Attorney Lina,

**[00:11:56.000] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000037)  
to acknowledge and place on record

**[00:11:58.000] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000038)  
our resource persons for today's hearing. Attorney

**[00:12:00.000] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000039)  
Lina, you have the floor.

**[00:12:01.540] Committee Secretary** (asr-000040)  
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon to everyone.

**[00:12:04.580] Committee Secretary** (asr-000041)  
From the Central Office, we have the Honorable Conrado M. Estrella III, Secretary.

**[00:12:10.260] Committee Secretary** (asr-000042)  
Attorney Cazel C. Celeste, Undersecretary for Field Operations Office.

**[00:12:16.280] Committee Secretary** (asr-000043)  
Attorney Napoleon U. Galit, Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Office.

**[00:12:21.180] Committee Secretary** (asr-000044)  
Joseph Angelo S. Martirez, SESO II, Undersecretary for Support Services Office.

**[00:12:29.080] Committee Secretary** (asr-000045)  
Ami Hilda J. Sangkopan, Undersecretary for Finance, Management and Administration Office and Office for Mindanao Affairs.

**[00:12:37.580] Committee Secretary** (asr-000046)  
Ruena Nina O. Taduran, DPA, Undersecretary for Special Concerns and External Affairs and Communications Operations Office.

**[00:12:46.340] Committee Secretary** (asr-000047)  
Lani C. De Leon, Undersecretary for Policy Planning and Research Office.

**[00:12:51.080] Committee Secretary** (asr-000048)  
Jessery T. Palmares, Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Office.

**[00:12:56.400] Committee Secretary** (asr-000049)  
Attorney Marjorie P. Aizon, Assistant Secretary.

**[00:12:59.080] Committee Secretary** (asr-000050)  
Attorney Facundo O. Palafox V., Assistant Secretary, LAO.

**[00:13:06.040] Committee Secretary** (asr-000051)  
Attorney Virgilio L. Mendez, Assistant Secretary, LAO.

**[00:13:10.140] Committee Secretary** (asr-000052)  
James Arsenio O. Ponset, Assistant Secretary, SSO.

**[00:13:15.080] Committee Secretary** (asr-000053)  
Attorney Quintin O. Magsico Jr., Assistant Secretary, FMAO.

**[00:13:21.040] Committee Secretary** (asr-000054)  
Vinci A. Beltran, Assistant Secretary, HRAO.

**[00:13:25.580] Committee Secretary** (asr-000055)  
Jose Genil C. De Morito, Assistant Secretary.

**[00:13:29.080] Committee Secretary** (asr-000056)  
Rodolfo D. Castillo Jr., Assistant Secretary, SCEACOO.

**[00:13:36.640] Committee Secretary** (asr-000057)  
Ubaldo R. Sadyarin Jr., Assistant Secretary, PPRO.

**[00:13:41.580] Committee Secretary** (asr-000058)  
Rene E. Colocar, Assistant Secretary, FASPO.

**[00:13:46.760] Committee Secretary** (asr-000059)  
And for the Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board, DARAB,

**[00:13:50.600] Committee Secretary** (asr-000060)  
Attorney Roland C. Manalaysay, Executive Director III, Secretariat.

**[00:13:55.860] Committee Secretary** (asr-000061)  
Attorney MacDonald M. Galit, DARAB Board Member.

**[00:13:59.080] Committee Secretary** (asr-000062)  
Attorney Jim Z. Coleto, DARAB Board Member III.

**[00:14:04.580] Committee Secretary** (asr-000063)  
Attorney Rolando S. Cua, DARAB Board Member.

**[00:14:10.100] Committee Secretary** (asr-000064)  
And from the Department of Budget and Management, representatives assigned to the DAR,

**[00:14:16.600] Committee Secretary** (asr-000065)  
we have Junaid M. Karim, OIC Director III.

**[00:14:21.620] Committee Secretary** (asr-000066)  
And from the Commission on Audit for DAR,

**[00:14:25.080] Committee Secretary** (asr-000067)  
J. Luis A. Candelaria, Auditor.

**[00:14:29.080] Committee Secretary** (asr-000068)  
Audit Team Leader, and Lea T. Patero, State Auditor.

**[00:14:32.640] Committee Secretary** (asr-000069)  
It's all for now, Mr. Chair.

**[00:14:34.000] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000070)  
Thank you, Attorney Lina.

**[00:14:35.400] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000071)  
We can now proceed with the opening statement of this representation.

**[00:14:40.460] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000072)  
This morning, in the hearing of the National Irrigation Administration,

**[00:14:47.940] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000073)  
nabanggit natin tatlong malaking hamon ang ating pagtutuunan ng pansin

**[00:14:52.560] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000074)  
sa mga hearing natin para sa 2027 budget.

**[00:14:58.220] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000075)  
Ang Super El Ni??o,

**[00:15:00.000] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000077)  
ang patuloy na matinding pagbaha sa Central, Southern, Northern Luzon,

**[00:15:07.960] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000078)  
ang mariing napanawagan ng publiko na may managot sa mga ghost at substandard government projects.

**[00:15:14.400] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000079)  
Dagdag dito ang krisis na hinaharap ng ating mga magsasaka,

**[00:15:21.040] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000080)  
particular sa usapin ng pagtaas ng presyo ng crudo, ng pataba, ng pesticido,

**[00:15:28.140] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000081)  
at syempre, yung matinding El Nino.

**[00:15:33.880] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000082)  
Kaya dapat malinaw ang paninindigan ng panukalang 2027 budget ng DAR.

**[00:15:39.700] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000083)  
Bawat piso ay dapat may pakinabang, may resulta, at may pananagutan.

**[00:15:44.980] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000084)  
Dapat nitong tiyakin ang karapatan ng mga magsasaka sa lupa,

**[00:15:49.040] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000085)  
palakasin ang mga agrarian reform beneficiaries, at protektahan ang lokal na food production.

**[00:15:54.540] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000086)  
Lalo na ang nagbabadyangang pagpapalakasan.

**[00:15:58.140] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000087)  
Pagpapalakas, sabi nga nila, the worst ever, El Nino.

**[00:16:02.980] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000088)  
The ARS proposed new appropriation of 14.69 billion is 13% lower than its 2026 GAA budget.

**[00:16:11.860] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000089)  
Yet, within that constraint, the proposed budget allocates 5.9 billion for agrarian reform,

**[00:16:18.000] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000090)  
beneficiary development, and sustainability, including P949 million for climate resilient farm productivity support.

**[00:16:28.140] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000091)  
Tama ang direksyon.

**[00:16:30.660] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000092)  
Subalit, sapat ba ang mga pondong ito?

**[00:16:35.620] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000093)  
Maganda ang pangalan ng programa.

**[00:16:37.940] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000094)  
Kailangan malinaw kung ano ang aktual na mayahatid ng climate resilient farm productivity support

**[00:16:44.340] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000095)  
para sa mga agrarian reform beneficiaries.

**[00:16:47.780] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000096)  
At ang resultang inaasahan natin, tunay na pagunlad ng ating mga sakahan,

**[00:16:53.380] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000097)  
mas protektibong, mas matatag, at mas kumikita.

**[00:16:58.140] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000099)  
Sa panahon din ng matinding panawagan para sa pananagutan,

**[00:17:01.760] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000100)  
iginigiit din natin na bawat pasilidad, negosyo, at benepisyaryo na suportado ng DAR

**[00:17:08.420] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000101)  
ay madaling ma-verify, ma-geotag, bukas sa publiko ang mga kontrata at impormasyon.

**[00:17:16.040] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000102)  
Dumaan din sa independent inspection at napapatunayan aktual at umiiral at gumagana.

**[00:17:21.720] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000103)  
Hindi kikilalanin ng climate shocks, ikanga, ang katiwalian, kapababayaan,

**[00:17:27.680] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000104)  
umabagal na burokrasya, hindi rin mapapalitan ng imports,

**[00:17:32.360] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000105)  
ang matatag at matibay at maganda ang output at productivity ng magsasakang Pilipino.

**[00:17:39.560] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000106)  
Kaya naman ngayon, higit kailanman, kailangan ng tunay na bayanihan.

**[00:17:44.020] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000107)  
Kailangan sama-samang pagkilos at tapat na pagtutulungan ng gobyerno,

**[00:17:49.760] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000108)  
mga magsasaka, kooperatiba, lokal na pamalaan, at mga mamamayan

**[00:17:54.620] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000109)  
para maprotektahan natin ang ating mga sakahan.

**[00:17:57.680] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000110)  
at pagkainan.

**[00:17:59.960] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000111)  
Nagpapasalamat tayo sa ating schoolmate, Sekretary Conrad Estrella III.

**[00:18:08.160] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000112)  
Mas matanda siya ng mga ilang taon lamang, pero palagay ko nakakalamang siya sa paligo sa atin.

**[00:18:17.820] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000113)  
We especially like to mention that we are thankful to the Secretary for his full support

**[00:18:26.160] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000114)  
for our efforts.

**[00:18:27.680] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000115)  
The Agri-Agra team with Secretary Kiko Laurel.

**[00:18:30.760] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000116)  
We have made a lot of progress in terms of interventions to support our farmers and fisher folk.

**[00:18:36.880] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000117)  
And I must say, Secretary Conrad has been 101% supportive of our initiatives.

**[00:18:44.980] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000118)  
And we are thankful that because of his support, we have been able to put together the Sagip Saka full implementation,

**[00:18:56.120] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000119)  
the executive orders.

**[00:18:57.680] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000120)  
We will now provide for greater support for direct purchases of our farmers and fisher folk.

**[00:19:06.540] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000121)  
And the approval on third reading, at least in the Senate, of Senate Bill 1990 and Senate Bill 1991,

**[00:19:15.620] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000122)  
which is the reestablishment of the Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Co-ops under the Department of Agriculture,

**[00:19:21.860] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000123)  
and the renationalization of the extension workers for farmers and fisher folk.

**[00:19:27.680] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000124)  
We hope his support, mabulungan niya ang ating Pangulo,

**[00:19:32.940] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000125)  
para ang House of Representatives, ang ating majority leader,

**[00:19:36.720] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000126)  
ay maikalendar na for third reading din sa House of Representatives ang mga batas na ito.

**[00:19:43.300] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000127)  
Alam nating lahat, pag nasuportahan ang pagkakabuklod-buklod ng mga magsasaka at manging isda

**[00:19:51.180] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000128)  
sa ilalim ng malakas at matibay na kooperatiba.

**[00:19:54.600] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000129)  
At nariyan ang ating...

**[00:19:57.680] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000130)  
ating infantry ng mga agriculture and fisheries extension workers

**[00:20:03.280] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000131)  
talagang mabibigyan ng ikanga shot in the arm ang ating mga farmers at fisher folk.

**[00:20:10.820] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000132)  
With that, again, we thank you, Sec. Conrad, for championing the cause of our farmers.

**[00:20:17.160] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000133)  
Mahalagang bagay na ikaw ay isang kasama natin sa Agri-Agra team.

**[00:20:21.800] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000134)  
And because of that, wala na po kaming tanong.

**[00:20:23.920] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000135)  
No, diro na.

**[00:20:33.400] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000136)  
We would like to acknowledge our majority leader for his opening statement.

**[00:20:35.560] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000137)  
Go ahead, sir.

**[00:20:36.260] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000138)  
Thank you very much to the chairman of the subcommittee on finance,

**[00:20:39.500] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000139)  
particularly on the Department of Agrarian Reform,

**[00:20:42.640] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000140)  
to our chairman of the committee on finance.

**[00:20:45.800] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000141)  
And nandito po ako na yung araw para batiin at tulungan ang ating mga kapatid,

**[00:20:52.960] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000142)  
mga kababayan, at mga napakasipag na government employees,

**[00:20:57.680] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000143)  
from the Department of Agrarian Reform.

**[00:21:00.160] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000144)  
First of all, I would like to thank Sec. Conrad Estrella

**[00:21:03.060] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000145)  
for all the hard work that he has done for the department.

**[00:21:06.780] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000146)  
We are colleagues in Congress,

**[00:21:09.300] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000147)  
and our fathers knew each other,

**[00:21:14.540] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000148)  
pati lolo mo,

**[00:21:16.200] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000149)  
and it's just fitting to see how you have grown,

**[00:21:20.860] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000150)  
not just as a legislator, but now as a member of a cabinet

**[00:21:23.440] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000151)  
and holding the portfolio of the Department of Agrarian Reform.

**[00:21:27.680] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000152)  
Mr. President, Mr. Chairman, rather,

**[00:21:30.720] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000153)  
during the four years that he has headed the department together with USEC-Galit

**[00:21:36.300] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000154)  
and all the USECs here and ASECs,

**[00:21:38.580] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000155)  
and many of them have worked in different capacities,

**[00:21:41.420] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000156)  
they have continuously assisted our farmers and agrarian reform beneficiaries

**[00:21:48.400] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000157)  
all over the country, particularly sa Bukidnon po.

**[00:21:52.700] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000158)  
Napakasaya nila po doon sa Department of Agrarian Reform.

**[00:21:56.360] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000159)  
As a matter of fact,

**[00:21:57.340] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000160)  
magpapayabang ako ng konti, Chairman.

**[00:22:00.680] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000161)  
Bukidnon is the province with the highest GDP participation in agri.

**[00:22:08.020] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000162)  
We're three times larger than the second province.

**[00:22:11.220] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000163)  
I think Isabela yata yung second province.

**[00:22:13.840] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000164)  
Bukidnon, contributing pineapples, bananas, sugar, corn, poultry,

**[00:22:24.360] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000165)  
piggery, swine production,

**[00:22:26.640] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000166)  
and many more.

**[00:22:27.320] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000167)  
Many, many others in the agricultural pie.

**[00:22:32.120] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000168)  
Talagang ano po kami, agricultural powerhouse.

**[00:22:34.700] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000169)  
And about half of that, or maybe more than half,

**[00:22:37.580] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000170)  
maybe 70 or 80 percent of those farmers, Mr. President,

**[00:22:41.720] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000171)  
Mr. Chairman, are members of agrarian reform communities.

**[00:22:45.980] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000172)  
And talagang napaganda.

**[00:22:47.820] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000173)  
As a matter of fact, may COA report po lumabas,

**[00:22:50.420] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000174)  
may co-report last year na the roads that we built,

**[00:22:53.980] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000175)  
the farm-to-market roads that we built,

**[00:22:55.700] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000176)  
and thank you, Madam.

**[00:22:56.860] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000177)  
We actually used that many times with COA,

**[00:23:01.200] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000178)  
has actually increased the income of all our farmers.

**[00:23:05.860] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000179)  
Kasi doon sa Bukidnon, dati talagang bukid.

**[00:23:08.400] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000180)  
Kaya Bukidnon, puro bukid.

**[00:23:10.180] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000181)  
Walang kasada yung mga baranggays.

**[00:23:12.500] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000182)  
And then with the help of the DA,

**[00:23:14.280] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000183)  
with the help of our office initiatives and the DAR,

**[00:23:18.760] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000184)  
ang dami po mga in-interview.

**[00:23:21.240] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000185)  
Ninety-eight percent, I think,

**[00:23:22.620] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000186)  
ninety-eight percent or ninety-five percent of those interviewed

**[00:23:24.980] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000187)  
were very happy with the projects.

**[00:23:26.940] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000188)  
Of DAR and DA and the DPWH to the baranggays

**[00:23:30.860] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000189)  
because napataas po ang kanilang income.

**[00:23:33.580] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000190)  
Dati po, Mr. Chairman,

**[00:23:35.560] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000191)  
four pesos per kilo yung corn sa transportation.

**[00:23:41.780] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000192)  
Alam nyo po, four pesos.

**[00:23:43.680] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000193)  
Because sinasakay po nila yung mais sa likod ng kabayo or motor.

**[00:23:48.660] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000194)  
Kasi wala pong kasada.

**[00:23:50.580] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000195)  
Ngayon, because of the intervention of the DAR

**[00:23:52.540] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000196)  
through their farm-to-market road program

**[00:23:54.060] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000197)  
together with the DA and the DPWH,

**[00:23:56.860] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000198)  
they only pay now twenty-five to thirty centavos per kilo.

**[00:24:01.140] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000199)  
Ten-wheeler truck na po nakakapasok.

**[00:24:03.220] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000200)  
Ang savings napakalaki.

**[00:24:05.260] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000201)  
So it is really a big help by this agency

**[00:24:09.480] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000202)  
and it's helping us grow as an agricultural province

**[00:24:14.420] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000203)  
and it is contributing to the GDP growth of the country.

**[00:24:18.140] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000204)  
Kung ma-replicate lang po namin yung ginawa po ng DAR

**[00:24:20.860] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000205)  
all over the country doon sa Bukidnon,

**[00:24:24.160] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000206)  
talagang walang mahirap na magsasaka.

**[00:24:26.860] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000207)  
So I salute

**[00:24:40.960] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000208)  
these men and women of here in DAR today

**[00:24:42.640] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000209)  
para madagdagan po ang budget ng DAR.

**[00:24:46.840] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000210)  
I have nothing else to say but good things.

**[00:24:50.940] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000211)  
At baka sabihin na sobrang sip-sip na ako

**[00:24:52.600] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000212)  
sa kaibigan ko, si Secretary Estrella.

**[00:24:54.980] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000213)  
So I am here for my...

**[00:24:56.700] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000214)  
for my full support of your budget

**[00:24:58.820] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000215)  
and hopefully we can add even more.

**[00:25:00.760] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000216)  
Maraming salamat po.

**[00:25:01.820] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000217)  
Thank you, Senator Migs Subiri.

**[00:25:05.060] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000218)  
Palagay ko hindi lang magsasaka

**[00:25:06.820] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000219)  
ang gumanda ang buhay,

**[00:25:09.320] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000220)  
pati yung kabayo.

**[00:25:11.360] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000221)  
Sa ten-wheeler truck na siya sinasakay.

**[00:25:17.860] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000222)  
Thank you very much.

**[00:25:19.060] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000223)  
We now move to our Chairman of the Committee on Finance

**[00:25:21.640] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000224)  
for his opening statement.

**[00:25:22.820] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000225)  
Go ahead.

**[00:25:23.280] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-000226)  
Thank you, Mr. Chair.

**[00:25:24.340] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-000227)  
I have no opening statement.

**[00:25:26.060] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-000228)  
Anyway,

**[00:25:26.340] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-000229)  
just here to, of course,

**[00:25:28.420] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-000230)  
to hear the, of course,

**[00:25:32.620] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-000231)  
mga requests ng mga departments,

**[00:25:34.760] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-000232)  
particularly ang Department of Agri-Reform

**[00:25:37.580] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-000233)  
under Secretary Estrella.

**[00:25:40.160] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-000234)  
So we'll do our best,

**[00:25:41.960] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-000235)  
although we know for a fact,

**[00:25:43.620] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-000236)  
wala naman kasing department na humingi na ano eh,

**[00:25:46.880] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-000237)  
na hindi humingi ng dagdag.

**[00:25:49.160] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-000238)  
Pero ganun pa man,

**[00:25:50.500] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-000239)  
with the limited fiscal space,

**[00:25:52.400] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-000240)  
we'll see and we will

**[00:25:54.620] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-000241)  
assess

**[00:25:56.340] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-000255)  
kung ano ba yung mga programs

**[00:25:58.420] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-000256)  
that will really need to be prioritized.

**[00:26:01.140] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-000257)  
Again, nice to have you here,

**[00:26:03.300] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-000258)  
Secretary,

**[00:26:04.500] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-000259)  
and the rest of the DAR family.

**[00:26:07.300] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-000260)  
So I'm here to listen,

**[00:26:09.920] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-000261)  
Mr. Chair.

**[00:26:10.340] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-000262)  
Thank you.

**[00:26:11.680] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000263)  
Okay, comment.

**[00:26:12.700] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000264)  
Go ahead, Major.

**[00:26:13.240] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000265)  
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

**[00:26:14.300] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000266)  
Alam nyo po, mga kababayan,

**[00:26:15.680] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000267)  
mga kapatid ko dito,

**[00:26:16.860] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000268)  
yung pinaka-stress na yun na senador,

**[00:26:19.400] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000269)  
dalawa sila eh.

**[00:26:20.640] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000270)  
The presiding officer of the impeachment court,

**[00:26:22.700] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000271)  
which is Senator Chiz Escudero,

**[00:26:24.800] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000272)  
and the Chairman of Finance,

**[00:26:26.340] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000273)  
Senator JV.

**[00:26:28.420] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000274)  
Naawa na ako dyan.

**[00:26:29.420] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000275)  
Pati love life niya na,

**[00:26:30.600] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000276)  
na-sacrifice na.

**[00:26:32.020] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000277)  
Kaya naawa ako dyan.

**[00:26:34.180] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000278)  
Pero I just wanted to comment.

**[00:26:36.420] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000279)  
Naawa ako kay Senator JV.

**[00:26:37.940] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000280)  
Pero we'll do our best to help him

**[00:26:39.280] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000281)  
para matulungan kayo.

**[00:26:40.620] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000282)  
Thank you very much.

**[00:26:41.420] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-000283)  
Thank you very much, Chairman.

**[00:26:42.540] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000284)  
Thank you.

**[00:26:43.140] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000285)  
And before we proceed,

**[00:26:44.740] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000286)  
we'd like to also apologize for the delay.

**[00:26:47.620] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000287)  
We were supposed to meet at 2 o'clock,

**[00:26:49.640] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000288)  
but patong-patong talaga yung aming trabaho ngayon sa Senate.

**[00:26:55.060] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000289)  
Napansin nyo siguro,

**[00:26:56.100] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000290)  
puno rin ang Senate because the committee rooms

**[00:27:00.440] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000291)  
are also being occupied by parties to the impeachment.

**[00:27:06.960] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000292)  
The lawyers of the respondent and the lawyers for the prosecution.

**[00:27:12.660] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000293)  
So medyo mabigat.

**[00:27:15.420] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000294)  
So we apologize for the delay

**[00:27:17.160] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000295)  
and we hope to be able to make it up by facilitating the presentation.

**[00:27:26.100] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000296)  
So Secretary Conrad,

**[00:27:27.800] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000297)  
you have the floor.

**[00:27:29.780] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000298)  
Would you like to direct us to whoever is going to make the presentation?

**[00:27:34.340] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000299)  
Oh, okay.

**[00:27:35.340] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000300)  
Go ahead, sir.

**[00:27:36.040] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000301)  
You have the floor.

**[00:27:38.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000302)  
Sa ating kagalang-galang na chairman ng Committee on Agriculture,

**[00:27:46.340] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000303)  
Agrarian Reform and Environment.

**[00:27:50.240] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000304)  
At ang aking schoolmate sa LaSalle Green Hills,

**[00:27:56.100] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000305)  
at mas magandang lalaki po sa akin ng isang paligo lamang.

**[00:28:02.820] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000306)  
Idol ko ho to sa agrikultura.

**[00:28:04.960] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000307)  
Gusto ko ho paglaki ko katulad ko siya.

**[00:28:08.020] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000308)  
At ganon din po ang ating kagalagalang na majority floor leader

**[00:28:12.720] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000309)  
na matagal ko na hong kilala.

**[00:28:16.060] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000310)  
In fact, noong NIA administrator pa lang ako,

**[00:28:21.600] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000311)  
ay nag-inaugurate po kami ng electrification project.

**[00:28:26.100] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000312)  
Sa isang liblib na barangay at first term ho na congressman niya,

**[00:28:33.100] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000313)  
eh may nakisakay pong buntis sa sama ho ng daan noon sa bukid noon.

**[00:28:40.680] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000314)  
Sa haba ng biyahe, nanganak po yung buntis doon sa likod.

**[00:28:45.440] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000315)  
True story.

**[00:28:46.440] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000316)  
Oo, true story.

**[00:28:48.720] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000317)  
At noon po kasi iba pa ho yung kanyang love life.

**[00:28:53.320] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000318)  
Ang kanyang girlfriend ho noon ay iba.

**[00:28:56.100] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000319)  
E babae ho yung pinanganak.

**[00:28:58.540] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000320)  
Kaya ipinangalan po doon sa dati niyang girlfriend, yung naging anak noong buntis.

**[00:29:03.140] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000321)  
If you, Vina ang ano noon.

**[00:29:09.180] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000322)  
True story po yun.

**[00:29:11.360] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000323)  
Sino yung Vina?

**[00:29:19.760] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000324)  
Huwag na ho at baka ho merong hindi na ka-insure, biglang madali.

**[00:29:26.100] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000325)  
Sa ating Senate Majority Floor Leader, Sen. Juan Miguel Migs Zubiri.

**[00:29:33.140] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000326)  
At ganun din po ang ating magiting na senador,

**[00:29:40.100] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000327)  
ang ating committee at chairman ng committee on finance po.

**[00:29:46.160] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000328)  
At kami po ay nagsusubscribe.

**[00:29:48.520] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000329)  
Alam niyo po, kami po ay lumuluhod sa inyo, Sen. JV Ejercito.

**[00:29:56.100] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000330)  
Kung naniniwala po kami sa Golden Rule po.

**[00:30:00.000] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000332)  
that he who has the gold makes the rules.

**[00:30:02.940] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000333)  
Eh, kayo ang Committee on Finance,

**[00:30:05.560] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000334)  
kaya po lumulod din ho kami sa inyo.

**[00:30:09.240] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000335)  
At sa lahat-lahat po ng mga kagalang-galang

**[00:30:12.000] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000336)  
na mga kasama natin sa pagsisilbi sa ating bansa,

**[00:30:17.840] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000337)  
pipilitin po namin na makapagbigay.

**[00:30:21.880] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000338)  
Ito po ang mandate natin,

**[00:30:24.400] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000339)  
taon-taon na nagpe-presenta tayo

**[00:30:27.940] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000340)  
sa magiging sponsor natin sa plenary

**[00:30:30.880] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000341)  
ng budget ng iba't-ibang ahensya.

**[00:30:34.280] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000342)  
At ngayon po, naririto kami.

**[00:30:36.620] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000343)  
Sana mabigyan namin ng magandang paliwanag

**[00:30:42.720] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000344)  
ang inyo pong Committee, Mr. Chairman,

**[00:30:46.820] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000345)  
tungkol sa budget ng Department of Agrarian Reform

**[00:30:51.600] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000346)  
at pipilitin po namin na makompleto po ito

**[00:30:57.100] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000347)  
kahit na po.

**[00:30:57.940] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000348)  
Medyo puyat na puyat po kami

**[00:31:00.220] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000349)  
sa kapapanood ng Samoan Someday.

**[00:31:04.300] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000350)  
Malapit na po kasing matapos eh.

**[00:31:06.320] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000351)  
Kaya po, exciting na po.

**[00:31:08.560] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000352)  
Kaya nanonood kami yan.

**[00:31:09.880] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000353)  
Marami pong puyat dito sa kakapanood nun eh.

**[00:31:15.160] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000354)  
Kaya po, allow me.

**[00:31:17.280] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000355)  
Kung pwede, panuorin po din ninyo yung

**[00:31:19.660] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000356)  
Honored I Matter.

**[00:31:24.620] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-000357)  
Nag-plug na rin eh.

**[00:31:27.940] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000358)  
Sige nga.

**[00:31:30.920] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000359)  
Manonood din po kami.

**[00:31:32.620] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000360)  
O bago po nung plenary namin dito,

**[00:31:34.560] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000361)  
manonood na po kami nun.

**[00:31:38.540] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000362)  
Well, seriously, it is with utmost respect

**[00:31:41.760] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000363)  
and gratitude that we present the Department

**[00:31:44.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000364)  
of Agrarian Reform's proposed budget

**[00:31:48.560] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000365)  
for fiscal year 2027.

**[00:31:52.180] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000366)  
Allow me to begin with a directive

**[00:31:54.480] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000367)  
from His Excellency,

**[00:31:57.180] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000368)  
President Ferdinand,

**[00:31:57.940] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000369)  
R. Marcos, Jr.,

**[00:31:59.940] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000370)  
during his 2026 State of the Nation Address.

**[00:32:04.160] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000371)  
Ang sabi po niya,

**[00:32:05.600] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000372)  
asahan ninyo,

**[00:32:07.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000373)  
kukompletuhin na nating ngayong taon

**[00:32:09.640] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000374)  
ang ginagawa nating pagpapawalang-bisa

**[00:32:12.820] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000375)  
sa mga utang ng ating mga beneficiaryo.

**[00:32:20.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000376)  
This directive gives clear direction

**[00:32:23.500] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000377)  
to the Department of Agrarian Reform

**[00:32:26.280] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000378)  
to fulfill

**[00:32:26.780] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000379)  
the mandate of the law

**[00:32:27.980] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000381)  
by completing this year

**[00:32:30.960] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000382)  
the debt condonation process

**[00:32:33.240] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000383)  
for our agrarian reform beneficiaries.

**[00:32:36.840] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000384)  
This is anchored on Republic Act 11953

**[00:32:40.560] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000385)  
or the new Agrarian Emancipation Act

**[00:32:43.420] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000386)  
which institutionalized the condonation

**[00:32:46.540] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000387)  
of the unpaid amortizations,

**[00:32:50.140] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000388)  
interests, penalties,

**[00:32:51.700] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000389)  
and other related obligations

**[00:32:53.540] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000390)  
of qualified agrarian reform beneficiaries.

**[00:32:57.920] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000391)  
The work of agrarian reform

**[00:33:00.440] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000392)  
has been a continuing commitment

**[00:33:03.000] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000393)  
of the Philippine government.

**[00:33:05.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000394)  
On September 26, 1972,

**[00:33:07.980] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000395)  
Presidential Decree No. 2

**[00:33:11.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000396)  
declared the entire Philippines

**[00:33:13.620] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000397)  
a land reform area.

**[00:33:16.000] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000398)  
Followed on October 21

**[00:33:17.960] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000399)  
by Presidential Decree No. 27

**[00:33:21.660] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000400)  
or PD-27,

**[00:33:24.880] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000401)  
the Tenant Emancipation Decree

**[00:33:27.700] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000403)  
It sought to emancipate tenant farmers

**[00:33:29.880] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000404)  
by transferring ownership

**[00:33:31.880] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000405)  
of the land they tilled.

**[00:33:34.620] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000406)  
More than five decades later,

**[00:33:36.620] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000407)  
on July 7, 2023,

**[00:33:39.220] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000408)  
Republic Act 11953

**[00:33:41.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000409)  
or the new Agrarian Emancipation Act

**[00:33:44.280] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000410)  
continued this legacy.

**[00:33:46.520] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000411)  
And today,

**[00:33:48.840] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000412)  
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.

**[00:33:51.580] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000413)  
and I,

**[00:33:52.580] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000414)  
and all of us,

**[00:33:54.660] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000415)  
carry this responsibility forward

**[00:33:56.560] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000416)  
from land distribution

**[00:33:58.560] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000434)  
and debt condonation to agrarian justice and the empowerment of our farmers. The years 2022 to 2026

**[00:34:08.480] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000435)  
may aptly be described

**[00:34:10.620] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000436)  
as the banner years

**[00:34:11.740] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000437)  
for the Department of Agrarian Reform.

**[00:34:14.680] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000438)  
In 2022,

**[00:34:16.620] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000439)  
at the beginning of this administration,

**[00:34:19.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000440)  
DAR immediately strengthened

**[00:34:20.940] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000441)  
the implementation

**[00:34:22.400] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000442)  
of its core mandate.

**[00:34:25.020] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000443)  
We distributed

**[00:34:26.020] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000444)  
21,876

**[00:34:27.480] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000445)  
land titles covering approximately 25,159 hectares

**[00:34:34.540] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000446)  
and benefiting 24,804 agrarian reform beneficiaries.

**[00:34:40.740] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000447)  
This represented a 124% increase over the baseline period.

**[00:34:49.320] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000448)  
At the same time, DARA reinforced its legal service system

**[00:34:53.180] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000449)  
and strengthened its rural development campaign.

**[00:34:57.480] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000450)  
In 2023, a historic milestone was achieved.

**[00:35:02.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000451)  
Republic Act 11953 or the new Agrarian Emancipation Act was signed into law.

**[00:35:08.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000452)  
A landmark measure that was acted upon swiftly by legislators

**[00:35:14.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000453)  
and received broad support to liberate our beloved farmers

**[00:35:18.560] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000454)  
from the burden of agrarian debt.

**[00:35:21.820] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000455)  
Maraming salamat po sa ating mga senador.

**[00:35:25.180] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000456)  
Wala hong kumontra dito at ganon din po.

**[00:35:27.480] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000457)  
Sa House of Representatives.

**[00:35:31.740] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000458)  
Ang sinasabi po sa akin, kasi ho, kami po ay nagdi-distribute

**[00:35:37.000] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000459)  
ng mga certificates of condonation na iparating daw ho sa inyo,

**[00:35:42.840] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000460)  
mga kagalanggalang na mga senador,

**[00:35:46.500] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000461)  
ang kanilang taus-pusong pasasalamat dito sa batas na ito.

**[00:35:50.780] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000462)  
During this year, the Department of Agrarian Reform

**[00:35:54.040] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000463)  
distributed 69,897 land titles.

**[00:35:57.480] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000464)  
Equivalent to 84,044 hectares.

**[00:36:03.900] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000465)  
Benefiting 73,399 agrarian reform beneficiaries.

**[00:36:09.920] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000466)  
Halos dumoble po.

**[00:36:12.000] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000467)  
This represented a 396% increase over the baseline period.

**[00:36:18.280] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000468)  
We recognize the invaluable role of our legislators

**[00:36:21.500] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000469)  
in making this landmark legislation possible.

**[00:36:24.900] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000470)  
Maraming salamat po sa ating mga senador.

**[00:36:27.480] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000471)  
Mga kagalanggalang na mga babatas.

**[00:36:30.100] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000472)  
In 2024, DAR began the nationwide distribution of certificates of condolation

**[00:36:36.360] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000473)  
with release of mortgage or CACROMs.

**[00:36:40.700] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000474)  
This was a historic first for the Department.

**[00:36:45.220] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000475)  
We continued to strengthen our land distribution program.

**[00:36:49.080] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000476)  
We were able to distribute 102,536 land titles

**[00:36:56.100] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000477)  
covering the land distribution program.

**[00:36:57.480] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000478)  
120,772 hectares.

**[00:37:02.040] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000479)  
And benefiting 88,310 agrarian reform beneficiaries.

**[00:37:09.300] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000480)  
This accomplishment represented a 581% increase

**[00:37:15.040] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000481)  
over the baseline period.

**[00:37:20.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000482)  
Noon pong 2025,

**[00:37:21.700] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000483)  
the Department significantly accelerated both land distribution

**[00:37:27.480] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000484)  
and debt condolation.

**[00:37:28.920] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000485)  
We distributed 199,838 land titles

**[00:37:34.880] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000486)  
covering 302,540 hectares

**[00:37:39.880] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000487)  
and benefiting 176,202 agrarian reform beneficiaries.

**[00:37:47.820] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000488)  
This represented 1,133% increase over the baseline period.

**[00:37:54.500] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000489)  
More importantly,

**[00:37:56.020] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000490)  
we distributed

**[00:37:57.140] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000491)  
252,953 certificates of condonation

**[00:38:05.520] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000492)  
and release of mortgage

**[00:38:06.720] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000493)  
with a total amount condoned

**[00:38:09.220] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000494)  
at approximately 35.69 billion pesos.

**[00:38:14.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000495)  
This brings us to the central priority for 2026.

**[00:38:21.060] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000496)  
Pursuant to Republic 11953,

**[00:38:24.820] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000497)  
DAR was mandated to complete

**[00:38:26.580] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000498)  
the debt condolation process

**[00:38:28.280] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000499)  
by June 30, 2026.

**[00:38:31.280] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000500)  
And we have fully complied

**[00:38:33.180] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000501)  
with this deadline, ladies and gentlemen.

**[00:38:36.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000502)  
As to the distribution of certificates

**[00:38:38.580] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000503)  
of condolation and release of mortgage,

**[00:38:42.040] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000504)  
ang natitira na lang po

**[00:38:43.340] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000505)  
yung nasa BARM area.

**[00:38:46.640] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000506)  
Ngunit,

**[00:38:47.840] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000507)  
na-process na ho namin yun.

**[00:38:49.700] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000508)  
Na-validate na namin yun.

**[00:38:51.120] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000509)  
Yun na lang hong distribution sa BARM area.

**[00:38:54.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000510)  
Minabuti namin natapusin ho muna.

**[00:38:56.580] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000511)  
Yung eleksyon bago ho namin

**[00:38:58.680] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000512)  
i-distribute.

**[00:39:03.540] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000513)  
Next, please.

**[00:39:06.060] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000514)  
This slide

**[00:39:07.640] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000515)  
presents the Department's

**[00:39:10.180] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000516)  
General Appropriation Act Budget

**[00:39:12.000] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000517)  
from 2023 to 2026.

**[00:39:16.020] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000518)  
Noon pong 2023,

**[00:39:17.080] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000519)  
we had a budget of

**[00:39:19.240] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000520)  
9.861 billion.

**[00:39:22.940] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000521)  
This decreased to

**[00:39:24.200] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000522)  
8.081 billion in 2024.

**[00:39:26.580] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000523)  
Followed by

**[00:39:28.800] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000524)  
10.442 billion

**[00:39:31.000] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000525)  
in 2025.

**[00:39:33.420] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000526)  
For 2026,

**[00:39:35.320] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000527)  
DAR received a significantly

**[00:39:36.700] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000528)  
higher appropriation

**[00:39:38.320] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000529)  
of 16.849 billion.

**[00:39:41.840] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000530)  
The increase

**[00:39:42.680] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000531)  
in resources reflects

**[00:39:44.840] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000532)  
the scale and urgency of the

**[00:39:46.620] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000533)  
programs being implemented

**[00:39:48.060] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000534)  
by the Department, particularly

**[00:39:50.660] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000535)  
the continuing

**[00:39:52.500] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000536)  
implementation of the new

**[00:39:54.140] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000537)  
Agrarian Emancipation Act

**[00:39:56.160] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000538)  
and our

**[00:39:56.580] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000539)  
broader efforts to strengthen

**[00:39:58.580] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000540)  
land tenure security,

**[00:40:00.520] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000541)  
agrarian justice delivery,

**[00:40:02.660] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000542)  
and support services.

**[00:40:04.900] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000543)  
The Department's programs

**[00:40:06.580] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000544)  
continue to be anchored on

**[00:40:08.340] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000545)  
three fundamental pillars.

**[00:40:10.740] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000546)  
Yan ho, ang land tenure security,

**[00:40:13.520] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000547)  
ang agrarian

**[00:40:14.640] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000548)  
justice delivery, at ang

**[00:40:16.400] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000549)  
support services po.

**[00:40:18.640] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000550)  
As of August 12,

**[00:40:20.200] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000551)  
2026, under the Marcos administration

**[00:40:22.760] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000552)  
alone,

**[00:40:24.200] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000553)  
from July 2022,

**[00:40:26.580] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000554)  
to August 12, 2026,

**[00:40:28.740] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000555)  
DAR has distributed

**[00:40:30.640] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000556)  
410,179

**[00:40:33.780] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000557)  
titles covering

**[00:40:36.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000558)  
556,088

**[00:40:39.000] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000559)  
hectares and

**[00:40:40.600] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000560)  
benefiting 376,738

**[00:40:44.400] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000561)  
agrarian reform

**[00:40:45.940] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000562)  
beneficiaries.

**[00:40:47.820] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000563)  
The annual figures

**[00:40:49.680] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000564)  
show a sustained

**[00:40:51.160] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000565)  
upward trajectory.

**[00:40:53.200] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000566)  
Ayan po, nakikita naman po

**[00:40:54.640] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000567)  
natin sa screen.

**[00:40:56.580] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000568)  
Eh, pataas po nang pataas

**[00:40:58.740] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000569)  
ang aming mga na

**[00:41:00.300] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000570)  
na didistribute.

**[00:41:02.400] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000571)  
Yun ho, for 2026,

**[00:41:04.520] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000572)  
ang target po namin dyan

**[00:41:06.060] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000573)  
is a little less than

**[00:41:07.940] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000574)  
400,000

**[00:41:10.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000575)  
hectares.

**[00:41:13.180] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000576)  
A little bit less than

**[00:41:14.740] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000577)  
500,000 hectares.

**[00:41:17.860] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000578)  
Naka-ready na po yan

**[00:41:19.400] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000579)  
for distribution.

**[00:41:20.680] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000580)  
Inihintay lang ho namin matapos

**[00:41:22.440] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000581)  
ang budget hearing.

**[00:41:24.340] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000582)  
Kaya ako'y natutuwa.

**[00:41:26.580] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000583)  
At very supportive po

**[00:41:28.320] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000584)  
ang ating chairperson

**[00:41:29.400] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000585)  
nung sinabi niyang

**[00:41:30.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000586)  
wala na kaming tanong.

**[00:41:32.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000587)  
Pero joke lang pala.

**[00:41:36.580] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000588)  
Pagkatapos na pagkatapos po

**[00:41:38.120] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000589)  
ng budget hearing,

**[00:41:39.140] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000590)  
lalarga na po kami lahat.

**[00:41:42.220] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000591)  
Maghihiwa-hiwalay ho kami

**[00:41:43.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000592)  
mga USEC-ASEC

**[00:41:45.180] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000593)  
sa iba't ibang probinsya

**[00:41:46.480] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000594)  
at meron ho kaming nakahanda na

**[00:41:48.760] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000595)  
na ididistribute po

**[00:41:50.240] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000596)  
na mga 300,000

**[00:41:53.060] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000597)  
hectares

**[00:41:54.320] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000598)  
until November and

**[00:41:56.500] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000599)  
bago matapos ang taon ho,

**[00:41:58.560] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000600)  
baka matapos namin yung

**[00:41:59.840] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000601)  
450,000 po.

**[00:42:03.380] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000602)  
Ang matitira na lang

**[00:42:04.540] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000603)  
kasi 750

**[00:42:05.340] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000604)  
lahat dyan,

**[00:42:08.240] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000605)  
yung matitira, pipilitin ho namin

**[00:42:10.180] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000606)  
tapusin by next year.

**[00:42:16.080] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000607)  
This sustained increase demonstrates

**[00:42:18.620] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000608)  
the department's determination

**[00:42:19.980] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000609)  
to accelerate land distribution

**[00:42:22.180] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000610)  
and provide our beneficiaries

**[00:42:24.340] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000611)  
with stronger tenureship

**[00:42:26.500] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000612)  
and security.

**[00:42:27.960] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000613)  
Yun pong accomplishment naman po

**[00:42:29.760] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000614)  
sa certificates of

**[00:42:31.540] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000615)  
condonation and release

**[00:42:36.320] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000616)  
of mortgage.

**[00:42:38.120] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000617)  
The same commitment is reflected

**[00:42:39.960] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000618)  
in our implementation of the

**[00:42:41.700] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000619)  
debt condonation program.

**[00:42:44.200] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000620)  
As of August 12,

**[00:42:45.760] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000621)  
2026, DAR has distributed

**[00:42:47.880] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000622)  
a cumulative

**[00:42:49.340] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000623)  
703,047

**[00:42:52.180] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000624)  
CoCRoMs, covering

**[00:42:53.840] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000625)  
901,246

**[00:42:56.500] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000628)  
hectares

**[00:42:57.900] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000629)  
with total amount condoned

**[00:42:59.940] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000630)  
of approximately 54.70

**[00:43:02.620] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000631)  
billion.

**[00:43:03.500] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000632)  
Under Republic Act 11953,

**[00:43:06.560] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000633)  
the identified scope covers

**[00:43:08.300] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000634)  
620,255

**[00:43:11.820] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000635)  
ARBs

**[00:43:12.540] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000636)  
representing

**[00:43:13.220] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000637)  
1,184,633

**[00:43:17.300] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000638)  
hectares

**[00:43:17.980] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000639)  
and approximately

**[00:43:19.360] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000640)  
57.76 billion

**[00:43:22.040] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000641)  
in agrarian debt.

**[00:43:25.380] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000642)  
Tungkol naman

**[00:43:26.360] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000643)  
sa agrarian justice delivery

**[00:43:28.000] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000644)  
ay itong second

**[00:43:29.940] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000645)  
pillar natin. The Department

**[00:43:31.980] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000646)  
of Agrarian Reform continues to

**[00:43:33.980] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000647)  
strengthen its legal mechanisms

**[00:43:35.780] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000648)  
to ensure that agrarian

**[00:43:37.980] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000649)  
disputes are resolved fairly,

**[00:43:40.680] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000650)  
efficiently, and

**[00:43:41.720] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000651)  
within the bounds

**[00:43:43.700] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000652)  
of the law.

**[00:43:46.740] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000653)  
This slide

**[00:43:48.140] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000654)  
represents

**[00:43:50.160] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000655)  
the performance of the

**[00:43:52.040] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000656)  
agrarian law implementation

**[00:43:53.440] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000657)  
or ALI cases.

**[00:43:56.360] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000658)  
At makikita po ninyo

**[00:43:58.580] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000659)  
dyan na

**[00:44:00.200] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000660)  
pababa-baba na po

**[00:44:02.760] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000661)  
ang case load, ngunit

**[00:44:04.180] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000662)  
tumataas po ang mga

**[00:44:06.140] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000663)  
case resolved. Noon pong

**[00:44:08.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000664)  
bago kaming upo, ang sabi nila

**[00:44:10.180] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000665)  
yung mga nakaraang budget

**[00:44:12.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000666)  
hearing ng DAR, congressman

**[00:44:14.200] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000667)  
pa ako noon, sinasabi nila

**[00:44:15.760] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000668)  
zero backlog. Ngunit

**[00:44:18.140] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000669)  
nung umupo na kami, napakarami

**[00:44:20.560] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000670)  
palang pending

**[00:44:22.080] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000671)  
pang cases at unti-unti namin

**[00:44:24.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000672)  
nari-resolve ito,

**[00:44:26.360] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000673)  
at lalo na ho yung mga

**[00:44:28.080] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000674)  
kontrobersyal, hindi ho kami natatakot

**[00:44:30.540] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000675)  
sa DAR, at lalong-lalo

**[00:44:32.720] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000676)  
na ho, kung napansin nyo

**[00:44:34.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000677)  
bumababa ang aming

**[00:44:36.340] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000678)  
case load. Yan ho kasi

**[00:44:38.440] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000679)  
ay we hired

**[00:44:40.540] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000680)  
many

**[00:44:42.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000681)  
lawyers. I think if I'm not mistaken

**[00:44:44.560] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000682)  
we hired about

**[00:44:45.560] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000683)  
62, 63

**[00:44:48.680] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000684)  
more lawyers

**[00:44:50.760] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000685)  
kasi ho

**[00:44:52.380] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000686)  
yung ibang budget namin sa ibang position

**[00:44:54.480] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000687)  
na hindi naman ino-occupy,

**[00:44:56.360] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000688)  
hiningi, hiniling puna.

**[00:45:00.000] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000689)  
Kami sa DBM na gawin na lang hong attorney for at pinayaga naman ho ng DBM. So marami ho kaming na-hire na lawyers at we assigned them in the different regions.

**[00:45:16.020] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000690)  
At tinulad na rin po namin yung style po ng barangay courts to declug the RTCs, the MTCs, the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court.

**[00:45:36.700] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000691)  
Ganon din yung ginawa namin. Meron na rin ho kaming mga barangay courts na pinag-uusap-usap na lang ho.

**[00:45:44.980] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000692)  
Para hindi ho dumami ang kaso. Meron nga ho kaming Agrarian Reform Justice on Wheels, ARJOW.

**[00:45:59.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000693)  
Similarly, the Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board or DARAB has maintained a strong record in resolving agrarian disputes.

**[00:46:11.680] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000694)  
Yan din po sa DARAB din po which is the Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board.

**[00:46:14.980] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000695)  
At tumaas din po ang aming resolution na performance. From January to June 2026, we resolved 7,396 cases out of 9,874 or 74.9%. As of June ho yan.

**[00:46:41.300] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000696)  
These accomplishments demonstrate the Department's continuing commitment

**[00:46:43.280] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000697)  
to strengthen the legal foundations of agrarian reform

**[00:46:44.980] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000698)  
and ensure that disputes involving farmers, beneficiaries, tenancy, and leasehold are addressed through appropriate legal mechanisms.

**[00:47:00.520] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000699)  
The third pillar is agrarian reform beneficiaries development and sustainability. Under this pillar, DAR continues to provide support services that enable our farmers not only to own land, but to make a viable and sustainable livelihood from it.

**[00:47:14.980] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000700)  
And one important form of support is irrigation. Katatapos lang ho ng NIA kanina dito. I'm sure they also presented that we have in NIA, pondo po namin 'yon, 'yung CARP funds, pero sa kanila po, sila po ang nag-i-implement, and we are monitoring it also. Wala naman hong nakikitang

**[00:47:44.960] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000701)  
Nakikita nga mga Casper the Friendly Ghost po doon sa kono. Wala ho.

**[00:47:53.020] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000702)  
From July 2022 to July 2026, DAR has facilitated 285 irrigation projects of which 233 have been completed and 52 are ongoing.

**[00:48:07.440] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000703)  
These projects amount to approximately 5.02 billion covering 34,711.74 hectares and benefiting 40,775 farmer beneficiaries.

**[00:48:25.060] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000704)  
Importantly, the majority of these irrigation facilities are solar-powered, providing a more sustainable and cost-efficient source of water for agriculture.

**[00:48:37.440] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000705)  
We have also continued to improve physical connectivity through farm-to-market roads.

**[00:48:46.940] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000706)  
These roads help address one of the persistent challenges faced by farmers bringing their produce from farm to market.

**[00:48:56.240] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000707)  
Ako po ay naniniwala doon po sa sinabi kanina ng ating gagalang-galang na majority floor leader na lumaki po ang kita.

**[00:49:06.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000708)  
Ang ating mga magsasaka dahil po dyan sa mga daan na yan at pati sa mga tulay na nagawa po, hindi lang po sa bukid nun yan, sa buong Pilipinas po nangyayari yan.

**[00:49:19.960] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000709)  
At salamat din po sa tulong ninyo, pagbigay ninyo ng pondo sa amin.

**[00:49:25.800] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000710)  
There are also 89 ongoing projects covering approximately 108.351 kilometers and benefiting 26,000.

**[00:49:36.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000711)  
8,953 ARBs.

**[00:49:39.120] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000712)  
Wala ho doon sa farm-to-market roads namin, wala ho farm-to-pocket roads doon.

**[00:49:47.640] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000713)  
And kompleto ho yun.

**[00:49:49.640] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000714)  
In fact, kahit sabi namin, huwag na ninyong hahabaan masyado kung hindi kailangan.

**[00:49:56.280] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000715)  
What is more important? So that the road will last.

**[00:49:59.860] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000716)  
Ako po mismo naguutos sa mga regional directors, sa mga provincial agrarian reform programs,

**[00:50:06.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000717)  
officers, bantayan nga ninyo

**[00:50:08.740] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000718)  
at siguraduhin lang ninyo

**[00:50:10.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000719)  
na meron concrete

**[00:50:12.500] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000720)  
side protection

**[00:50:13.860] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000721)  
unit yan. Kasi ho,

**[00:50:16.520] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000722)  
kapag wala noon,

**[00:50:18.540] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000723)  
simento lang ng ganyan, ang tubig

**[00:50:20.640] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000724)  
po ay maghahanap yan

**[00:50:22.140] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000725)  
ng paraan upang pumasok

**[00:50:24.820] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000726)  
sa ilalim

**[00:50:26.620] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000727)  
ng simento. Tapos

**[00:50:28.580] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000728)  
hindi natin alam, unti-unti

**[00:50:30.420] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000729)  
niyang ini-scour

**[00:50:31.560] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000730)  
yung suporta ng simento na pupunta

**[00:50:34.560] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000731)  
dun sa side, nagiging

**[00:50:36.400] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000732)  
hollow ho yun. Pag dinaanan ng

**[00:50:38.320] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000733)  
mabigat na truck, magka-crack na

**[00:50:40.220] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000734)  
maghahanap na naman tayo ng pera.

**[00:50:43.060] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000735)  
So, yan ho ang standard

**[00:50:44.680] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000736)  
namin. Talagang

**[00:50:45.680] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000737)  
hindi ho namin papayagan

**[00:50:48.140] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000738)  
na magkaroon ng kalukuhan

**[00:50:50.400] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000739)  
ho dyan. Besides,

**[00:50:52.720] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000740)  
yun pong mga farm-to-market roads

**[00:50:54.600] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000741)  
ng Department of Agrarian Reform,

**[00:50:57.360] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000742)  
ang nagre-request po

**[00:50:58.520] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000743)  
niyan, ang mga agrarian reform

**[00:51:00.700] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000744)  
communities,

**[00:51:03.640] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000745)  
yun ho mga ARCs

**[00:51:04.920] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000746)  
nakatutok po sila

**[00:51:06.380] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000747)  
roon habang ginagawa yan.

**[00:51:08.960] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000748)  
And because of this

**[00:51:10.740] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000749)  
also, baka ho

**[00:51:12.780] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000750)  
dahil sa magandang performance

**[00:51:14.560] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000751)  
namin dito, katulad

**[00:51:16.900] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000752)  
dun ang sinabi ni majority floor

**[00:51:18.600] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000753)  
leader na yung mga

**[00:51:20.680] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000754)  
slow-moving at saka non-performing

**[00:51:23.040] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000755)  
portions of other

**[00:51:24.800] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000756)  
expenditures

**[00:51:26.900] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000757)  
in government, baka

**[00:51:28.620] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000758)  
pwede niyong ilagay sa amin.

**[00:51:31.040] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000759)  
We all believe

**[00:51:32.400] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000760)  
that government spending

**[00:51:34.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000761)  
is pump-priming the economy.

**[00:51:36.380] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000762)  
But government spending

**[00:51:38.600] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000763)  
should be quality spending.

**[00:51:41.000] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000764)  
Ladies and gentlemen,

**[00:51:42.440] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000765)  
with DAR, you can be sure

**[00:51:44.340] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000766)  
it is quality spending.

**[00:51:46.500] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000767)  
And so we will be able to help pump-prime

**[00:51:48.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000768)  
the economy, especially

**[00:51:49.640] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000769)  
in the far-flung

**[00:51:52.500] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000770)  
areas of our country.

**[00:51:56.880] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000771)  
Moreover,

**[00:51:58.280] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000772)  
as part of our support services,

**[00:52:00.520] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000773)  
DAR has distributed

**[00:52:01.660] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000774)  
13,009

**[00:52:04.440] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000775)  
farm machineries and equipment

**[00:52:06.080] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000776)  
including support facilities

**[00:52:08.160] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000777)  
benefiting

**[00:52:09.600] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000778)  
3,207 agrarian reform

**[00:52:12.320] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000779)  
beneficiary

**[00:52:14.240] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000780)  
organizations.

**[00:52:15.800] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000781)  
Ang ginagawa ho namin, naghaharap na rin

**[00:52:18.200] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000782)  
kami ng mga makabagong equipment

**[00:52:19.920] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000783)  
so that we can teach the farmers

**[00:52:22.500] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000784)  
already to use

**[00:52:24.600] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000785)  
new

**[00:52:26.700] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000786)  
scientific farm

**[00:52:28.080] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000787)  
machineries

**[00:52:29.640] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000788)  
and equipment para ho

**[00:52:31.680] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000789)  
maturuan natin sila.

**[00:52:34.440] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000790)  
We can lead

**[00:52:36.000] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000791)  
them to a more scientific

**[00:52:37.760] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000792)  
and modern farming.

**[00:52:40.160] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000793)  
Marami hong magagandang ideas

**[00:52:42.080] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000794)  
ang ating mahal na chairman

**[00:52:43.700] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000795)  
tungkol dyan sa mga technology

**[00:52:45.780] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000796)  
nga.

**[00:52:48.320] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000797)  
Also,

**[00:52:50.000] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000798)  
capacity building remains

**[00:52:53.720] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000799)  
one of the most important investments

**[00:52:55.640] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000800)  
for our agrarian reform beneficiaries.

**[00:52:58.640] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000801)  
From July 2022

**[00:52:59.920] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000802)  
to July 2026,

**[00:53:01.880] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000803)  
DAR recorded

**[00:53:02.500] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000804)  
1,605,635

**[00:53:05.880] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000805)  
training participants

**[00:53:07.560] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000806)  
in terms of service count.

**[00:53:09.800] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000807)  
These training go beyond

**[00:53:11.480] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000808)  
seminars. They equip

**[00:53:13.480] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000809)  
our farmers with their organizations

**[00:53:15.660] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000810)  
with the financial,

**[00:53:18.040] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000811)  
technical, and managerial

**[00:53:20.080] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000812)  
skills they need to

**[00:53:21.720] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000813)  
succeed and endure.

**[00:53:24.640] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000814)  
We help them manage

**[00:53:26.000] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000815)  
finances responsibly,

**[00:53:28.380] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000816)  
adopt modern technologies,

**[00:53:30.760] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000817)  
lead their cooperatives

**[00:53:32.080] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000818)  
effectively, and

**[00:53:33.940] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000819)  
build sustainable enterprises.

**[00:53:35.880] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000820)  
Enthusiasm may start

**[00:53:38.160] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000821)  
a cooperative, but knowledge

**[00:53:39.760] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000822)  
and good management keep it

**[00:53:41.900] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000823)  
alive.

**[00:53:43.840] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000824)  
Kung anpo, ang ginagawa

**[00:53:46.040] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000825)  
po namin dito, ngayon ho,

**[00:53:48.200] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000826)  
halos lahat po ng farm schools,

**[00:53:50.980] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000827)  
mga private farm

**[00:53:52.000] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000828)  
schools po. We are touching base

**[00:53:54.040] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000829)  
with them already, and fortunately

**[00:53:55.860] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000830)  
we have enough funds to

**[00:53:58.000] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000831)  
also help them.

**[00:54:00.560] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000832)  
Matulungan po natin sila

**[00:54:02.540] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000833)  
para ho matrain, lalo na ho

**[00:54:04.060] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000834)  
yung mga kabataan, yan ho ang gusto

**[00:54:05.840] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000835)  
natin gawin,

**[00:54:07.280] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000836)  
minumungkahi po ng ating mahal na

**[00:54:09.720] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000837)  
chairperson, yung mainganyo

**[00:54:12.220] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000838)  
natin ng mga kabataan

**[00:54:13.540] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000839)  
na magkahilig sa agrikultura.

**[00:54:21.880] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000840)  
Yun pong access to capital

**[00:54:24.300] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000841)  
is equally important

**[00:54:25.840] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000842)  
to enabling our farmers to become

**[00:54:27.880] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000843)  
economically independent.

**[00:54:30.200] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000844)  
From July 2022 to

**[00:54:31.960] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000845)  
July 2026,

**[00:54:33.960] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000846)  
DAR has facilitated access to

**[00:54:35.840] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000847)  
credit and microfinance

**[00:54:37.760] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000848)  
services for

**[00:54:39.180] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000849)  
674,282

**[00:54:44.440] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000850)  
ARB service count

**[00:54:45.760] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000851)  
beneficiaries.

**[00:54:47.660] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000852)  
Access

**[00:54:48.180] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000853)  
to affordable

**[00:54:51.140] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000854)  
financing provides farmers

**[00:54:53.580] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000855)  
with opportunities to invest in production,

**[00:54:56.600] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000856)  
acquire necessary

**[00:54:57.680] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000857)  
inputs, improve their enterprises,

**[00:55:00.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000858)  
and expand their economic

**[00:55:01.700] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000859)  
activities. Ultimately,

**[00:55:03.420] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000860)  
our goal is to help build financially

**[00:55:05.720] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000861)  
capable and self-reliant

**[00:55:07.880] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000862)  
farmers who can contribute more

**[00:55:09.800] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000863)  
significantly to the development

**[00:55:12.080] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000864)  
of their communities

**[00:55:13.880] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000865)  
and the nation.

**[00:55:17.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000866)  
Napakalaking bagay po nito,

**[00:55:18.920] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000867)  
your honors, kasi po

**[00:55:21.080] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000868)  
with this one,

**[00:55:22.640] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000869)  
yun pong land bank,

**[00:55:25.360] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000870)  
ang laki po ng tulong nila ngayon.

**[00:55:27.520] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000871)  
Dati po ang land bank,

**[00:55:29.140] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000872)  
magre-require po sila ng

**[00:55:30.660] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000873)  
11 pages.

**[00:55:34.120] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000874)  
Labing isang

**[00:55:35.220] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000875)  
pahina. Pag-a-apply.

**[00:55:37.900] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000876)  
Samantalang sa

**[00:55:38.800] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000877)  
5-6 ho, kahit na

**[00:55:40.820] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000878)  
mataas ang

**[00:55:42.220] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000879)  
kahit na mataas ang interest,

**[00:55:45.760] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000880)  
eh, isang pahina lang.

**[00:55:47.400] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000881)  
Pagkatapos, madali pa mag-fill up.

**[00:55:49.480] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000882)  
Ngayon po, nagbago na ho ang patakaran

**[00:55:51.340] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000883)  
ng land bank. Ang land bank

**[00:55:53.300] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000884)  
po ngayon, isang pahina na lang ho ang

**[00:55:54.920] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000885)  
hinihingi. Pagkatapos,

**[00:55:57.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000886)  
meron pa silang mga field workers

**[00:55:59.400] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000887)  
na tumutulong sa pag-fill up

**[00:56:01.280] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000888)  
ng farms sa ating mga

**[00:56:03.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000889)  
agricultural

**[00:56:05.220] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000890)  
agrarian reform

**[00:56:06.540] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000891)  
communities,

**[00:56:08.020] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000892)  
cooperatives.

**[00:56:10.920] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000893)  
Tinutulungan na po nila sila ngayon

**[00:56:12.760] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000894)  
pati sa pag-fill up.

**[00:56:18.300] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000895)  
Marketing assistance is another key

**[00:56:20.700] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000896)  
component of DAR's support to

**[00:56:22.440] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000897)  
agrarian reform beneficiaries

**[00:56:24.440] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000898)  
organizations.

**[00:56:27.000] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000899)  
Ito po ang malaking

**[00:56:28.760] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000900)  
problema po na sinusold natin,

**[00:56:30.680] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000901)  
Mr. Chairman. Naalala nyo sa

**[00:56:32.760] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000902)  
DAR. Yung presyo,

**[00:56:35.220] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000903)  
masyadong mababa.

**[00:56:37.140] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000904)  
Buti na lang yung sagipsaka, nandyan po.

**[00:56:40.340] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000905)  
From

**[00:56:40.980] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000906)  
July 2022 to July

**[00:56:43.080] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000907)  
2026, DAR has linked

**[00:56:45.080] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000908)  
4,934

**[00:56:47.540] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000909)  
ARB

**[00:56:48.400] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000910)  
organizations to market

**[00:56:51.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000911)  
opportunities benefiting

**[00:56:52.980] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000912)  
1

**[00:56:54.220] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000913)  
billion,

**[00:56:57.020] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000914)  
no, 1,041,308

**[00:57:00.580] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000915)  
ARBs

**[00:57:01.400] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000916)  
in terms of service count

**[00:57:02.880] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000917)  
and generating 28.98

**[00:57:05.220] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000918)  
billion in total

**[00:57:07.420] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000919)  
sales. These gains are

**[00:57:09.380] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000920)  
driven by enterprise development

**[00:57:11.300] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000921)  
and market linkage initiatives

**[00:57:13.340] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000922)  
that help ARBs

**[00:57:15.340] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000923)  
strengthen their businesses,

**[00:57:17.340] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000924)  
improve their products, and access

**[00:57:19.440] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000925)  
more reliable markets,

**[00:57:21.300] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000926)  
including through

**[00:57:22.880] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000927)  
partnerships with institutional

**[00:57:25.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000928)  
buyers from both the public

**[00:57:27.340] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000929)  
and private sector.

**[00:57:29.640] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000930)  
Another important initiative

**[00:57:31.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000931)  
is the Partnership Against Hunger

**[00:57:33.500] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000932)  
and Poverty, or PAHAP,

**[00:57:35.220] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000933)  
project. This creates

**[00:57:37.620] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000934)  
a direct link between

**[00:57:39.240] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000935)  
farmers and institutional markets,

**[00:57:42.380] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000936)  
bypassing middlemen

**[00:57:43.660] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000937)  
who engage in predatory

**[00:57:45.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000938)  
pricing and ensuring

**[00:57:47.220] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000939)  
farmers, ensuring

**[00:57:49.340] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000940)  
that farmers receive

**[00:57:51.600] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000941)  
a more patriotic pricing

**[00:57:53.320] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000942)  
for their produce.

**[00:57:55.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000943)  
From 2022 to

**[00:57:57.360] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000944)  
July 2026, the program

**[00:57:59.540] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000945)  
has generated approximately

**[00:58:01.380] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000946)  
9.972

**[00:58:03.680] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000947)  
billion in total gross sales.

**[00:58:05.220] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000948)  
It has also

**[00:58:07.240] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000949)  
linked

**[00:58:07.700] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000950)  
448 ARBs

**[00:58:11.520] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000951)  
to institutional markets

**[00:58:12.980] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000952)  
and served 13,440

**[00:58:16.100] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000953)  
ARBs with

**[00:58:17.020] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000954)  
nationwide coverage.

**[00:58:20.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000955)  
We now proceed to the Department's

**[00:58:23.340] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000956)  
budget performance and proposed

**[00:58:25.400] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000957)  
allocation for Fiscal

**[00:58:27.380] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000958)  
Year 2027.

**[00:58:29.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000959)  
We subscribe to the principle

**[00:58:31.140] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000960)  
that government spending

**[00:58:32.740] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000961)  
when properly and efficiently

**[00:58:34.700] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000962)  
implemented serves as a means

**[00:58:36.580] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000963)  
of pump-priming the economy,

**[00:58:39.360] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000964)  
particularly

**[00:58:40.420] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000965)  
when public resources

**[00:58:42.280] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000966)  
translate into quality

**[00:58:43.780] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000967)  
and meaningful

**[00:58:45.560] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000968)  
investments.

**[00:58:51.180] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000969)  
Let's go to

**[00:58:52.580] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000970)  
our budget utilization rate.

**[00:58:56.340] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000971)  
In 2023,

**[00:59:01.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000972)  
in the budget

**[00:59:02.920] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000973)  
of 17.049

**[00:59:04.700] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000974)  
billion,

**[00:59:06.740] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000975)  
DAR posted an obligation

**[00:59:08.620] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000976)  
rate of 74%

**[00:59:10.720] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000977)  
and disbursement

**[00:59:12.640] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000978)  
rate of 82%.

**[00:59:14.620] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000979)  
Noong 2024,

**[00:59:17.000] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000980)  
against an allotment of

**[00:59:18.240] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000981)  
17.385 billion,

**[00:59:21.480] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000982)  
DAR posted

**[00:59:22.240] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000983)  
an obligation rate of

**[00:59:24.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000984)  
88.67%

**[00:59:26.580] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000985)  
and a disbursement

**[00:59:28.600] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000986)  
rate of 73.74%.

**[00:59:32.120] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000987)  
In 2025,

**[00:59:34.160] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000988)  
when an

**[00:59:34.480] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000989)  
allotment of 20.555

**[00:59:36.880] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000990)  
billion,

**[00:59:39.700] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000991)  
our obligation rate

**[00:59:41.820] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000992)  
improved to 91.49%

**[00:59:45.120] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000993)  
while

**[00:59:45.800] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000994)  
disbursement rate

**[00:59:47.760] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000995)  
increased to 74.65%.

**[00:59:52.480] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000996)  
Napakataas po niyan

**[00:59:54.980] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000997)  
compared po sa

**[00:59:56.380] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000998)  
other agencies.

**[01:00:00.000] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-000999)  
Kaya gusto ko lang humalaman ng ating mga kasama, for 2026, as of June po, June huyon, our total allotment stood at 18.379 billion.

**[01:00:13.300] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001000)  
At mid-year, we recorded an obligation rate of 47% and disbursement rate of 70%.

**[01:00:21.300] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001001)  
Kaya yung trajectory po namin itong taon na ito, baka maabot namin ng more than 93% po kung hindi kami nagkakamali.

**[01:00:32.780] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001002)  
As of mid-year, our obligation rate stands at 47% while our disbursement rate is already at 70%.

**[01:00:43.620] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001003)  
We are honored to have received a letter.

**[01:00:51.300] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001004)  
Dated September 7, 2026 po, may natanggap kaming sulat.

**[01:00:56.660] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001005)  
From the Department of Budget and Management, commending DAR for surpassing our targets and achieving a high budget utilization rate.

**[01:01:08.820] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001006)  
An affirmation of the department's strong performance and commitment to efficient public spending.

**[01:01:16.100] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001007)  
Moreover, among executive agencies, DAR has been recognized as one of the best in the world.

**[01:01:21.280] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001008)  
It is recognized as one of the most effective implementers of World Bank-funded projects.

**[01:01:27.600] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001009)  
Ito po yung sa split po.

**[01:01:31.800] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001010)  
This reflects the department's capacity to translate international development assistance into timely, effective, and tangible programs that create meaningful benefits for our agrarian reform beneficiaries.

**[01:01:48.080] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001011)  
We now move to our proposed budget for fiscal year.

**[01:01:51.280] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001012)  
The Department of Agrarian Reform has a total fiscal year 2027 National Expenditure Program of approximately 16.935 billion pesos.

**[01:02:06.800] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001013)  
Hindi po ganun kalaki ho yun.

**[01:02:11.400] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001014)  
Actually, it's still the same.

**[01:02:13.680] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001015)  
Lumaki lang ho dahil dun sa mga ODA namin in anticipation for the overseas development assistance.

**[01:02:21.280] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001016)  
Let us now break down the 16.935 billion fiscal year 2027 NEP according to expense class.

**[01:02:31.200] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001017)  
Approximately 7.066 billion or 41.72% is allocated for personal services.

**[01:02:42.000] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001018)  
Another 8.621 billion or 50.90% is allocated for maintenance and other operating expenses.

**[01:02:51.280] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001019)  
While 1.249 billion or 7.37% is allocated for capital outlays.

**[01:03:02.560] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001020)  
The largest share goes to MOOE which supports the actual implementation and day-to-day delivery of the department's programs and activities.

**[01:03:12.160] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001021)  
Personal services meanwhile provides the human resources necessary to carry out our mandate.

**[01:03:17.740] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001022)  
From the central office down to our regional provincial office.

**[01:03:21.280] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001023)  
Capital outlays support necessary investments that strengthen the department's operational capability.

**[01:03:33.780] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001024)  
Ang amin pong budget, kung titignan po natin kung iahambing po natin sa isang negosyo,

**[01:03:45.080] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001025)  
mas maliit po ang aming puhunan, mas palaki po ang kita.

**[01:03:49.120] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001026)  
Kaya kung ito po ay isang negosyo,

**[01:03:51.280] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001027)  
kumikita po.

**[01:03:56.400] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001028)  
As we look forward, as we look toward fiscal year 2027, our direction remains clear.

**[01:04:05.620] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001029)  
Sustain the gains we have achieved, complete our remaining debt condonation obligations,

**[01:04:12.140] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001030)  
continue land distribution and strengthen tenure security, expand access to agrarian justice,

**[01:04:18.520] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001031)  
and ensure that our beneficiaries,

**[01:04:22.120] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001032)  
have the means to make their land productive and sustainable.

**[01:04:26.280] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001033)  
For land tenure security, DAR will sustain the upward trajectory of distribution of split E-titles and remaining land titles,

**[01:04:36.860] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001034)  
including CLOAs, Certificates of Land Ownership Awards,

**[01:04:41.020] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001035)  
and continue the implementation of Executive Order No. 75 Series of 2019.

**[01:04:49.180] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001037)  
We will also complete the distribution

**[01:04:51.280] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001038)  
of remaining certificates of condonation

**[01:04:53.640] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001039)  
with the release of mortgage

**[01:04:56.100] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001040)  
in the Bangsa Autonomous Region

**[01:04:58.320] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001041)  
in Muslim Mindanao or BARM.

**[01:05:01.140] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001042)  
At the same time,

**[01:05:02.140] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001043)  
we will strengthen engagement

**[01:05:03.780] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001044)  
with stakeholders

**[01:05:05.000] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001045)  
to accelerate the resolution

**[01:05:07.880] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001046)  
of issues affecting

**[01:05:09.180] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001047)  
the documentation

**[01:05:10.520] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001048)  
of remaining land holdings.

**[01:05:13.560] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001049)  
Finally, the Department

**[01:05:15.000] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001050)  
will establish a more accurate

**[01:05:16.960] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001051)  
and reliable inventory

**[01:05:19.080] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001052)  
and data system

**[01:05:20.360] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001053)  
through comprehensive digitalization

**[01:05:22.980] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001054)  
of land distribution

**[01:05:24.640] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001055)  
and tenure security records.

**[01:05:27.220] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001056)  
These measures are essential

**[01:05:29.020] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001057)  
to ensuring that land distribution

**[01:05:31.680] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001058)  
is not only accelerated

**[01:05:33.600] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001059)  
but properly documented,

**[01:05:35.980] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001060)  
transparent, and sustainable.

**[01:05:40.580] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001061)  
DAR will streamline legal processes

**[01:05:43.200] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001062)  
and reduce delays

**[01:05:44.420] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001063)  
through the electronic certificate

**[01:05:46.640] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001064)  
of no pending appeal

**[01:05:49.200] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001065)  
or a CONA system

**[01:05:51.120] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001066)  
to strengthen alternative

**[01:05:52.480] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001067)  
dispute resolution

**[01:05:54.600] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001068)  
and maximize agrarian reform

**[01:05:57.000] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001069)  
justice on wheels, or ARJOW,

**[01:05:58.760] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001070)  
to bring free and effective

**[01:06:01.020] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001071)  
legal assistance closer to farmers

**[01:06:03.180] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001072)  
and other stakeholders.

**[01:06:05.420] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001073)  
The Department also strengthens

**[01:06:07.300] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001074)  
its legal workforce to fast-track

**[01:06:09.140] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001075)  
agrarian law implementation cases

**[01:06:11.380] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001076)  
consistent with its

**[01:06:13.060] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001077)  
zero-caseload policy.

**[01:06:15.780] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001078)  
Finally, under

**[01:06:17.300] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001079)  
agrarian reform beneficiaries,

**[01:06:19.200] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001080)  
development and sustainability,

**[01:06:21.620] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001081)  
DAR will transform

**[01:06:22.660] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001082)  
agrarian reform beneficiary organizations

**[01:06:25.300] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001083)  
into self-sustaining cooperatives

**[01:06:28.160] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001084)  
by expanding access

**[01:06:29.660] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001085)  
to capital,

**[01:06:31.180] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001086)  
strengthening market integration

**[01:06:32.920] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001087)  
through public-private partnerships,

**[01:06:35.760] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001088)  
promoting technology adoption,

**[01:06:38.000] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001089)  
and building institutional capacity.

**[01:06:40.540] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001090)  
The goal is to move

**[01:06:41.840] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001091)  
our beneficiaries

**[01:06:42.920] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001092)  
from dependence on government assistance

**[01:06:45.980] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001093)  
toward greater self-reliance,

**[01:06:48.700] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001094)  
productivity, and sustainability.

**[01:06:52.040] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001095)  
Honorable members

**[01:06:53.440] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001096)  
of this committee,

**[01:06:56.380] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001097)  
distinguished colleagues,

**[01:06:57.940] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001098)  
ladies and gentlemen,

**[01:06:59.740] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001099)  
the fiscal year 2027

**[01:07:01.660] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001100)  
proposed budget of the Department

**[01:07:03.500] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001101)  
of Agrarian Reform

**[01:07:04.640] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001102)  
is about fulfilling our commitments,

**[01:07:09.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001103)  
securing the land

**[01:07:10.240] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001104)  
and rights of our farmers,

**[01:07:12.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001105)  
and completing the historic

**[01:07:14.160] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001106)  
debt condonation program

**[01:07:15.800] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001107)  
mandated by Republic Act No. 11953

**[01:07:18.740] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001111)  
and directed by President

**[01:07:21.800] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001112)  
Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

**[01:07:24.600] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001113)  
With the resources entrusted

**[01:07:26.280] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001114)  
to us,

**[01:07:29.100] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001115)  
it may not be big.

**[01:07:31.360] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001116)  
We may not accomplish,

**[01:07:34.220] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001117)  
we may not have

**[01:07:35.160] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001118)  
great accomplishments,

**[01:07:37.300] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001119)  
but with this meager budget,

**[01:07:39.900] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001120)  
I'm sure we will be able

**[01:07:41.320] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001121)  
to do small things

**[01:07:42.600] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001122)  
in a great way.

**[01:07:45.380] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001123)  
Sariling lupa

**[01:07:46.620] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001124)  
para sa bagong bukas,

**[01:07:48.240] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001125)  
na masagana.

**[01:07:50.400] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001126)  
Maraming salamat po, sir.

**[01:07:54.400] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001127)  
Thank you, Secretary Conrad,

**[01:07:56.560] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001128)  
for the presentation.

**[01:07:59.460] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001129)  
Would there be questions

**[01:08:00.980] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001130)  
from...

**[01:08:02.620] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001131)  
Please?

**[01:08:03.360] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001132)  
I have no questions,

**[01:08:04.400] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001133)  
Mr. President.

**[01:08:05.040] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001134)  
I'm very familiar

**[01:08:05.980] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001135)  
with their programs.

**[01:08:07.880] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001136)  
I salute them

**[01:08:09.580] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001137)  
for their dedication.

**[01:08:11.400] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001138)  
Wala po kaming complaints

**[01:08:12.520] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001139)  
sa aming Northern Bukidnon.

**[01:08:14.560] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001140)  
They're very happy.

**[01:08:15.340] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001141)  
The RD, as a matter of fact,

**[01:08:16.920] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001142)  
is here, madam.

**[01:08:18.240] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001143)  
We have no problems

**[01:08:19.580] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001144)  
with the agrarian reform.

**[01:08:20.680] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001145)  
Then, they're very well,

**[01:08:23.360] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001146)  
ably led by the Secretary.

**[01:08:26.240] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001147)  
Tulong lang kailangan nila.

**[01:08:28.200] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001148)  
The less we stress them out,

**[01:08:30.200] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001149)  
the more that they will be able

**[01:08:31.320] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001150)  
to do more for our people.

**[01:08:32.820] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001151)  
Kailangan lang nila support,

**[01:08:34.600] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001152)  
Your Honor,

**[01:08:35.420] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001153)  
Mr. Chairman.

**[01:08:35.920] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001154)  
Thank you.

**[01:08:37.360] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001155)  
Thank you very much.

**[01:08:38.720] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001156)  
Just a few questions.

**[01:08:41.160] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001157)  
What is the status now

**[01:08:42.740] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001158)  
of the split project?

**[01:08:44.740] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001159)  
I understand.

**[01:08:48.240] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001160)  
Originally,

**[01:08:49.080] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001161)  
it was supposed to be completed

**[01:08:50.320] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001162)  
by 2023,

**[01:08:51.820] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001163)  
but there has been an extension.

**[01:08:55.140] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001164)  
And now,

**[01:08:56.720] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001165)  
it's set for 2028.

**[01:08:58.640] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001166)  
Just the status.

**[01:09:00.380] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001167)  
The entire amount

**[01:09:01.700] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001168)  
of the development aid

**[01:09:05.880] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001169)  
is about 16 billion.

**[01:09:08.200] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001170)  
And we have a counterpart

**[01:09:09.240] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001171)  
of about 5 billion.

**[01:09:12.940] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001172)  
Are we seeking

**[01:09:14.160] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001173)  
additional counterpart funding?

**[01:09:16.920] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001174)  
Go ahead, please.

**[01:09:18.240] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001175)  
Good afternoon,

**[01:09:20.740] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001176)  
Mr. Chairman, Senator.

**[01:09:22.540] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001177)  
Our split project

**[01:09:24.460] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001178)  
is in progress.

**[01:09:25.900] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001179)  
And we're also

**[01:09:28.040] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001180)  
all in time

**[01:09:29.400] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001181)  
and on schedule.

**[01:09:31.420] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001182)  
We did not request

**[01:09:33.060] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001183)  
for additional budget

**[01:09:34.880] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001184)  
or other additional loans

**[01:09:36.800] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001185)  
for that matter.

**[01:09:38.440] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001186)  
And we are trying

**[01:09:40.340] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001187)  
to catch up

**[01:09:41.660] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001188)  
by the end of 2028

**[01:09:44.780] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001189)  
or 2027 of December 31st

**[01:09:47.220] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001190)  
to hit the ground.

**[01:09:48.220] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001191)  
We will hit the target

**[01:09:48.880] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001192)  
of no less than

**[01:09:50.340] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001193)  
1.3 million hectares

**[01:09:52.400] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001194)  
all in all.

**[01:09:54.280] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001195)  
And hopefully,

**[01:09:55.620] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001196)  
we can...

**[01:09:56.740] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001197)  
We are...

**[01:09:57.520] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001198)  
Well, you know,

**[01:09:58.280] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001199)  
we are all on time.

**[01:10:00.100] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001200)  
So, we will be probably

**[01:10:01.360] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001201)  
on schedule.

**[01:10:02.360] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001202)  
By next year,

**[01:10:03.040] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001203)  
we'll hope to catch up

**[01:10:05.160] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001204)  
and finish the whole balance

**[01:10:06.660] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001205)  
of 250,000 hectares.

**[01:10:09.220] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001206)  
The balance is around

**[01:10:10.720] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001207)  
250,000 hectares

**[01:10:12.400] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001208)  
between now and January 2028.

**[01:10:14.860] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001209)  
After this year, sir.

**[01:10:16.080] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001210)  
After this year.

**[01:10:17.300] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001211)  
Yes.

**[01:10:18.220] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001212)  
With respect to

**[01:10:22.600] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001213)  
the title distribution,

**[01:10:24.600] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001214)  
in 2025,

**[01:10:27.740] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001215)  
you had about

**[01:10:28.440] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001216)  
180,000 electronic titles

**[01:10:31.080] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001217)  
distributed.

**[01:10:35.000] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001218)  
But in January

**[01:10:36.940] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001219)  
to August 2026,

**[01:10:40.760] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001220)  
11,000 pa lang.

**[01:10:42.460] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001221)  
nung 919.

**[01:10:44.500] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001222)  
Why has the rate slowed down?

**[01:10:46.160] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001223)  
Or usually ba

**[01:10:47.960] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001224)  
hinahabol ito

**[01:10:48.860] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001225)  
by the end of the year?

**[01:10:50.320] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001226)  
How does that work?

**[01:10:52.060] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001227)  
Actually,

**[01:10:52.940] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001228)  
we have already

**[01:10:53.980] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001229)  
a pending

**[01:10:54.940] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001230)  
ready titles

**[01:10:57.700] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001231)  
to be distributed.

**[01:10:59.140] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001232)  
Okay.

**[01:10:59.640] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001233)  
Hindi lang na-distribute

**[01:11:00.780] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001234)  
for the part

**[01:11:01.560] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001235)  
na naska-schedule lang namin

**[01:11:03.960] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001236)  
lahat yung areas

**[01:11:04.860] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001237)  
for all these...

**[01:11:06.440] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001238)  
And we will start on Monday

**[01:11:07.800] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001239)  
as to what

**[01:11:08.620] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001240)  
Secretary Conrad

**[01:11:09.640] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001241)  
has mentioned.

**[01:11:10.440] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001242)  
May I butt in?

**[01:11:11.560] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001243)  
Yes.

**[01:11:11.980] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001244)  
Please go ahead, sir.

**[01:11:13.000] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001245)  
Permission of everybody.

**[01:11:15.080] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001246)  
Well,

**[01:11:15.640] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001247)  
we would have

**[01:11:17.400] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001248)  
distributed more than that,

**[01:11:19.580] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001249)  
Your Honors.

**[01:11:20.840] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001250)  
Nagkasunod-sunod po yung bagyo.

**[01:11:23.380] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001251)  
Hindi ho kami

**[01:11:24.060] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001252)  
nakalabas.

**[01:11:27.680] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001253)  
And then, nung una ho,

**[01:11:29.100] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001254)  
medyo may konti lang

**[01:11:30.900] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001255)  
hung delay sa

**[01:11:32.480] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001256)  
mga processes at

**[01:11:34.520] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001257)  
medyo nag-concentrate

**[01:11:37.520] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001258)  
po kami kasi hinahabol

**[01:11:39.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001259)  
namin yung deadline para sa

**[01:11:40.720] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001260)  
CoCRoM ho eh.

**[01:11:41.820] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001261)  
Yung sa certificate, yun ho muna

**[01:11:44.080] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001262)  
ang binugbog namin.

**[01:11:46.420] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001263)  
But,

**[01:11:47.400] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001264)  
we have processed it already

**[01:11:49.700] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001265)  
and, in fact,

**[01:11:50.940] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001266)  
the titles are ready.

**[01:11:52.620] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001267)  
The moment,

**[01:11:53.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001268)  
in fact,

**[01:11:53.920] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001269)  
we will start already

**[01:11:55.020] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001270)  
on Monday

**[01:11:55.600] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001271)  
and then,

**[01:11:56.940] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001272)  
we have distributions

**[01:11:59.400] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001273)  
already succeeding Monday.

**[01:12:02.580] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001274)  
At saka mararami po.

**[01:12:04.320] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001275)  
And,

**[01:12:04.660] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001276)  
I would take this opportunity

**[01:12:06.700] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001277)  
to also extend

**[01:12:07.940] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001278)  
our invitation

**[01:12:08.780] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001279)  
since

**[01:12:10.280] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001280)  
you are the chairman

**[01:12:11.900] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001281)  
of Committee on Agrarian Reform

**[01:12:14.840] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001282)  
and Agriculture

**[01:12:15.440] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001283)  
and the rest.

**[01:12:16.880] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001284)  
Also,

**[01:12:17.080] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001285)  
our Majority Floor Leader.

**[01:12:18.860] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001286)  
If you could join us

**[01:12:20.240] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001287)  
in the distribution

**[01:12:21.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001288)  
and you will see.

**[01:12:24.560] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001289)  
That would be nice.

**[01:12:26.220] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001290)  
Yes, sir.

**[01:12:27.320] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001291)  
Because right now,

**[01:12:28.500] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001292)  
with the impeachment,

**[01:12:29.820] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001293)  
the budget,

**[01:12:31.780] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001294)  
we will need the break.

**[01:12:36.780] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001295)  
It will be a welcome respite

**[01:12:38.400] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001296)  
for all of you, I'm sure.

**[01:12:39.940] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001297)  
Mr. Chairman, Senator,

**[01:12:41.300] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001298)  
we'll invite you sa

**[01:12:42.200] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001299)  
Western Visayas October 6.

**[01:12:44.200] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001300)  
There will be a big, huge

**[01:12:45.340] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001301)  
distribution there October 6, sir.

**[01:12:47.080] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001302)  
On Monday, I think,

**[01:12:49.380] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001303)  
in...

**[01:12:50.320] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001304)  
On Wednesday.

**[01:12:52.360] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001305)  
Wednesday?

**[01:12:53.500] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001306)  
On Tuesday.

**[01:12:54.380] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001307)  
Tuesday ba?

**[01:12:55.780] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001308)  
Tuesday.

**[01:12:57.180] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001309)  
We'll give you a schedule.

**[01:12:57.940] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001310)  
Meron ba kayong lakad ng Tuesday?

**[01:13:00.120] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001311)  
Malaki hung...

**[01:13:00.720] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001312)  
Ang lakad lang namin,

**[01:13:02.660] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001313)  
impeachment.

**[01:13:05.100] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001314)  
10 o'clock.

**[01:13:07.100] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001315)  
10 o'clock to

**[01:13:08.640] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001316)  
6 o'clock

**[01:13:11.060] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001317)  
every day

**[01:13:11.940] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001318)  
beginning

**[01:13:12.620] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001319)  
October 1 to October 15.

**[01:13:17.080] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001320)  
So,

**[01:13:18.080] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001321)  
unless you have a weekend.

**[01:13:20.980] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001322)  
In Region 8 alone,

**[01:13:22.620] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001323)  
there's 30,000 plus hectares

**[01:13:24.480] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001324)  
on Tuesday

**[01:13:26.440] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001325)  
and then simultaneously

**[01:13:28.700] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001326)  
there's several more others.

**[01:13:30.440] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001327)  
But, personally,

**[01:13:32.000] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001328)  
because I'm from Western Visayas,

**[01:13:33.380] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001329)  
I'm inviting...

**[01:13:34.600] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001330)  
Thank you for the invitation.

**[01:13:36.700] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001331)  
If we can't make it,

**[01:13:37.760] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001332)  
can we send a video greeting?

**[01:13:40.160] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001333)  
Yes, yes, yes.

**[01:13:41.600] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001334)  
That would be great.

**[01:13:43.700] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001335)  
They will be very thankful.

**[01:13:46.440] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001336)  
We will ask,

**[01:13:47.080] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001337)  
our staff,

**[01:13:47.640] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001338)  
to coordinate with your office.

**[01:13:49.400] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001339)  
But I really hope

**[01:13:50.960] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001340)  
that you can make it

**[01:13:52.160] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001341)  
your honor.

**[01:13:53.200] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001342)  
Pagka-weekend.

**[01:13:54.340] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001343)  
Actually, Fridays...

**[01:13:56.060] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001344)  
Friday, meron din.

**[01:13:57.120] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001345)  
Ayun.

**[01:13:57.620] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001346)  
Mas maluwag kami ng Friday.

**[01:14:00.400] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001347)  
But,

**[01:14:00.960] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001348)  
not so from October 1

**[01:14:03.160] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001349)  
to October 15.

**[01:14:04.860] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001350)  
Talagang

**[01:14:05.540] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001351)  
bubog.

**[01:14:07.720] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001352)  
Sige.

**[01:14:08.100] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001353)  
But we'd like to

**[01:14:09.520] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001354)  
grace these occasions also.

**[01:14:13.900] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001355)  
Okay.

**[01:14:14.460] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001356)  
You mentioned

**[01:14:18.220] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001357)  
a number of

**[01:14:19.760] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001358)  
support services,

**[01:14:22.220] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001359)  
increasing farmers' income.

**[01:14:24.320] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001360)  
How has the

**[01:14:24.980] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001361)  
Sagip Saka,

**[01:14:25.960] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001362)  
as you mentioned,

**[01:14:27.360] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001363)  
been able to help

**[01:14:28.160] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001364)  
our beneficiaries,

**[01:14:29.880] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001365)  
our

**[01:14:30.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001366)  
organizations?

**[01:14:32.420] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001367)  
Because earlier,

**[01:14:33.980] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001368)  
the NIA

**[01:14:34.440] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001369)  
identified several

**[01:14:37.140] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001370)  
interventions

**[01:14:38.420] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001371)  
wherein

**[01:14:40.340] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001372)  
the direct purchases

**[01:14:42.100] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001373)  
were undertaken

**[01:14:43.020] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001374)  
by the

**[01:14:44.460] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001375)  
by their

**[01:14:45.000] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001376)  
Irrigators Association.

**[01:14:48.040] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-001377)  
Yes.

**[01:14:48.680] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001378)  
In fact,

**[01:14:49.500] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001379)  
about

**[01:14:49.740] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001380)  
how much was that?

**[01:14:51.780] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001381)  
1.6 billion

**[01:14:53.220] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001382)  
worth of...

**[01:14:54.800] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001383)  
Diba?

**[01:14:55.980] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001384)  
Hindi pa yun yung LGU.

**[01:14:58.520] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001385)  
Yun pa lang yung...

**[01:15:00.000] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001386)  
iba pa yun sa LGU

**[01:15:02.340] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001387)  
because 1.6 billion

**[01:15:04.820] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001388)  
for

**[01:15:05.380] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001389)  
...

**[01:15:09.320] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001390)  
iba pa yun sa

**[01:15:10.620] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001391)  
PHAP

**[01:15:11.100] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001392)  
Yung IPAP

**[01:15:14.660] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001393)  
is with Deped or... with

**[01:15:16.640] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001394)  
DSWD

**[01:15:17.600] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001395)  
so yung kanilang program with the DSWD

**[01:15:20.880] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001396)  
and the Irrigators Association

**[01:15:22.640] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001397)  
they were able to sell about

**[01:15:24.440] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001398)  
1.5

**[01:15:26.300] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001399)  
actually

**[01:15:27.020] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001400)  
the farmers were able to sell about 1.6

**[01:15:30.480] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001401)  
billion pesos worth

**[01:15:31.660] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001402)  
of agri-products

**[01:15:34.400] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001403)  
now with the rice program

**[01:15:36.580] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001404)  
the rice

**[01:15:38.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001405)  
assistance of

**[01:15:40.460] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001406)  
the LGUs

**[01:15:41.500] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001407)  
the Irrigators

**[01:15:44.320] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001408)  
Associations were also primed

**[01:15:46.480] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001409)  
to sell directly to the LGUs

**[01:15:48.740] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001410)  
because if I'm not mistaken

**[01:15:50.680] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001411)  
the President

**[01:15:52.280] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001412)  
allocated 23 billion

**[01:15:54.300] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001413)  
of the LGSF funding

**[01:15:56.460] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001414)  
and

**[01:15:57.020] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001415)  
for every municipality

**[01:15:58.440] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001416)  
and province

**[01:15:59.480] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001417)  
and city

**[01:16:00.460] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001418)  
and

**[01:16:01.900] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001419)  
Quezon City

**[01:16:04.360] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001420)  
which had an allocation

**[01:16:07.140] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001421)  
of about

**[01:16:08.140] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001422)  
Quezon City lang?

**[01:16:12.840] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001423)  
2 billion

**[01:16:13.500] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001424)  
they were able to purchase

**[01:16:16.680] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001425)  
about

**[01:16:17.460] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001426)  
the Irrigators Association sold

**[01:16:20.000] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001427)  
500 million pesos worth of rice

**[01:16:22.100] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001428)  
so

**[01:16:23.580] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001429)  
how does it now work with

**[01:16:26.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001430)  
with regards to the SAGIP-SACA

**[01:16:28.100] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001431)  
your honors

**[01:16:28.920] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001432)  
I'm sure you

**[01:16:31.360] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001433)  
you remember that

**[01:16:33.480] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001434)  
we talked to the President about it

**[01:16:35.860] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001435)  
and the President issued

**[01:16:37.000] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001436)  
the sought after

**[01:16:39.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001437)  
executive order

**[01:16:40.920] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001438)  
and because of that

**[01:16:43.280] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001439)  
sir we were able to

**[01:16:45.740] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001440)  
persuade

**[01:16:47.240] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001441)  
our

**[01:16:49.760] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001442)  
regional

**[01:16:50.780] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001443)  
the other

**[01:16:53.240] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001444)  
government offices

**[01:16:54.720] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001445)  
your honors

**[01:16:56.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001446)  
and other LGUs

**[01:16:58.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001447)  
and even from the private sector

**[01:17:01.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001448)  
to purchase directly

**[01:17:04.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001449)  
to them

**[01:17:05.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001450)  
we were able to serve

**[01:17:08.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001451)  
because

**[01:17:10.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001452)  
our situation is peculiar

**[01:17:12.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001453)  
your honor

**[01:17:13.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001454)  
unlike DA

**[01:17:14.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001455)  
DOH

**[01:17:16.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001456)  
where

**[01:17:18.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001457)  
they don't have anymore a

**[01:17:22.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001458)  
a

**[01:17:24.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001459)  
they don't have anymore

**[01:17:26.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001460)  
people on the ground

**[01:17:28.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001461)  
because

**[01:17:29.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001462)  
because, ano bang term

**[01:17:33.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001463)  
na-devolve na yung itong agencies na ito

**[01:17:38.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001464)  
to the local government units

**[01:17:40.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001465)  
unlike in our situation

**[01:17:42.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001466)  
your honor

**[01:17:43.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001467)  
we still have

**[01:17:45.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001468)  
our

**[01:17:46.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001469)  
grassroot machinery

**[01:17:48.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001470)  
up to now so

**[01:17:49.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001471)  
we were able

**[01:17:50.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001472)  
our farmers

**[01:17:52.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001473)  
our

**[01:17:53.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001474)  
grassroot people

**[01:17:54.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001475)  
are able to serve

**[01:17:56.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001476)  
as the middlemen

**[01:17:59.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001477)  
so we can avoid

**[01:18:00.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001478)  
predatory pricing

**[01:18:01.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001479)  
your honor

**[01:18:02.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001480)  
and

**[01:18:03.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001481)  
and maganda yung ginawa natin noon

**[01:18:05.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001482)  
sa DAR.

**[01:18:06.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001483)  
and

**[01:18:07.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001484)  
if you could

**[01:18:08.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001485)  
you don't have to

**[01:18:09.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001486)  
answer the questions now

**[01:18:10.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001487)  
but if you can just

**[01:18:11.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001488)  
give us

**[01:18:12.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001489)  
some submissions of

**[01:18:13.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001490)  
oh yes

**[01:18:14.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001491)  
your honor

**[01:18:15.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001492)  
the success story

**[01:18:16.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001493)  
yes

**[01:18:17.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001494)  
and the data

**[01:18:18.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001495)  
um

**[01:18:19.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001496)  
uh

**[01:18:20.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001497)  
you check

**[01:18:21.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001498)  
please

**[01:18:22.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001499)  
submit it

**[01:18:23.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001500)  
yesterday

**[01:18:24.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001501)  
okay

**[01:18:25.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001502)  
okay

**[01:18:26.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001503)  
and and uh

**[01:18:27.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001504)  
maybe data also

**[01:18:28.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001505)  
on how the interventions

**[01:18:30.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001506)  
over time

**[01:18:31.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001507)  
uh

**[01:18:32.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001508)  
have increased their incomes

**[01:18:33.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001509)  
yeah

**[01:18:34.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001510)  
uh

**[01:18:35.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001511)  
i think that's also important

**[01:18:36.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001512)  
the

**[01:18:37.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001513)  
in all other

**[01:18:39.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001514)  
jurists

**[01:18:40.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001515)  
all other

**[01:18:41.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001516)  
asean countries

**[01:18:42.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001517)  
they're very particular about

**[01:18:44.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001518)  
incomes as a benchmark for

**[01:18:46.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001519)  
any of the interventions

**[01:18:47.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001520)  
because what's the point of uh

**[01:18:50.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001521)  
all the interventions

**[01:18:52.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001522)  
billions are being spent

**[01:18:53.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001523)  
but the farmers

**[01:18:54.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001524)  
don't benefit

**[01:18:55.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001525)  
or

**[01:18:56.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001526)  
negligible

**[01:18:57.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001527)  
or very

**[01:18:58.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001528)  
very small

**[01:18:59.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001529)  
or marginal

**[01:19:00.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001530)  
marginal

**[01:19:01.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001531)  
increase in incomes

**[01:19:02.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001532)  
so

**[01:19:03.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001533)  
uh

**[01:19:04.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001534)  
in fact

**[01:19:05.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001535)  
i remember

**[01:19:06.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001536)  
when i was in china

**[01:19:07.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001537)  
about

**[01:19:08.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001538)  
10 years ago

**[01:19:09.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001539)  
nung hindi pa magulo

**[01:19:10.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001540)  
i was

**[01:19:11.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001541)  
ngayon

**[01:19:12.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001542)  
hindi na ako

**[01:19:13.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001543)  
pwedeng pumunta nun

**[01:19:18.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001546)  
Baka

**[01:19:19.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001547)  
papabalikin

**[01:19:20.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001548)  
tayo sa airport

**[01:19:21.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001549)  
pa lang,

**[01:19:22.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001550)  
papabalikin na tayo.

**[01:19:23.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001551)  
But

**[01:19:24.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001552)  
they

**[01:19:25.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001553)  
were very clear

**[01:19:26.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001554)  
in their presentation.

**[01:19:27.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001555)  
They said in

**[01:19:28.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001556)  
1979,

**[01:19:29.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001557)  
the average

**[01:19:30.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001558)  
income of the farmer

**[01:19:31.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001559)  
was about 150

**[01:19:32.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001560)  
yuan.

**[01:19:33.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001561)  
And

**[01:19:34.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001562)  
then

**[01:19:35.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001563)  
about in

**[01:19:36.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001564)  
2012

**[01:19:37.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001565)  
2013, they

**[01:19:38.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001566)  
were saying it's about

**[01:19:39.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001567)  
6,000 yuan

**[01:19:40.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001568)  
from

**[01:19:41.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001569)  
agri. So

**[01:19:42.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001570)  
there you

**[01:19:43.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001571)  
see they're very

**[01:19:44.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001572)  
particular about

**[01:19:46.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001573)  
income as benchmark.

**[01:19:47.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001574)  
And

**[01:19:48.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001575)  
I told

**[01:19:49.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001576)  
this to the NIA earlier

**[01:19:51.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001577)  
and I will

**[01:19:52.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001578)  
share it with the DAR.

**[01:19:54.940] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001579)  
Sabi ko, kailangan nating alagaan yung ating mga farmers

**[01:19:58.440] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001580)  
kasi pag wala nang nagpa-farming, wala nang DA, wala nang DAR,

**[01:20:04.800] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001581)  
wala na tayong trabaho lahat.

**[01:20:06.240] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001582)  
The reason why we're all working here or we have this job

**[01:20:10.040] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001583)  
and I'm chairman of the...

**[01:20:11.400] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001584)  
Kung wala nang agriculture sector, wala na rin akong chairmanship.

**[01:20:15.980] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001585)  
Lalo kayo, wala na kayong trabaho.

**[01:20:17.700] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001586)  
So, napakahalaga na minomonitor natin yung success

**[01:20:23.520] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001587)  
ng ating interventions by way of keeping them from farming.

**[01:20:28.060] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001588)  
You know, people are always saying,

**[01:20:29.780] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001589)  
we have to make farming sexy because the new generation

**[01:20:37.020] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001590)  
don't want to go into farming anymore.

**[01:20:40.420] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001591)  
But for me, the only way to make farming sexy is to make it profitable

**[01:20:45.160] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001592)  
or you get...

**[01:20:47.700] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001593)  
That's how it works.

**[01:20:50.600] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001594)  
And that's why from farm subsistence farming,

**[01:20:54.520] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001595)  
we move to make it farm enterprise entrepreneurship.

**[01:21:02.160] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001596)  
Ako nga sa farm ko, hindi ako ang tawag ko sa sarili ko,

**[01:21:08.120] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001597)  
I am the farmer CEO.

**[01:21:10.620] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001598)  
Kasi that's how you want to bring it to the level of

**[01:21:16.480] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001599)  
high income.

**[01:21:17.700] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001600)  
High value production, value adding, product development,

**[01:21:25.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001601)  
agritourism, and the like.

**[01:21:28.480] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001602)  
Para tuloy-tuloy.

**[01:21:30.540] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001603)  
Anyway, so if you can give us...

**[01:21:34.220] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001604)  
For the support services.

**[01:21:38.520] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001605)  
We're also looking at the challenge of...

**[01:21:42.700] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001606)  
Of course, this is also for the DA.

**[01:21:47.700] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001607)  
Access to credit.

**[01:21:49.320] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001608)  
We'd also like to see how our communities are benefiting.

**[01:21:55.760] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001609)  
Because right now, even the government allocated budgetary support

**[01:22:00.660] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001610)  
na binigay na, nilaan na para sa crop insurance,

**[01:22:06.320] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001611)  
nilaan na para sa credit sa mga bangko,

**[01:22:10.480] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001612)  
eh, ang kanilang rates of releases to fund 3%,

**[01:22:17.700] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001613)  
2% of their portfolio.

**[01:22:23.820] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001614)  
Di ba? Wala, wala.

**[01:22:25.380] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001615)  
Wala. Di ba? Halos wala.

**[01:22:27.300] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001616)  
Tapos, so we'd like to see what are the lessons that the agrarian reform communities,

**[01:22:34.440] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001617)  
di ba? What lessons can we, in terms of successes,

**[01:22:38.580] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001618)  
dito sa access to credit.

**[01:22:39.980] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001619)  
Kasi pagka may credit yung farmer and good rates,

**[01:22:43.300] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001620)  
di ba? Then he can hire more laborers.

**[01:22:45.500] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001621)  
Then he can...

**[01:22:47.700] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001622)  
Expand his hectarage.

**[01:22:49.780] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001623)  
Di ba?

**[01:22:50.400] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001624)  
And then he can increase, you know,

**[01:22:55.040] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001625)  
he can fund facilities, post-harvest, etc.

**[01:22:59.900] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001626)  
Pero wala lahat eh.

**[01:23:01.160] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001627)  
And of course, we all know,

**[01:23:02.520] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001628)  
and that's why the Senate Bill 1991 ba?

**[01:23:08.480] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001629)  
Yung co-ops.

**[01:23:11.000] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001630)  
Yung agriculture co-ops is necessary

**[01:23:14.000] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001631)  
because if they're organized and they're capacitated,

**[01:23:17.700] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001632)  
then they become creditworthy,

**[01:23:19.560] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001633)  
then they know,

**[01:23:21.420] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001634)  
then the banks will say,

**[01:23:22.760] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001635)  
since you have economies of scale,

**[01:23:24.700] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001636)  
you have, you know,

**[01:23:26.020] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001637)  
we can lend to you,

**[01:23:27.440] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001638)  
we can deal with you,

**[01:23:28.600] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001639)  
we can provide the credit,

**[01:23:30.460] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001640)  
even insurance,

**[01:23:31.900] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001641)  
bulk insurance,

**[01:23:33.020] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001642)  
kasi mas marami ang organized na makikinabang,

**[01:23:36.560] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001643)  
they can buy in bulk, etc.

**[01:23:38.340] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001644)  
So maybe that too,

**[01:23:39.700] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001645)  
if we can get success stories.

**[01:23:43.640] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001646)  
Because I intend to sit down with,

**[01:23:45.680] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001647)  
in the budget of the DOF,

**[01:23:47.700] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001648)  
and ask the banks,

**[01:23:51.780] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001649)  
land bank in particular.

**[01:23:53.660] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001650)  
Now, if you can give me questions for the land bank,

**[01:23:56.280] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001651)  
so that we can put them to task,

**[01:24:00.020] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001652)  
di ba?

**[01:24:00.300] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001653)  
Please give them to me because

**[01:24:01.580] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001654)  
ang kupad minsan eh.

**[01:24:03.820] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001655)  
Your honors,

**[01:24:05.040] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001656)  
if I may interrupt.

**[01:24:08.100] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001657)  
In fact, there are seven awardees in land bank,

**[01:24:12.060] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001658)  
all agrarian reform beneficiaries.

**[01:24:15.480] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001659)  
And since they are awardees,

**[01:24:17.160] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001660)  
they,

**[01:24:17.700] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001661)  
they are,

**[01:24:18.700] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001662)  
these are good payers and that they pay on time.

**[01:24:26.380] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001663)  
At saka yung leadership ng magaganda ng cooperatives nila.

**[01:24:36.780] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001664)  
Yes, yes.

**[01:24:37.400] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001665)  
We'd like to get those success stories, no?

**[01:24:44.820] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001666)  
Mr. Chairman,

**[01:24:46.020] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001667)  
yung pag,

**[01:24:47.700] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001668)  
sinasabi mong good practices,

**[01:24:49.860] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001669)  
best practices,

**[01:24:51.060] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001670)  
tsaka the best stories are with the agrarian reform communities,

**[01:24:53.980] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001671)  
ARCs and ARBs,

**[01:24:55.340] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001672)  
the beneficiaries.

**[01:24:56.780] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001673)  
Even when I was chairman of the committee on cooperatives,

**[01:24:59.980] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001674)  
we, I judged,

**[01:25:01.260] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001675)  
maybe ten times I judged Gawad Pitak every year.

**[01:25:04.540] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001676)  
Every year,

**[01:25:05.660] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001677)  
cooperatives po siya na agrarian reform beneficiaries.

**[01:25:08.500] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001678)  
Best practices.

**[01:25:09.940] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001679)  
Pag sinundan natin yan sa buong Pilipinas,

**[01:25:12.580] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001680)  
naka walang mahirap na magsasaka,

**[01:25:14.420] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001681)  
tsaka walang mahirap na,

**[01:25:15.540] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001682)  
walang mahirap na,

**[01:25:16.940] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001683)  
rural areas.

**[01:25:18.460] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001684)  
Because of their,

**[01:25:19.340] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001685)  
they could,

**[01:25:20.100] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001686)  
you should actually publish a book.

**[01:25:22.420] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001687)  
I think you should publish a,

**[01:25:23.980] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001688)  
a food for thought.

**[01:25:25.500] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001689)  
Secretary, you have two years to go.

**[01:25:27.180] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001690)  
We're doing it now.

**[01:25:28.060] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001691)  
Oh, there you go.

**[01:25:29.260] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001692)  
You see?

**[01:25:30.100] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001693)  
You're very good.

**[01:25:30.860] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001694)  
So,

**[01:25:31.500] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001695)  
we have some,

**[01:25:32.220] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001696)  
So we can learn.

**[01:25:33.300] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001697)  
We can learn.

**[01:25:33.780] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001698)  
We have some writers who are now collecting

**[01:25:36.340] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001699)  
the data.

**[01:25:37.020] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001700)  
That's a great idea.

**[01:25:37.820] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001701)  
But we're just moving quietly.

**[01:25:39.500] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001702)  
Oh, maganda kasi.

**[01:25:40.300] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-001703)  
About a book on the success stories.

**[01:25:42.860] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001704)  
Yes, that will be best practices.

**[01:25:45.180] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001705)  
Actually, I, I, I will confirm,

**[01:25:46.780] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001706)  
I will confirm that,

**[01:25:47.540] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001707)  
that the,

**[01:25:48.900] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001708)  
our majority leader has consistently championed

**[01:25:51.980] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001709)  
the cause of cooperatives in the country.

**[01:25:56.540] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001710)  
Although the data shows that,

**[01:25:59.140] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001711)  
at least this is a two,

**[01:26:00.500] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001712)  
two, three year data.

**[01:26:01.500] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001713)  
I don't know the latest, no?

**[01:26:03.060] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001714)  
Now, for every 10 coops that are,

**[01:26:07.220] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001715)  
that are,

**[01:26:08.420] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001716)  
you know, functioning,

**[01:26:09.420] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001717)  
only one out of every 10 are actually viable.

**[01:26:14.540] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001718)  
The rest are,

**[01:26:16.220] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001719)  
isang kahig, isang tuka.

**[01:26:18.540] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001720)  
So,

**[01:26:19.620] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001721)  
so yes, we have these success stories,

**[01:26:21.580] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001722)  
but the challenge really is,

**[01:26:24.780] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001723)  
how do we,

**[01:26:25.780] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001724)  
you know,

**[01:26:26.780] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001725)  
make it the rule rather than the exception?

**[01:26:30.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001726)  
Nakakalungkot dahil,

**[01:26:32.620] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001727)  
napag-iwanan na talaga tayo ng ibang bansa,

**[01:26:35.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001728)  
you know, in terms of the productivity of the farmers.

**[01:26:38.900] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001729)  
Sabi ko nga,

**[01:26:40.380] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001730)  
in 2015,

**[01:26:41.620] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001731)  
when I was food security secretary under Pinoy,

**[01:26:44.860] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001732)  
our ex,

**[01:26:45.620] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001733)  
our agriculture imports was $10 billion.

**[01:26:50.100] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001734)  
Today, it's $21 billion.

**[01:26:53.460] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001735)  
So, after 10 years,

**[01:26:54.580] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001736)  
we doubled our imports.

**[01:26:57.220] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001737)  
We used to be a net importer of about $3 billion.

**[01:27:02.220] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001738)  
Now, we're a net importer of about 15, 14 billion.

**[01:27:09.620] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001739)  
So, and then next year,

**[01:27:12.820] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001740)  
next year is the 30th year of the,

**[01:27:15.020] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001741)  
the AFMA of 1997.

**[01:27:21.020] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001742)  
The Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1997

**[01:27:25.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001743)  
will be 30 years next year.

**[01:27:27.820] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001744)  
So, how far have we gone after 30 years?

**[01:27:31.020] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001745)  
Parang pabaliktad, no?

**[01:27:33.540] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001746)  
And that's why,

**[01:27:35.540] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001747)  
again,

**[01:27:36.740] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001748)  
the lessons of the agrarian reform communities

**[01:27:39.580] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001749)  
will really be the basis for us to how to cascade it.

**[01:27:43.340] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001750)  
Diba?

**[01:27:45.020] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001751)  
Napakahalaga. And we're doing

**[01:27:47.220] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001752)  
the structural reform, precisely

**[01:27:49.500] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001753)  
why we are renationalizing

**[01:27:51.660] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001754)  
your lesson.

**[01:27:53.220] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001755)  
You just said it earlier, Sec.

**[01:27:55.020] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001756)  
The reason why you were effective in delivering

**[01:27:57.160] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001757)  
was because you had boots on the ground.

**[01:28:00.200] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001758)  
The DA doesn't have

**[01:28:01.220] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001759)  
boots on the ground, and they need it.

**[01:28:04.180] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001760)  
Exactly. So,

**[01:28:05.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001761)  
the Extension Services

**[01:28:07.160] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001762)  
Bureau, which we are now,

**[01:28:09.240] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001763)  
we have passed on third reading,

**[01:28:11.140] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001764)  
will be their boots on the ground.

**[01:28:12.460] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001765)  
And then the Agriculture

**[01:28:14.720] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001766)  
and Fisheries

**[01:28:16.380] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001767)  
Co-ops, under

**[01:28:18.540] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001768)  
the Bureau of Co-ops,

**[01:28:20.720] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001769)  
Bureau of Agri-Co-ops, under the

**[01:28:22.460] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001770)  
DA, will handle the capacity

**[01:28:24.760] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001771)  
building. Let the CDA

**[01:28:26.940] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001772)  
handle regulation,

**[01:28:28.900] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001773)  
registration regulation.

**[01:28:31.620] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001774)  
But the

**[01:28:32.800] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001775)  
Bureau of Agriculture Co-ops

**[01:28:34.580] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001776)  
will handle the capacity building

**[01:28:36.820] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001777)  
on the ground,

**[01:28:38.500] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001778)  
together with your Extension workers.

**[01:28:40.540] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001779)  
So, it's a twin measure

**[01:28:42.380] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001780)  
that will provide boots on the ground

**[01:28:44.640] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001781)  
for our agri-department

**[01:28:46.780] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001782)  
so that we can

**[01:28:48.660] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001783)  
finally provide sustained

**[01:28:50.880] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001784)  
grassroots

**[01:28:52.360] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001785)  
support

**[01:28:54.500] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001786)  
for our farmers and fisher folk.

**[01:28:57.220] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001787)  
And that

**[01:28:58.320] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001788)  
will address productivity,

**[01:29:01.180] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001789)  
organization, economies

**[01:29:02.700] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001790)  
of scale, etc.

**[01:29:05.880] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001791)  
So,

**[01:29:07.220] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001792)  
yun.

**[01:29:07.520] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001793)  
Yes?

**[01:29:10.560] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001794)  
Go ahead, sir.

**[01:29:11.060] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001795)  
Manifestation.

**[01:29:12.040] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001796)  
I just have to

**[01:29:13.140] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001797)  
I just have to

**[01:29:15.560] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001798)  
break first. I have to go to another

**[01:29:18.300] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001799)  
committee hearing.

**[01:29:20.640] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001800)  
But I'm just here to

**[01:29:21.780] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001801)  
manifest my continuing

**[01:29:23.600] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001802)  
support. Kung sa impeachment,

**[01:29:26.740] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001803)  
continuing objection.

**[01:29:29.420] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001804)  
Dito, continuing

**[01:29:30.380] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001805)  
support to their budget.

**[01:29:32.900] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001806)  
Kasi I won't be here

**[01:29:33.940] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001807)  
later. I might not be able to be here to move

**[01:29:36.060] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001808)  
for its approval on plenary.

**[01:29:37.780] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001809)  
I would like to make that a continuing

**[01:29:39.740] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001810)  
manifestation that I

**[01:29:41.060] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001811)  
move that their budget be

**[01:29:42.720] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001812)  
augmented and

**[01:29:44.860] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001813)  
refer to the plenary as soon as possible time.

**[01:29:47.500] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001814)  
After all the questions.

**[01:29:48.640] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001815)  
Thank you.

**[01:29:49.080] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001816)  
Thank you, sir.

**[01:29:49.800] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001817)  
Thank you, USEC.

**[01:29:50.960] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001818)  
Thank you, USEC.

**[01:29:51.940] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001819)  
Salamat.

**[01:29:52.560] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001820)  
I'll catch

**[01:29:53.000] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001821)  
Conrad outside.

**[01:29:54.520] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001822)  
Bago yun na.

**[01:29:55.220] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001823)  
Continuing objection.

**[01:29:56.640] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001824)  
The opposite is

**[01:29:57.440] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001825)  
continuing approval.

**[01:29:58.960] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001826)  
And support

**[01:30:00.000] Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri** (asr-001827)  
Thank you, everyone.

**[01:30:03.680] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001828)  
Thank you, Senator Zubiri.

**[01:30:07.520] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001829)  
Yes.

**[01:30:08.880] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001830)  
So, if we can have these submissions,

**[01:30:11.180] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001831)  
it will help us a lot.

**[01:30:13.640] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001832)  
There is one issue

**[01:30:15.380] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001833)  
that was raised to us

**[01:30:17.140] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001834)  
by certain farmers groups.

**[01:30:19.200] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001835)  
We'd like to just get the position

**[01:30:20.780] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001836)  
of the DAR.

**[01:30:22.840] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001837)  
This is with respect to the

**[01:30:25.300] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001838)  
administrative order.

**[01:30:28.400] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001839)  
Where is that?

**[01:30:29.100] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001840)  
Sorry.

**[01:30:29.300] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001841)  
We just want this clarified.

**[01:30:33.080] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001842)  
Yes, the DOJ opinion.

**[01:30:34.860] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001843)  
It has created certain fears

**[01:30:41.200] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001844)  
regarding the status of the programs

**[01:30:45.880] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001845)  
of the Department of Agrarian Reform.

**[01:30:51.340] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001846)  
My understanding is...

**[01:30:53.380] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001847)  
What is this?

**[01:30:58.540] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001848)  
The...

**[01:30:59.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001849)  
DOJ...

**[01:30:59.280] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001850)  
DOJ Opinion No. 16.

**[01:31:01.340] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001851)  
Yes, yes.

**[01:31:03.140] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001852)  
Go ahead, sir.

**[01:31:04.780] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001853)  
I assume you're a lawyer

**[01:31:06.720] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001854)  
being head of legal affairs.

**[01:31:09.020] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001855)  
Go ahead, sir.

**[01:31:09.860] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001856)  
Thank you, Honorable Chair.

**[01:31:11.180] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001857)  
Magandang umaga po sa inyo

**[01:31:12.320] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001858)  
at sa atin lahat po.

**[01:31:15.280] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001859)  
Bago ko po sagutin yung

**[01:31:16.560] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001860)  
DOJ Opinion No. 16,

**[01:31:18.180] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001861)  
if I may be allowed to paraphrase

**[01:31:19.840] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001862)  
a very brief statement,

**[01:31:21.600] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001863)  
Honorable Chair.

**[01:31:22.480] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-001864)  
Please, go ahead.

**[01:31:24.000] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001865)  
Ito po yung mapatungkol po

**[01:31:26.020] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001866)  
para po mas naiintindihan po

**[01:31:27.720] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001867)  
ng nakakarami

**[01:31:29.280] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001868)  
ang ating pong

**[01:31:30.900] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001869)  
Republic Act 6657

**[01:31:32.720] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001870)  
ay mayroon tinatawag na provision

**[01:31:34.540] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001871)  
doon sa Section 6

**[01:31:35.800] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001872)  
na mayroon na 5 hectares

**[01:31:37.700] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001873)  
maximum retention limit.

**[01:31:39.940] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001874)  
Limang hectarya lang

**[01:31:40.780] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001875)  
ang pupwedeng ariin

**[01:31:41.840] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001876)  
ng i-claim

**[01:31:42.800] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001877)  
ng kahit na sinong nagmamayari

**[01:31:44.400] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001878)  
ng malalaking lupain.

**[01:31:46.760] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001879)  
Iyon ay nai-invoke nila

**[01:31:48.560] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001880)  
Honorable Chair

**[01:31:50.220] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001881)  
noong panahon

**[01:31:51.720] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001882)  
na mayroon pa tayo coverage.

**[01:31:54.080] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001883)  
Kasi the moment na mayroon tayong

**[01:31:55.520] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001884)  
notice of coverage,

**[01:31:57.700] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001885)  
immediately mag-i-invoke sila

**[01:31:59.140] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001886)  
kung hindi man sila mag-i-invoke,

**[01:32:00.740] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001887)  
iiwanan talaga ng dar sila

**[01:32:02.380] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001888)  
ng limang hectarya.

**[01:32:04.220] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001889)  
Limit hanggang doon lang.

**[01:32:06.760] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001890)  
Pumasok po

**[01:32:07.580] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001891)  
kagalang-galang na

**[01:32:09.300] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001892)  
Honorable Chair

**[01:32:10.840] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001893)  
yung pong Republic Act 9700

**[01:32:13.260] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001894)  
na kung saan

**[01:32:15.400] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001895)  
nagkaroon po ng tinatawag na

**[01:32:17.360] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001896)  
sunset provision.

**[01:32:19.520] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001897)  
Pinahinto na po

**[01:32:20.720] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001898)  
ang dar

**[01:32:21.680] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001899)  
sa kanilang pagpukover

**[01:32:23.480] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001900)  
ng mga private agricultural lands

**[01:32:26.400] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001901)  
noong June 30, 2014.

**[01:32:29.140] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001902)  
Maraming nagsasabi

**[01:32:30.660] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001903)  
na yung pong provision na yun

**[01:32:32.840] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001904)  
na nasasaad po

**[01:32:33.920] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001905)  
sa Section 12

**[01:32:35.340] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001906)  
ng 9700

**[01:32:37.420] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001907)  
na inamindahan po

**[01:32:39.700] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001908)  
yung Section 27

**[01:32:40.780] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001909)  
ng 6657

**[01:32:42.080] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001910)  
na iyan po

**[01:32:43.460] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001911)  
ay isang directory provision lamang.

**[01:32:47.040] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001912)  
On the contrary,

**[01:32:48.120] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001913)  
Honorable Chair,

**[01:32:49.440] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001914)  
that particular provisions

**[01:32:51.120] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001915)  
leaves no any discretion

**[01:32:52.700] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001916)  
on the part of dar.

**[01:32:54.260] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001917)  
We have to stop

**[01:32:56.020] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001918)  
and so we had to stop

**[01:32:57.260] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001919)  
covering private agricultural lands.

**[01:32:59.140] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001920)  
This comes to mind

**[01:33:01.620] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001921)  
the Honorable Chair,

**[01:33:02.680] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001922)  
the Latin maxim,

**[01:33:04.440] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001923)  
The very provision

**[01:33:11.600] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001924)  
of that section

**[01:33:12.800] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001925)  
is very clear.

**[01:33:14.160] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001926)  
There must be no interpretation

**[01:33:16.380] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001927)  
that is opposed

**[01:33:17.880] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001928)  
to that particular provision.

**[01:33:19.580] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001929)  
Now,

**[01:33:20.220] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001930)  
correlative to that particular provision,

**[01:33:22.640] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001931)  
Honorable Chair,

**[01:33:24.120] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001932)  
naapiktuhan po yung Section 6

**[01:33:26.580] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001933)  
ng retention limit

**[01:33:29.140] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001934)  
na nagli-limit lang

**[01:33:31.380] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001935)  
sa isang landowner.

**[01:33:33.340] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001936)  
So, yung retention limit

**[01:33:36.120] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001937)  
na yun na 5 hectares

**[01:33:38.060] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001938)  
na nasasaad po sa Section 6

**[01:33:40.060] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001939)  
na wala na po yan

**[01:33:41.900] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001940)  
ng saysay.

**[01:33:43.600] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001941)  
Wala na pong relevance yan.

**[01:33:45.760] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001942)  
Sa badaling sabi,

**[01:33:48.200] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001943)  
12 years ago pa ho ito,

**[01:33:49.760] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001944)  
itong provision na to.

**[01:33:51.860] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001945)  
12 years pa ho ito,

**[01:33:53.040] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001946)  
noong June 30, 2014,

**[01:33:55.080] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001947)  
effective ito

**[01:33:56.020] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001948)  
na wala nang limit

**[01:33:57.800] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001949)  
ang mga landowners.

**[01:33:59.140] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001950)  
Yan po ang sinasabi natin

**[01:34:02.160] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001951)  
na bagamat po totoo

**[01:34:04.020] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001952)  
walang express provision

**[01:34:05.400] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001953)  
sa 9700

**[01:34:06.440] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001954)  
na yung Section 6

**[01:34:08.560] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001955)  
ay inabulis na,

**[01:34:10.820] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001956)  
mayroon din pong isang

**[01:34:11.980] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001957)  
Latin maxim kasabihan yan

**[01:34:13.800] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001958)  
na sinasaad po sa isang

**[01:34:15.440] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001959)  
DAR case.

**[01:34:16.820] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001960)  
Yung tinatawag po

**[01:34:17.900] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001961)  
kagalanggalang na chairman

**[01:34:19.700] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001962)  
cessante ratione legis,

**[01:34:22.000] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001963)  
cessat ipsa lex.

**[01:34:23.760] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001964)  
Wala na po yung katwiran

**[01:34:25.180] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001965)  
ng retention limit,

**[01:34:27.740] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001966)  
wala na rin po yung Section 6.

**[01:34:29.140] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001967)  
When an act

**[01:34:31.200] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001968)  
sets in full,

**[01:34:33.660] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001969)  
all that it intends to contain

**[01:34:35.580] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001970)  
it operates as an

**[01:34:37.380] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001971)  
automatic repeal

**[01:34:39.360] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001972)  
of anything omitted

**[01:34:40.540] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001973)  
in the old law

**[01:34:42.180] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001974)  
and is not included

**[01:34:43.740] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001975)  
in the amendatory law.

**[01:34:45.520] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001976)  
That is a very precise

**[01:34:46.800] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001977)  
principle enunciated

**[01:34:48.820] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001978)  
in the case of

**[01:34:50.100] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001979)  
Dar versus Poronda et al.

**[01:34:53.320] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001980)  
Ngayon,

**[01:34:54.820] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001981)  
ang kagandahan po dito,

**[01:34:56.820] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001982)  
Honorable Chair,

**[01:34:59.140] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001983)  
nabuksan ang mata namin

**[01:35:00.960] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001984)  
nang kami inutusan

**[01:35:01.980] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001985)  
ng aming kagalanggalang na kalihim,

**[01:35:04.800] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001986)  
ano ba ang binipisyo

**[01:35:06.200] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001987)  
na ibinigay nitong

**[01:35:07.460] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001988)  
abolisyon ng Section 6

**[01:35:10.100] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001989)  
na nagbibigay ng retention limit

**[01:35:11.740] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001990)  
sa ating mga farmers?

**[01:35:13.960] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001991)  
Sabi ko,

**[01:35:15.100] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001992)  
kinakailangan ilagay natin ito

**[01:35:17.120] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001993)  
sa pamamagitan ng isang

**[01:35:18.380] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001994)  
administrative order

**[01:35:19.460] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001995)  
na ang binibigyan dito

**[01:35:21.720] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001996)  
ng benefits

**[01:35:22.500] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001997)  
yung dalawang principal stakeholders,

**[01:35:25.340] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001998)  
yung pong ARBs

**[01:35:26.700] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-001999)  
at saka landowners.

**[01:35:27.760] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002000)  
Ang akala ng iba

**[01:35:30.000] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002001)  
na ang nabigyan lang ng benefits

**[01:35:31.920] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002002)  
yung landowners

**[01:35:32.840] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002003)  
doon sa retention limit

**[01:35:34.220] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002004)  
na 5 hectares.

**[01:35:35.960] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002005)  
Nabigyan din po

**[01:35:37.420] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002006)  
dapat

**[01:35:38.300] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002007)  
ang mga ARBs

**[01:35:39.820] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002008)  
ng binipisyo

**[01:35:41.040] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002009)  
na magkaroon sila

**[01:35:42.780] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002010)  
ng pagkakataon

**[01:35:43.720] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002011)  
na i-expand

**[01:35:44.780] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002012)  
ang kanilang

**[01:35:45.680] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002013)  
land holdings

**[01:35:47.340] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002014)  
from a

**[01:35:48.080] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002015)  
meager 3 hectares limit.

**[01:35:51.320] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002016)  
Sa pamamagitan po

**[01:35:52.740] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002017)  
ng pag-i-enlarge

**[01:35:53.780] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002018)  
ng kanilang occupancy,

**[01:35:56.300] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002019)  
hayaan silang makabili

**[01:35:57.600] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002020)  
sa mga landholders

**[01:35:57.760] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002021)  
ng mga lupain

**[01:35:59.320] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002022)  
through their own funds

**[01:36:01.260] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002023)  
na kanilang naipon.

**[01:36:03.920] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002024)  
For an instance,

**[01:36:05.200] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002025)  
na Honorable Chair,

**[01:36:07.320] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002026)  
mayroon po tayong provision

**[01:36:08.740] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002027)  
sa 6657

**[01:36:11.040] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002028)  
na sampung taon makalipas

**[01:36:13.140] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002029)  
magmula nang inisyung

**[01:36:15.460] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002030)  
CLOA,

**[01:36:16.820] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002031)  
pupwede na po sila magbinta

**[01:36:18.540] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002032)  
ng kanilang lupa.

**[01:36:20.600] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002033)  
Karamihan po doon sa mga CLOA na yun,

**[01:36:23.700] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002034)  
adjoining ho yan,

**[01:36:25.820] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002035)  
contiguous ho yan.

**[01:36:27.760] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002036)  
Ang dapat mabigyan ho dyan

**[01:36:30.360] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002037)  
na sinasaad po

**[01:36:31.780] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002038)  
ng 9700,

**[01:36:33.860] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002039)  
ang dapat mabigyan ng beneficiar

**[01:36:35.700] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002040)  
preference to buy

**[01:36:37.020] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002041)  
yung ating agrarian reform beneficiaris

**[01:36:39.740] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002042)  
para mag-inlarge sila

**[01:36:41.480] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002043)  
ng kanilang cultivation,

**[01:36:43.420] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002044)  
lumaki ang kanilang production.

**[01:36:46.120] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002045)  
Iyon po yung nakita

**[01:36:47.440] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002046)  
na matagal na dapat

**[01:36:49.480] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002047)  
nabigyan ng din yan

**[01:36:50.760] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002048)  
sa pamamagitan ng pag-i-issue

**[01:36:52.360] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002049)  
ng isang administrative order issue 1

**[01:36:54.240] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002050)  
ng DAR.

**[01:36:55.180] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002051)  
Na ngayon nabuksan po

**[01:36:56.720] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002052)  
yung aming paningganan

**[01:36:57.760] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002053)  
dahil po

**[01:36:59.220] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002054)  
pupunta po ako ngayon doon

**[01:37:00.740] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002055)  
sa DOJ Opinion No. 16

**[01:37:02.540] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002056)  
nagbigay po ng opinion

**[01:37:04.680] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002057)  
ang DOJ

**[01:37:06.000] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002058)  
na yung Section 6 na yun

**[01:37:08.840] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002059)  
na provision,

**[01:37:09.660] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002060)  
Honorable Chair,

**[01:37:11.060] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002061)  
on account of the provision

**[01:37:12.920] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002062)  
of Section 12, 9700

**[01:37:14.800] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002063)  
which amended Section 27

**[01:37:17.660] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002064)  
of RE6657

**[01:37:19.240] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002065)  
ay naging functus

**[01:37:21.240] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002066)  
officio na po.

**[01:37:23.020] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002067)  
It serves no any purpose,

**[01:37:24.860] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002068)  
it serves no any relevant.

**[01:37:26.880] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002069)  
So,

**[01:37:27.760] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002070)  
iyon po ang nangyari ngayon

**[01:37:29.020] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002071)  
nabuksan yung aming paningin dito

**[01:37:31.440] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002072)  
na itong benefits

**[01:37:32.820] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002073)  
na purpose ng batas

**[01:37:35.080] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002074)  
ay maibigay din namin

**[01:37:37.340] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002075)  
sa aming mga agrarian reform beneficiaries

**[01:37:39.540] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002076)  
na hindi po sila malimit

**[01:37:41.700] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002077)  
doon sa tatlong ektarya lang.

**[01:37:44.560] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002078)  
At iyan po ngayon

**[01:37:45.480] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002079)  
ang nakikita namin na liwanag

**[01:37:47.380] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002080)  
dito sa DOJ Opinion No. 16.

**[01:37:51.040] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002081)  
Ngayon po,

**[01:37:51.680] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002082)  
Honorable Chair,

**[01:37:52.800] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002083)  
didiretsyong ko po.

**[01:37:54.020] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002084)  
Doon sa usapin naman nung

**[01:37:55.500] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002085)  
ibang pang mga services,

**[01:37:57.760] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002086)  
ng DAR,

**[01:38:00.180] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002087)  
yan ba eh

**[01:38:01.180] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002088)  
dahil dito sa administrative order

**[01:38:03.680] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002089)  
na ito ng opinion ng DOJ,

**[01:38:06.140] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002090)  
ang agam-agam ata nila

**[01:38:07.660] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002091)  
eh hindi na rin dapat siniservisuhan

**[01:38:09.800] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002092)  
yung iba pang, o wala nang

**[01:38:11.620] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002093)  
basis to have other services

**[01:38:13.700] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002094)  
to be delivered by the

**[01:38:15.720] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002095)  
DAR because nga of the

**[01:38:17.340] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002096)  
sunset clause. I mean that's the fear,

**[01:38:19.680] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002097)  
it's a fear.

**[01:38:22.300] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002098)  
Go ahead, go ahead, please.

**[01:38:25.020] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002099)  
Sige po.

**[01:38:27.760] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002100)  
Yun pong pinahinto lang po doon...

**[01:38:33.420] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002101)  
Nung mikropono po, Usec.

**[01:38:36.220] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002102)  
Lupain agrikultura

**[01:38:37.600] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002103)  
ay iyon lang pong private agricultural

**[01:38:39.800] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002104)  
in character.

**[01:38:41.500] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002105)  
Iyon po naman na

**[01:38:42.760] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002106)  
nasa domain

**[01:38:45.780] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002107)  
pa ho ng DENR,

**[01:38:48.020] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002108)  
nasa domain pa ho nila kasi

**[01:38:49.540] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002109)  
kung inyo po akong papayagan,

**[01:38:51.840] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002110)  
babanggiting ko po yung mga batas,

**[01:38:53.520] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002111)  
yung Common Act 141 at saka

**[01:38:55.520] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002112)  
PD 7

**[01:38:56.760] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002113)  
ah

**[01:38:57.760] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002114)  
05,

**[01:38:58.860] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002115)  
nagbibigay po ng authority sa ating

**[01:39:01.620] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002116)  
DENR na mag

**[01:39:03.780] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002117)  
reclassify sila

**[01:39:05.360] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002118)  
magmula sa mga forest timber

**[01:39:07.760] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002119)  
into unalienable

**[01:39:09.540] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002120)  
and disposable. Ngayon ito pong

**[01:39:11.500] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002121)  
E&D na nireclassify ng

**[01:39:13.420] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002122)  
DENR, mayroon po

**[01:39:15.340] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002123)  
tayong EO 75

**[01:39:17.620] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002124)  
na ito po hinango

**[01:39:19.700] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002125)  
naman sa Executive Order No.

**[01:39:21.420] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002126)  
407 na

**[01:39:23.180] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002127)  
nagsasaad

**[01:39:25.740] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002128)  
ipamigay ninyo

**[01:39:26.740] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002129)  
DAR.

**[01:39:27.760] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002130)  
Ang mga lupa na yan na considered

**[01:39:29.720] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002131)  
as public lands kasi

**[01:39:32.040] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002132)  
unalienable and disposable.

**[01:39:33.320] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002133)  
Tuloy pa ho ang aming

**[01:39:36.260] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002134)  
pangangalap ng lupa

**[01:39:37.880] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002135)  
sa mga government-owned lands.

**[01:39:40.320] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002136)  
Okay. Sige. Maraming salamat

**[01:39:42.420] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002137)  
sa clarification.

**[01:39:44.360] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002138)  
Siguro kailangan lang may

**[01:39:45.700] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002139)  
magkaroon ng

**[01:39:46.760] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002140)  
continuing dialogue sa ating mga

**[01:39:50.020] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002141)  
agenreform

**[01:39:52.220] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002142)  
para alam nila.

**[01:39:54.600] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002143)  
Sa ngayon po, Honorable Chair,

**[01:39:56.380] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002144)  
ang direktibo po ng aming

**[01:39:57.760] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002145)  
kagalanggalang na kalihim,

**[01:39:59.940] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002146)  
ipagpatuloy po ang konsultasyon

**[01:40:02.040] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002147)  
na inumpisahan namin mga

**[01:40:03.720] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002148)  
three months ago na, na sige-sige

**[01:40:06.020] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002149)  
ang konsulta namin, ano bang

**[01:40:07.700] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002150)  
efekto nito sa inyo, kayo na mga farmers,

**[01:40:10.500] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002151)  
ano bang efekto sa inyo,

**[01:40:11.920] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002152)  
kayo na mga landowners, kayo na mga

**[01:40:13.540] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002153)  
nibigusyante. As a matter of fact,

**[01:40:15.920] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002154)  
by this coming Monday and Tuesday,

**[01:40:18.460] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002155)  
mayroon kaming dalawang grupo

**[01:40:19.760] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002156)  
na naka-schedule for

**[01:40:21.580] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002157)  
consultation pa. Then we will

**[01:40:24.000] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002158)  
the Secretary will decide

**[01:40:25.600] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002159)  
whether or not to

**[01:40:27.320] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002160)  
promulgate the

**[01:40:29.060] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002161)  
necessary administrative order to that

**[01:40:31.700] DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Napoleon U. Galit** (asr-002162)  
effect. Abolishing all clearances.

**[01:40:34.800] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002163)  
Okay. Maraming salamat.

**[01:40:36.620] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002164)  
Palawigin lang yung

**[01:40:37.540] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002165)  
consultation dahil

**[01:40:38.760] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002166)  
ang ating mga kababayan,

**[01:40:41.360] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002167)  
siyempre, pagka hindi maliwanag,

**[01:40:44.120] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002168)  
kung ano-anong

**[01:40:45.140] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002169)  
haka-haka.

**[01:40:48.100] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002170)  
Diba?

**[01:40:49.400] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002171)  
Thank you. Thank you.

**[01:40:51.160] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002172)  
Senator JV, you?

**[01:40:53.860] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002173)  
Siguro siya lang,

**[01:40:55.460] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002174)  
Mr. Chair.

**[01:40:57.320] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002175)  
Balikan ko lang po yung finding ng COA 2023.

**[01:40:59.600] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002176)  
May mga beneficiaryo daw tayo na

**[01:41:01.780] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002177)  
nakatira sa lugar o kaya

**[01:41:03.700] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002178)  
hindi na, wala nang kakayahang

**[01:41:05.860] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002179)  
saka. Nangyayari naman po

**[01:41:08.200] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002180)  
talaga ito. Dahil dito may mga

**[01:41:10.140] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002181)  
lupang na ipamahagi pero

**[01:41:11.680] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002182)  
hindi naman na aktual na sinasaka.

**[01:41:14.620] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002183)  
So ano po ang ginagawa ng

**[01:41:15.960] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002184)  
DAR? Ano talaga yung

**[01:41:17.920] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002185)  
proseso sa ganitong kaso?

**[01:41:20.080] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002186)  
May regular monitoring ba tayo na pagkatapos

**[01:41:21.840] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002187)  
maibigay yung lupa?

**[01:41:24.360] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002188)  
Tinitignan ba natin ito?

**[01:41:25.580] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002189)  
Sa kabuuan ay ilan

**[01:41:27.320] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002190)  
na lang ba ang mga lupa

**[01:41:28.600] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002191)  
na ipamahagi na aktual pang ginagamit

**[01:41:31.240] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002192)  
sa production hanggang ngayon?

**[01:41:34.360] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002193)  
Karamihan po dito,

**[01:41:35.940] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002194)  
yung mga anak na ho o yung mga

**[01:41:37.380] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002195)  
apo na ho ang gumagamit

**[01:41:39.640] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002196)  
at

**[01:41:40.560] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002197)  
nagsasaka naman ho sila.

**[01:41:43.800] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002198)  
Kaya lang ho, kailangan bigyan pa natin

**[01:41:45.640] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002199)  
ng konting tulak at kailangan

**[01:41:47.400] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002200)  
rin ng konting tulong sa kanila.

**[01:41:50.420] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002201)  
Ngunit pagdating ho,

**[01:41:51.960] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002202)  
sa productivity po,

**[01:41:53.420] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002203)  
hindi naman sila nahuhuli.

**[01:41:55.720] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002204)  
Kaya lang eh, hindi ho katulad,

**[01:41:57.320] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002205)  
nung ama na talagang

**[01:41:59.400] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002206)  
nagsisipag. Eh, kaya nga ho,

**[01:42:01.680] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002207)  
we have to make agriculture sexy

**[01:42:03.440] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002208)  
again. Katulad doon ang sinabi

**[01:42:05.360] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002209)  
ng ating chairman.

**[01:42:07.780] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002210)  
Maraming salamat po.

**[01:42:08.580] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002211)  
Also, interested lang ako, of course,

**[01:42:10.920] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002212)  
marami tayong

**[01:42:12.140] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002213)  
namamahagi tayo.

**[01:42:15.040] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002214)  
Kaya lang, walang kakayahan talaga

**[01:42:17.380] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002215)  
yung marami rin.

**[01:42:18.780] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002216)  
So, what support mechanisms do we give?

**[01:42:22.500] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002217)  
Anong programa

**[01:42:23.380] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002218)  
yung mga support na natin sa kanila para

**[01:42:25.060] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002219)  
at least, may pagpatuloy din naman

**[01:42:27.320] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002220)  
yung kanilang pagsasaka?

**[01:42:30.400] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002221)  
Napakarami po.

**[01:42:31.660] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002222)  
Unang-una po, binibigyan natin sila

**[01:42:33.440] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002223)  
ng sapat na training.

**[01:42:35.460] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002224)  
Kaya ho, katulad ngayon,

**[01:42:37.520] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002225)  
eh, kung ano,

**[01:42:39.180] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002226)  
yung mga farm schools ho,

**[01:42:41.200] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002227)  
tatawagin natin lahat yan

**[01:42:42.660] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002228)  
para mabigyan sila

**[01:42:44.800] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002229)  
ng tamang edukasyon.

**[01:42:46.680] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002230)  
At kung ano,

**[01:42:48.260] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002231)  
ng tamang kakayahan at karunungan

**[01:42:51.140] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002232)  
tungo sa

**[01:42:53.000] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002233)  
pagsasaka. Kaya nga ho,

**[01:42:54.920] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002234)  
nagkakampanya kami ngayon na

**[01:42:56.680] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002235)  
ang ating mga kabataan

**[01:42:58.960] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002236)  
eh, magkahilig

**[01:43:00.980] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002237)  
sa pagsasaka.

**[01:43:02.560] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002238)  
Sinasabi namin sa kanila. At marami naman

**[01:43:04.660] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002239)  
tumutugon ho, na tama

**[01:43:06.860] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002240)  
yung sinabi ng mga magulang ninyo

**[01:43:08.680] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002241)  
na mag-aral kayo.

**[01:43:11.340] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002242)  
Wala namang masama kung maging

**[01:43:12.680] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002243)  
abogado kayo o maging inhenyero

**[01:43:14.720] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002244)  
kayo o maging doktor o anong mapan.

**[01:43:17.440] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002245)  
Basta ang maganda,

**[01:43:19.000] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002246)  
siguro, mas maganda pakinggan kung

**[01:43:20.760] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002247)  
ikaw ay abogado at magsasaka.

**[01:43:23.200] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002248)  
Ikaw ay inhenyero at magsasaka.

**[01:43:25.400] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002249)  
Ikaw ay teacher, magsasaka.

**[01:43:26.680] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002250)  
Para ho tuloy-tuloy

**[01:43:28.620] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002251)  
ang ating pagsasaka,

**[01:43:30.540] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002252)  
ang pagtatanim, pag-aalaga

**[01:43:32.320] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002253)  
ng hayop upang

**[01:43:34.360] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002254)  
ang ating food security program

**[01:43:36.580] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002255)  
po ay magtuloy-tuloy.

**[01:43:38.200] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002256)  
Ginagawa po namin ngayon yan.

**[01:43:40.440] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002257)  
At kung ano ho,

**[01:43:41.720] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002258)  
hindi lang ho yan,

**[01:43:44.440] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002259)  
binibigyan din namin sila ng mga

**[01:43:46.020] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002260)  
farm machineries and equipment,

**[01:43:48.560] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002261)  
mga post-harvest

**[01:43:50.240] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002262)  
facilities, at

**[01:43:52.120] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002263)  
binibigyan din natin sila ng irrigation

**[01:43:53.960] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002264)  
at kung ano-ano pa ho.

**[01:43:56.680] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002265)  
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

**[01:43:59.660] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002266)  
Interested ako kung we came across

**[01:44:01.580] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002267)  
may project pala kayong

**[01:44:03.140] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002268)  
yung pang-agraryong tulay

**[01:44:06.260] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002269)  
para sa bagong bayanihan

**[01:44:07.760] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002270)  
ng magsasaka.

**[01:44:09.440] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002271)  
Foreign assisted, is this a foreign assisted?

**[01:44:11.960] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002272)  
Otherwise known as the PBBM

**[01:44:13.780] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002273)  
Bridges po.

**[01:44:15.500] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002274)  
Yes, it has a funding project

**[01:44:17.400] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002275)  
cost about 28.243

**[01:44:20.080] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002276)  
billion, which will be implemented

**[01:44:21.480] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002277)  
in partnership with the DPWH

**[01:44:23.880] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002278)  
and the host LGUs

**[01:44:25.980] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002279)  
for the next,

**[01:44:26.680] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002280)  
ah, five years.

**[01:44:28.840] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002281)  
So, ang ano lang natin dito is,

**[01:44:30.620] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002282)  
um, may request sa

**[01:44:32.600] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002283)  
list of areas where our agri-reform

**[01:44:34.520] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002284)  
beneficiaries will be benefited by this.

**[01:44:36.860] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002285)  
Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

**[01:44:38.580] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002286)  
Saan natin yung pondo?

**[01:44:40.220] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002287)  
Where is it parked?

**[01:44:42.360] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002288)  
Is it French? Tama ba? Totoo? French?

**[01:44:44.240] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002289)  
Ah, so it's foreign assisted

**[01:44:46.560] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002290)  
project. May counterpart

**[01:44:48.720] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002291)  
ng DAR.

**[01:44:49.920] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002292)  
Ang DAR.

**[01:44:52.980] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002293)  
Ya, ilan ang GOP natin?

**[01:44:55.400] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002294)  
The total project,

**[01:44:56.680] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002295)  
the project cost is 28,000.

**[01:44:58.380] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002296)  
If you want a more second.

**[01:44:59.740] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002297)  
Yes.

**[01:45:00.000] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002298)  
Mr. Chairman, yes, 28 billion ang total budget and 22.5 is the LP, loan proceeds, and 5 point something is the GOP natin.

**[01:45:12.620] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002299)  
Okay.

**[01:45:15.300] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002300)  
So, at least maganda ito sa French government, ano?

**[01:45:21.340] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002301)  
Yeah, the French government, they have offered to us both funders, two funders, the French Treasury and the AFD.

**[01:45:29.160] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002302)  
So, both bilateral group.

**[01:45:34.740] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002303)  
How many bridges ang ano nito, target na ito?

**[01:45:38.120] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002304)  
There's a total of 350 bridges all over the country.

**[01:45:43.120] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002305)  
We've submitted, actually, we submitted almost a thousand.

**[01:45:47.240] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002306)  
And when we defended this to NEDA, it went down to 700 and later on to 350 because they went over it.

**[01:45:55.500] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002307)  
And it requires the EIRR, as we call it, Economic Internal.

**[01:45:59.160] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002308)  
Rate of Return, that all bridges should be validated, checked, whether the hectarage of that area will suit the purpose of building something to connect the other side

**[01:46:10.160] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002309)  
and will serve the purpose of giving all the farmers a chance to shorten their trip, to carry their load, etc., etc.

**[01:46:18.300] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002310)  
And how many farmers are there in that particular area?

**[01:46:21.380] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002311)  
So, maraming natanggal, yung mga ibang Congress pa nga, nagtatanong, bakit sa amin, meron doon kaming request, bakit wala?

**[01:46:28.680] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002312)  
So, but...

**[01:46:29.160] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002313)  
NEDA or DEPDev just scratched them out because they did not reach the target of their EIRR formula.

**[01:46:37.520] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002314)  
Who decides which community gets a bridge?

**[01:46:42.340] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002315)  
Basically, we've submitted almost a good number of ARC areas.

**[01:46:47.220] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002316)  
And NEDA themselves approved the areas for those areas that has been approved.

**[01:46:53.780] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002317)  
And the areas are actually ARC areas?

**[01:46:56.740] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002318)  
ARC areas with ARBOs.

**[01:46:59.160] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002319)  
AR, Agrarian Reform Beneficiary.

**[01:47:01.520] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002320)  
They have to be ARC areas.

**[01:47:03.740] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002321)  
You cannot qualify if you're not Agrarian Reform Community areas.

**[01:47:07.460] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002322)  
Can we see the list?

**[01:47:10.940] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002323)  
Can this list be submitted so that we can identify?

**[01:47:14.320] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002324)  
Yes, sir.

**[01:47:14.960] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002325)  
Yes, sir.

**[01:47:15.340] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002326)  
We'll submit it to you in your office, Senator.

**[01:47:19.140] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002327)  
And we just hope that we'll just keep it among to ourselves because there's a lot of scrupulous people going around.

**[01:47:26.400] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002328)  
And as soon as I get the picture out of it, they go to...

**[01:47:29.160] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002329)  
To all other areas and negotiate and so on and so on and so forth.

**[01:47:32.940] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002330)  
It's a lot of foolishness.

**[01:47:33.800] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002331)  
Actually, I've been relaying this to the Secretary.

**[01:47:35.800] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002332)  
That gives us a headache.

**[01:47:40.300] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002333)  
We already alerted the NBI, Your Honor.

**[01:47:44.420] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002334)  
And we will certainly entrap them, Your Honor.

**[01:47:48.180] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002335)  
Yes, sir.

**[01:47:49.320] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002336)  
We will submit to you for sure.

**[01:47:50.920] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002337)  
Okay.

**[01:47:51.580] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002338)  
It's an interesting project and I'm sure it will make the Agrarian Reform Communities productive.

**[01:47:59.160] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002339)  
To be continuously productive.

**[01:48:02.060] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002340)  
Thank you.

**[01:48:03.020] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002341)  
Thank you, Mr. Chair.

**[01:48:03.880] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002342)  
Just a few more questions.

**[01:48:06.020] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002343)  
For example, what is a typical land area of a community?

**[01:48:14.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002344)  
Yeah.

**[01:48:16.240] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002345)  
I could answer that.

**[01:48:18.660] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002346)  
Yes, go ahead, sir.

**[01:48:19.940] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002347)  
In most cases, it's about 200 beneficiaries.

**[01:48:26.900] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002348)  
Meron mga 200 hectares yan eh.

**[01:48:28.780] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002349)  
Okay.

**[01:48:29.160] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002350)  
100 to 200 hectares or probably even more.

**[01:48:34.100] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002351)  
Yes, because especially, there is even an Agrarian Reform Community which was historically

**[01:48:48.960] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002352)  
was a part of the National Agrarian Reform area.

**[01:48:59.160] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002353)  
National Agrarian Reform Resettlement Area, NARA.

**[01:49:04.780] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002354)  
In Palawan, it is now a municipality, Your Honor.

**[01:49:11.020] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002355)  
Yes, yes.

**[01:49:13.900] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002356)  
That's an Agrarian Reform Community, Your Honor.

**[01:49:16.900] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002357)  
And also, some of the barangays now, like the Hacienda Liet in Santa Barbara,

**[01:49:29.160] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002358)  
it's now a barangay, Your Honor.

**[01:49:32.560] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002359)  
That's how big the communities are.

**[01:49:36.380] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002360)  
I raise that question because, well, you know, there are debates about the need to allow

**[01:49:45.520] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002361)  
large land holdings, private sector to invest, etc.

**[01:49:52.380] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002362)  
Yes and no.

**[01:49:53.400] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002363)  
Because, you know, if you give the Agrarian Reform Communities the interventions necessary,

**[01:49:59.160] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002364)  
for them to have post-harvest facilities, to have farm-to-market roads, you cluster

**[01:50:05.920] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002365)  
them and make sure, that's where you, in other words, government intervention to build capacity

**[01:50:14.300] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002366)  
of your Agrarian Reform Communities.

**[01:50:16.580] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002367)  
I agree with you, Your Honor.

**[01:50:18.020] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002368)  
Diba?

**[01:50:18.380] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002369)  
It is yes and no.

**[01:50:20.020] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002370)  
Diba?

**[01:50:20.500] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002371)  
Yeah.

**[01:50:20.700] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002372)  
Kasi, you know, I found out in Thailand, the average rubber plantation, rubber plantation,

**[01:50:29.160] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002373)  
or farmer, is less than one hectare.

**[01:50:32.900] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002374)  
Yung rubber plantation, but they're consolidated.

**[01:50:38.460] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002375)  
They're clustered.

**[01:50:41.420] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002376)  
And they're the number one producer of natural rubber in the entire planet.

**[01:50:47.920] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002377)  
Pero less than one hectare yung lupa ng farmer.

**[01:50:52.560] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002378)  
Which is, therefore, similar to us.

**[01:50:54.640] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002379)  
Now, today, I think the average farm size is about 9,000 square meters.

**[01:50:58.500] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002380)  
Kasi paliit na.

**[01:50:59.160] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002381)  
So, it isn't automatic that if you can consolidate the entire land and put it under private

**[01:51:07.280] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002382)  
sector, that that's the way to go.

**[01:51:09.340] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002383)  
Yes, maybe.

**[01:51:10.860] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002384)  
Some, Your Honor.

**[01:51:11.860] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002385)  
Diba?

**[01:51:12.580] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002386)  
Like, let me cite, Your Honor, the situation of, I will not mention the place, Your Honor.

**[01:51:21.300] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002387)  
We, it is a large bus track of land, and supposedly for sugar.

**[01:51:27.360] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002388)  
Okay.

**[01:51:29.160] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002389)  
However, the problem, Your Honor, is that, you know, we made a research, Your Honor,

**[01:51:36.940] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002390)  
and the opinion of many owners of sugar milling plants, no, would require, they say, for a sugar mill to be viable,

**[01:51:54.600] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002391)  
would require 50,000 hectares

**[01:51:58.720] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002392)  
of sugarcane-planted land.

**[01:52:03.240] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002397)  
Ah

**[01:52:04.440] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002398)  
I say yes and no, because in some instances, like, for example, in Tarlac, no, it's not

**[01:52:12.680] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002399)  
owned by a single corporation or any entity, but they are successful, and the sugar cane,

**[01:52:25.760] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002400)  
the sugar cane stocks are,

**[01:52:29.160] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002401)  
of correct

**[01:52:30.560] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002402)  
size

**[01:52:33.060] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002403)  
because

**[01:52:35.040] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002404)  
the

**[01:52:36.160] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002405)  
tenants or the

**[01:52:38.900] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002406)  
land agrarian reform beneficiaries

**[01:52:41.020] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002407)  
are

**[01:52:43.320] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002408)  
following strictly

**[01:52:44.600] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002409)  
the standards set

**[01:52:46.900] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002410)  
by the owner

**[01:52:48.960] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002411)  
of the sugar

**[01:52:50.040] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002412)  
milling plant.

**[01:52:53.660] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002413)  
But in one

**[01:52:55.020] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002414)  
place, another place, it's

**[01:52:56.820] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002415)  
the opposite.

**[01:52:59.160] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002416)  
Matitigas yung ulo

**[01:53:00.680] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002417)  
ng mga nandun.

**[01:53:02.800] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002418)  
Hindi nakikinig. Tapos minsan,

**[01:53:04.680] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002419)  
kung san-san pa bebenta yung

**[01:53:06.920] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002420)  
ano, so

**[01:53:07.820] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002421)  
ganyan lang kalaki yung

**[01:53:10.580] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002422)  
sugar nila.

**[01:53:12.640] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002423)  
Wala. Hindi. Kumita,

**[01:53:14.600] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002424)  
nagsara yung planta.

**[01:53:16.720] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002425)  
So, case-to-case basis din

**[01:53:18.680] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002426)  
yan Your Honor

**[01:53:19.060] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002426-split-2)  
That's right.

**[01:53:19.920] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002427)  
But hopefully, with a stronger presence

**[01:53:22.900] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002428)  
with boots on the ground,

**[01:53:24.800] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002429)  
you get to cluster them effectively.

**[01:53:27.120] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002430)  
And then you get the economies

**[01:53:28.700] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002431)  
of scale. And then you get...

**[01:53:30.520] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002432)  
Because in Taiwan, it's like that. I was saying

**[01:53:32.600] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002433)  
five... Mr. Chairman,

**[01:53:35.240] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002434)  
they have about

**[01:53:36.280] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002435)  
580,000

**[01:53:37.580] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002436)  
farmers in Taiwan.

**[01:53:40.320] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002437)  
But the ratio of their extension

**[01:53:42.600] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002438)  
workers to every farmer is

**[01:53:44.460] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002439)  
one extension worker

**[01:53:46.700] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002440)  
to 18 farmers.

**[01:53:50.360] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002441)  
Yes.

**[01:53:50.880] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002442)  
One extension worker, 18.

**[01:53:52.660] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002443)  
So, nakatutok talaga sa baba.

**[01:53:54.640] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002444)  
And they're organized into

**[01:53:56.820] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002445)  
federations.

**[01:53:58.700] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002446)  
They say there are

**[01:54:00.820] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002447)  
of the 580,000

**[01:54:02.760] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002448)  
farmers, there is about

**[01:54:04.180] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002449)  
308 farmer associations.

**[01:54:07.880] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002450)  
So, they're really

**[01:54:08.640] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002451)  
organized. And the associations,

**[01:54:11.320] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002452)  
the members of the associations

**[01:54:12.920] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002453)  
are co-ops.

**[01:54:16.080] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002454)  
So, talagang

**[01:54:16.940] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002455)  
you have an organized

**[01:54:18.980] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002456)  
network of farmers.

**[01:54:21.200] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002457)  
So, they do

**[01:54:22.860] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002458)  
bulk buying for insurance.

**[01:54:24.740] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002459)  
They do bulk buying for fertilizer.

**[01:54:27.180] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002460)  
They do

**[01:54:28.700] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002461)  
drop yung price.

**[01:54:30.720] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002462)  
Plus, government,

**[01:54:32.560] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002463)  
half of their infrastructure

**[01:54:34.340] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002464)  
is government

**[01:54:36.920] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002465)  
funded. And the other half

**[01:54:39.080] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002466)  
is

**[01:54:40.460] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002467)  
the premiums of the

**[01:54:42.560] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002468)  
credit, the loans for the other

**[01:54:44.800] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002469)  
half of their requirements

**[01:54:46.840] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002470)  
is funded by

**[01:54:48.780] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002471)  
the state.

**[01:54:50.280] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002472)  
So, you know, it's food.

**[01:54:54.100] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002473)  
Di ba?

**[01:54:54.920] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002474)  
They have to keep

**[01:54:55.840] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002475)  
planting.

**[01:54:58.700] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002476)  
They have to keep producing the food

**[01:55:00.280] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002477)  
that we will be eating.

**[01:55:02.400] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002478)  
So, you put all the resources

**[01:55:04.520] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002479)  
around them so that they keep planting

**[01:55:06.500] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002480)  
and so that the supply of food

**[01:55:08.780] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002481)  
harvests are bountiful,

**[01:55:10.820] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002482)  
production is high.

**[01:55:12.560] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002483)  
And sabi ko nga, pagbataas

**[01:55:14.580] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002484)  
ang output,

**[01:55:17.140] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002485)  
babagsak na ang presyo ng

**[01:55:18.480] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002486)  
gulay, karne,

**[01:55:21.020] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002487)  
manok. Kasi maganda

**[01:55:22.780] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002488)  
ng output eh.

**[01:55:24.860] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002489)  
Marami ng output,

**[01:55:26.480] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002490)  
marami ng supply, bagsak ang presyo.

**[01:55:28.700] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002491)  
Kaya naman

**[01:55:30.420] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002492)  
220 pesos

**[01:55:33.540] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002493)  
ang isang kilo

**[01:55:34.380] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002494)  
ng baboy sa bangko.

**[01:55:38.700] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002495)  
230?

**[01:55:41.600] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002496)  
180 pesos

**[01:55:43.600] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002497)  
ang isang kilo

**[01:55:44.440] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002498)  
ng swahe?

**[01:55:46.620] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002499)  
Dito 700 eh.

**[01:55:49.760] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002500)  
Tapos yung

**[01:55:50.500] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002501)  
karneng baboy, 460.

**[01:55:53.620] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002502)  
Their food,

**[01:55:54.880] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002503)  
we're spending 2 to 3 times

**[01:55:56.940] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002504)  
more per kilo than

**[01:55:58.540] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002505)  
Thailand or Vietnam is spending.

**[01:56:01.160] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002506)  
Can you imagine if

**[01:56:02.120] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002507)  
we reverse that?

**[01:56:05.700] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002508)  
And of course,

**[01:56:06.740] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002509)  
the supply chain

**[01:56:07.740] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002510)  
and all that.

**[01:56:09.840] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002511)  
But anyway, the point being,

**[01:56:12.320] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002512)  
we really have to organize our farmers.

**[01:56:14.820] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002513)  
And we really have, and I think

**[01:56:16.360] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002514)  
we start with your agrarian reform

**[01:56:18.560] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002515)  
communities.

**[01:56:20.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002516)  
200 hectares.

**[01:56:22.380] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002517)  
Yung Pecuaria is how many?

**[01:56:23.920] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002518)  
600 ba?

**[01:56:25.420] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002519)  
Sa Bula?

**[01:56:27.100] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002520)  
Camarines Sur?

**[01:56:28.540] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002521)  
Di ba? Parang 600

**[01:56:31.400] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002522)  
hectares ba yung sa kanila?

**[01:56:34.380] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002523)  
But anyway,

**[01:56:35.560] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002524)  
so sige, I have, actually,

**[01:56:37.760] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002525)  
if you can also give us

**[01:56:39.020] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002526)  
the data on your

**[01:56:41.360] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002527)  
agrarian reform

**[01:56:42.840] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002528)  
communities, ilang hectare yan,

**[01:56:45.260] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002529)  
saan yan? Just for us to

**[01:56:46.820] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002530)  
have a better idea.

**[01:56:49.380] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002531)  
Yes sir, go ahead.

**[01:56:50.120] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002532)  
Mr. Chairman, Senator, actually we have,

**[01:56:53.180] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002533)  
we're doing something for research

**[01:56:55.040] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002534)  
for purposes of, you know,

**[01:56:56.980] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002535)  
this project we call IPARC.

**[01:56:58.540] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002536)  
Which is later going to be

**[01:57:00.280] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002537)  
with World Bank.

**[01:57:02.080] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002538)  
We've clustered all over the country,

**[01:57:04.500] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002539)  
all areas for agrarian reform communities.

**[01:57:07.680] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002540)  
And it's already in place,

**[01:57:09.320] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002541)  
actually. We're preparing it to

**[01:57:10.680] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002542)  
submit it sa

**[01:57:13.200] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002543)  
technical board ng

**[01:57:14.600] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002544)  
DepDev. We can show it to you

**[01:57:16.740] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002545)  
because there's already clustering in all areas.

**[01:57:19.020] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002546)  
2,000 hectares, 1,000 hectares,

**[01:57:21.280] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002547)  
5,000 hectares.

**[01:57:22.860] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002548)  
Actually, if we organize this and put it

**[01:57:25.520] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002549)  
all together, walang dapat farmer

**[01:57:27.280] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002550)  
na naghihirap eh.

**[01:57:28.540] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002551)  
Kasi, alimbawa, yung sa

**[01:57:30.560] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002552)  
Sagip Saka Law, based on

**[01:57:32.800] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002553)  
the data, government buys about

**[01:57:34.900] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002554)  
P177 billion

**[01:57:36.820] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002555)  
pesos worth of food every year.

**[01:57:38.780] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002556)  
Yes.

**[01:57:40.300] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002557)  
Calamity relief, feeding

**[01:57:42.500] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002558)  
programs ng DepEd,

**[01:57:44.420] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002559)  
feeding programs ng DSWD,

**[01:57:47.020] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002560)  
lahat ng provincial jail,

**[01:57:48.800] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002561)  
lahat ng municipal jail,

**[01:57:50.640] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002562)  
regional hospital, lahat yan bumibili

**[01:57:52.720] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002563)  
ng pagkain.

**[01:57:55.240] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002564)  
Now, if the agrarian reform

**[01:57:56.860] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002565)  
communities are organized,

**[01:57:58.540] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002566)  
and connected, there is a supply chain,

**[01:58:00.780] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002567)  
seamless supply chain.

**[01:58:03.300] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002568)  
Di ba?

**[01:58:04.320] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002569)  
It is existing already.

**[01:58:06.520] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002570)  
In fact, the

**[01:58:08.200] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002571)  
BJMP

**[01:58:10.160] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002572)  
is directly

**[01:58:12.520] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002573)  
purchasing their

**[01:58:14.060] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002574)  
requirements from the

**[01:58:16.500] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002575)  
agrarian reform beneficiaries.

**[01:58:19.040] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002576)  
Yes.

**[01:58:19.620] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002577)  
Ganon din ang mga

**[01:58:20.900] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002578)  
the Philippine Army

**[01:58:24.520] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002579)  
is also getting from us.

**[01:58:27.660] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002580)  
Even,

**[01:58:28.540] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002581)  
private sector,

**[01:58:30.680] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002582)  
like DSWD,

**[01:58:32.740] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002583)  
undoubtedly, it's the best.

**[01:58:34.880] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002584)  
It is the, among government

**[01:58:36.840] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002585)  
agencies,

**[01:58:39.120] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002586)  
I think it is the top

**[01:58:40.320] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002587)  
purchaser

**[01:58:41.980] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002588)  
of

**[01:58:43.600] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002589)  
goods.

**[01:58:46.840] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002590)  
And that's why, just get that

**[01:58:48.780] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002591)  
all, di ba? If you get that all organized,

**[01:58:51.060] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002592)  
then there's no reason why our farmers

**[01:58:52.560] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002593)  
should be

**[01:58:53.680] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002594)  
impoverished, di ba?

**[01:58:56.220] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002595)  
And, Sen, we have a,

**[01:58:58.540] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002596)  
I'd like to inform you also that

**[01:59:00.240] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002597)  
Secretary Conrad has also a project

**[01:59:01.940] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002598)  
in two regions. We call it Vista.

**[01:59:05.360] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002599)  
And, yes.

**[01:59:07.380] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002600)  
And this...

**[01:59:08.200] DAR Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III** (asr-002601)  
Not the...

**[01:59:10.840] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002602)  
This is a value chain

**[01:59:16.900] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002603)  
innovation for sustainable transformation

**[01:59:18.960] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002604)  
in agrarian reform communities.

**[01:59:21.020] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002605)  
And it's all well in place. As you mentioned,

**[01:59:23.260] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002606)  
all the organized areas,

**[01:59:25.520] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002607)  
the value chain, it's in place.

**[01:59:27.120] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002608)  
And we're starting,

**[01:59:28.540] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002609)  
this year, with Region 12

**[01:59:30.320] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002610)  
and CAR. But it's all about cacao

**[01:59:32.320] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002611)  
and coffee. And

**[01:59:34.020] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002612)  
you made mention, bingo talaga,

**[01:59:36.640] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002613)  
exacto, from the grassroots

**[01:59:38.240] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002614)  
up, we've already in place all

**[01:59:40.480] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002615)  
the ARCs, ARBs, and

**[01:59:42.400] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002616)  
400,000 families

**[01:59:44.760] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002617)  
will be benefited with

**[01:59:46.540] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002618)  
all this. And there will be

**[01:59:48.500] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002619)  
no more, no less,

**[01:59:51.520] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002620)  
84

**[01:59:52.220] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002621)  
agrarian reform communities in

**[01:59:54.640] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002622)  
Cordillera, and 34 agrarian reform

**[01:59:57.020] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002623)  
communities in

**[01:59:58.340] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002624)  
Region 12.

**[02:00:00.000] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002625)  
With 600,000 plus beneficiaries, including the families.

**[02:00:06.360] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002626)  
So, I mean, what you're saying is correct.

**[02:00:08.620] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002627)  
If this will be organized by Department of Agriculture also,

**[02:00:12.340] DAR Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Jesry T. Palmares** (asr-002628)  
I mean, all the agriculture will be in place properly.

**[02:00:15.200] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002629)  
Yes, and our supply of food will be ample.

**[02:00:17.580] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002630)  
And mawawala na ang gutom.

**[02:00:20.860] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002631)  
Dadami na ang supply ng pagkain.

**[02:00:22.880] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002632)  
Sabi ko nga nung nakarang halalan,

**[02:00:24.840] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002633)  
pag marami ng supply ng pagkain,

**[02:00:27.140] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002634)  
mura na ang pagkain,

**[02:00:28.220] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002635)  
marami ng handa.

**[02:00:29.780] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002636)  
Pag maraming handa, maraming pwede isaron.

**[02:00:38.100] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002637)  
Oo, diba? Balutin mo.

**[02:00:44.480] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002638)  
Well, I have no other questions.

**[02:00:47.720] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002639)  
Mr. Chairman, are you done?

**[02:00:50.380] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002640)  
Of course, with support of the budget of DAR,

**[02:00:55.080] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002641)  
I move, Mr. Chair, to have this approved.

**[02:00:58.220] Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito** (asr-002642)  
And be submitted for the plenary.

**[02:01:01.780] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002643)  
Yes, it has been moved and we second it.

**[02:01:06.100] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002644)  
Subject only to the submission of the requested data and documents.

**[02:01:13.540] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002645)  
There being no further questions,

**[02:01:14.980] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002646)  
the budget of the Department of Agrarian Reform

**[02:01:17.220] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002647)  
is deemed submitted for consideration of the plenary.

**[02:01:20.560] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002648)  
Thank you, Secretary Conrad and the DAR family.

**[02:01:28.220] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002649)  
With that, we can call it a day.

**[02:01:32.220] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002650)  
The hearing of Subcommittee G is hereby suspended.

**[02:01:35.060] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002651)  
Marami salamat.

**[02:01:35.660] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002652)  
Marami salamat po.

**[02:01:38.820] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002653)  
We can have a photo op.

**[02:01:42.180] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002654)  
Dito na sa tabi natin si ano.

**[02:01:44.800] Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan** (asr-002655)  
Isama mo isa pa.