Philippine National Bank officials turned over the 4,000-square meter lot at the corner Lacson Street and North Capitol Road in Bacolod City to the Negros Occidental provincial government officials led by Vice Governor Isidro Zayco at the Capitol yesterday.

The property located next to the PNB branch in front of Lacson Street is part of the provincial government property that had been leased by PNB.

Zayco said the provincial government is open to talks with persons interested in leasing the property. There has been interest in using the property for a call center or a hotel, he said.

TFM farmers walk
for CARP extension

Farmers of Task Force Mapalad will continue what they call their four-day Walk for Land Reform and Justice throughout Negros Occidental today, reaching Bacolod City this evening for mass activities calling for the immediate passage of the land reform extension law.

TFM president Jose Rodito Angeles said in a press release that he attributes the enthusiastic reception to the march to the strong desire of the rural community for extension of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program with reforms.

He said many of the marchers are holders of certificate of land ownership award who remain uninstalled because of landowner resistance. That is one of the reasons why CARP must be extended, he said.

DAR installs 86 FBs
in Isabela hacienda

Eighty-six farmer-beneficiaries in Hacienda Victoria, Isabela, Negros Occidental were installed recently by the Department of Agrarian Reform, a government press release said.

The property was acquired by DAR from Avina Agricultural Development Corp. and Wilson Jesena through the compulsory acquisition scheme of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program.

Officials who witnessed the installation were Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer Teresita Depeñoso, PARO I Gideon Yonque, Isabela Mayor Renato Malabor, Municipal Agrarian Officer Jose Renato Defino, Isabela police chief Virgilio de la Cruz and Sgt. Arnold Pason of the 11 th Infantry Battalion, the press release said.

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