The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has reassured farmers that they will still be distributing land after June 30, 2014 in spite of the pending bills at the House of Representatives and the Senate seeking to extend the power of DAR to issue Notices of Coverage (NOCs).
“The DAR wishes to reassure the farmers that there is no need to panic. Even if the NOC [Notice of Coverage] Extension Bill was not passed last Wednesday, DAR can still distribute land. What DAR cannot do after June 2014 is to issue Notices of Coverage and accept Voluntary Offers to Sell unless its power to do so is extended,” DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Anthony Parungao said.
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