DAR Bicol SPLIT Project

𝐀𝐑𝐁𝐢𝐝𝐚 | 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗼 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿: 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼’𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆

𝘐𝘯 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘺, “𝘛𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘺” 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥. 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯.

Janito P. Bernardo, 48, stood on the land he had worked for most of his life, the soil familiar beneath his feet, the boundaries known not by maps but by memory. Around him, the fields carried the quiet evidence of his years: the furrows he shaped, the crops he waited on, the seasons he endured.

In Barangay Sagrada, Tinambac, Camarines Sur, people knew him as Totoy. The neighbors knew his face, his voice, and his way of moving through the fields. His family knew the sacrifices behind each harvest. The land, in its silent way, knew him too. However, for much of his life, Totoy barely existed in the eyes of the state.
He was born with no birth certificate.

For many rural Filipinos, identity is not always first proven on paper. It is lived through work, kinship, community, and survival. But without official documents, a person can remain locked out of the very systems meant to protect them. Access to services, ownership, security, and legal recognition can become difficult, uncertain, or entirely out of reach.

Totoy’s life had long been measured not by records but by the rhythm of farming: planting when the season allowed, waiting when the sky withheld rain, harvesting when the land finally gave back.

Like many agrarian reform beneficiaries, he cultivated land covered by a Collective Certificate of Land Ownership Award, or Collective CLOA, a shared title that offered partial recognition but not yet the full security of an individual name attached to a specific parcel.

That changed when the Department of Agrarian Reform’s Support to Parcelization of Lands for Individual Titling, or SPLIT Project, came to Sagrada for field validation. The team arrived to verify landholdings, boundaries, and beneficiaries. But in the process, they encountered more than a parcel of land. They found a farmer whose life had been rooted in the soil, yet absent from official records.

Through the project, Janito was granted an individual title for his three-hectare land he had cultivated for years. The document was simple, but its meaning was beyond measure. It did not create his worth; it recognized what had always been there.

Not long after, he received another document long denied to him: his birth certificate.

For Janito, recognition came late, but it came with value. His name now belongs not only in the memory of his community but also in the records of his country and on the land he never stopped tending.

𝐀𝐑𝐁𝐢𝐝𝐚 | 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗼 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿: 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼’𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆

𝘐𝘯 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘺, “𝘛𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘺” 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥. 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯.

Janito P. Bernardo, 48, stood on the land he had worked for most of his life, the soil familiar beneath his feet, the boundaries known not by maps but by memory. Around him, the fields carried the quiet evidence of his years: the furrows he shaped, the crops he waited on, the seasons he endured.

In Barangay Sagrada, Tinambac, Camarines Sur, people knew him as Totoy. The neighbors knew his face, his voice, and his way of moving through the fields. His family knew the sacrifices behind each harvest. The land, in its silent way, knew him too. However, for much of his life, Totoy barely existed in the eyes of the state.

He was born with no birth certificate.

For many rural Filipinos, identity is not always first proven on paper. It is lived through work, kinship, community, and survival. But without official documents, a person can remain locked out of the very systems meant to protect them. Access to services, ownership, security, and legal recognition can become difficult, uncertain, or entirely out of reach.

Totoy’s life had long been measured not by records but by the rhythm of farming: planting when the season allowed, waiting when the sky withheld rain, harvesting when the land finally gave back.

Like many agrarian reform beneficiaries, he cultivated land covered by a Collective Certificate of Land Ownership Award, or Collective CLOA, a shared title that offered partial recognition but not yet the full security of an individual name attached to a specific parcel.

That changed when the Department of Agrarian Reform’s Support to Parcelization of Lands for Individual Titling, or SPLIT Project, came to Sagrada for field validation. The team arrived to verify landholdings, boundaries, and beneficiaries. But in the process, they encountered more than a parcel of land. They found a farmer whose life had been rooted in the soil, yet absent from official records.

Through the project, Janito was granted an individual title for his three-hectare land he had cultivated for years. The document was simple, but its meaning was beyond measure. It did not create his worth; it recognized what had always been there.

Not long after, he received another document long denied to him: his birth certificate.

For Janito, recognition came late, but it came with value. His name now belongs not only in the memory of his community but also in the records of his country and on the land he never stopped tending.

𝐃𝐀𝐑 𝐑𝐏𝐌𝐎, 𝐧𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐨, 𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐏𝐋𝐈𝐓 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐞

MASBATE CITY—Nirepaso kan Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Regional Project Management Office (RPMO) an estado kan akomplisiemento sa survey by contracts asin administration sa irarom kan Support to Parcelization of Lands for Individual Titling (SPLIT) Project sa probinsya kan Masbate.

Sa aktibidad na isinagibo ngoniang aldaw, tiniripon an kada Municipal Agrarian Reform Program Officers (MARPOs), dalan tanganing masubaybayan an nagpapadagos na datos sa implementasyon kan SPLIT Project sa kada banwaan.

Sa panginginot asin sa pamayo ni Regional Project Manager Rodrigo O. Realubit, CESO VI, nagin puspusan an pagpresentar kan mga akomplisiemento, bagay na mas makatatabang sa kabilogang trayumpo kan proyekto orog pa ta pinagtutubudan na an Masbate an may pinkahalangkaw na target sa taong 2026.

Mientrastanto, presente man sina Bureau of Land Acquisition and Distribution (BLAD) Assistant Director, Engr. Manuel A. Nebreja; Area Assistant Project Manager for Region V, Engr. Romulo A. Britanico; Assistant Project Manager for Operations, Gay L. Labad; asin Assistant Project Manager for Administration, Nerisa B. Aldea, Ph. D., para dayupot na makapagtao man nin giya para sa mas pinakusog na lakdang kontra sa saindang kabilogang targets.

Sa saiya mang pagbabalik, kompiyansa an bilog na esfuerso na padagos nindang maabtan an trayumpo sa panibagong dunong asin eksperiensya na bitbit ni Provincial Project Manager, Eleanor F. Torres gikan sa probinsya kan Sorsogon komo an nagin pamayo kaini.

Sa ngonian, mas pinarikas asin mas pinahigot na aksiyon an lalaoman, sarong panimbagan sa padagos na paghahatod nin lehitimong repormang agraryo para sa mga paraoma.

📸✍: Wency Lisay, Regional Media Writer

HILINGON | Mas pinakakaskas pa kan Provincial Project Management Office kan Sorsogon an inisyatiba para sa pagkrear kan mga indibidwal na titulo para sa mga paraomang benipisyaryo sa probinsya.

An lakdang na ini katakod kan saindang promesang sadiring karapatan para sa mga dagang haloy nang pigkukultivar kan mga paraoma.

Sa ngonian, pigmamawot kan lambang esfuerso na maabot an aldaw na wara nang mga paraoma an dae mapahahatodan nin sadiring titulo nin daga—an titulong simbolo nin paglaom para sa dagos-dagos na pag-uswag.