By
JOSE ALSMITH L.
SORIA
March 26, 2024
TACLOBAN CITY – The
Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Eastern Visayas received
several recognitions during the agency’s National Summative
Assessment held in Angeles City, Pampanga for the 2023 performance.
DAR Eastern Visayas
Regional Director Robert Anthony Yu proudly announced that from
March 5 to 8, Region 8 collected 19 certificates and plaques of
recognition for various indicators that contributed to the national
accomplishment of the said government agency.
He exclaimed, “Our efforts
paid off!” addressing all DAR employees throughout the region.
Topping the list of awards
received was for the resolution of agrarian-related cases where the
collective efforts of Regional Agrarian Reform Adjudicator (RARAD)
Virgilio Rosacay (concurrent PARAD of Leyte and Biliran), Provincial
Agrarian Reform Adjudicators (PARADs) Florenz Hipe (Southern Leyte),
Nellie Canillas (Western Samar), Bryan Lassiter (Eastern Samar), and
Editha San Jose-Cerillo (Northern Samar) placed DAR Eastern Visayas
at rank number one among regions with heavy caseloads.
The above-mentioned
adjudicators were able to resolve last year a total of 4,157
agrarian-related cases.
This region was also cited
for the following: