00:00In the landlocked city of Pine in the south, they gathered some 4,000 farmers so eager to receive the piece of paper saying
00:08they own the land they've worked on all their lives or owe no more mortgage payments going forward.
00:13PTV's Daniel Manalastas on today's distribution of FOAs and get-out-of-debt cards to some 4,000 farmers from Hinoog City,
00:20the two Misamis Provinces, Calian de Oro, Camiguin Island Province, Iligan City, and Bukidnon.
00:27It has been decades of waiting for Teresita and her family before finally being handed their richly deserved land title.
00:35As Christmas draws nearer, such endowment is a big gift for them. That's why they are thankful to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
00:56We are truly grateful to the BBM. They gave us a piece of land for free.
01:02Teresita is just one of more than 4,000 farmers from different areas in northern Mindanao who received their Certificates of Land Ownership Awards in Bukidnon.
01:12Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino led the awarding of land titles and Certificates of Loan Condonation.
01:19We should not lose hope. This is what the Administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos is giving you for giving us the title and Certificates of Loan Condonation.
01:36As farmers receive the FOAs, Department of Agrarian Reform meanwhile has this plea.
01:42In your hands, this land has the power to give wealth, prosperity, and food to many. Let us avoid this event.
01:59The event was also attended by officials of Bukidnon's LGU.
02:03From PTV, Daniel Manalastas, Balitang Pambansa.
