Recommendations n n n n n PARC to formulate a new policy giving DAR a fresh mandate to issue new NOCs, and lobby for the passage of an NOC bill. The PARC has the power to formulate and implement policies and regulations necessary to implement each component of the CARP. It is within their ambit to give the DAR a fresh mandate to issue new NOCs and the power to correct its “erroneous” NOC issuances to complete land acquisition and distribution. At the same time, the government should work with agrarian reform stakeholders and with Congress for the enactment of a new law that will give DAR a fresh mandate to cover agricultural lands not in the DAR database and or agricultural lands without NOC, and to revive the Congressional Oversight Committee on Agrarian Reform (COCAR).15 Amend/revoke DAR policies that cause delays to CARP implementation. One policy that needs to be amended or revoked is DAR AO 7, series of 2011 as amended, so that LAD proceedings can continue until ARBs are installed on the awarded land, even if there are pending cases. DAR to install all displaced ARBs and immediately provide initial capital for farm production. The DAR should immediately install all displaced ARBs on their awarded lands, and provide them security and protection, with the help of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and other agencies. DAR to prosecute CARP violators. The DAR should start prosecuting CARP violators to show that the government is serious in fulfilling its mandate. Prohibited acts and omissions under Section 73 of RA 6657 as amended include willful prevention and obstruction of CARP implementation, illegal land use conversion to avoid CARP coverage, illegal sale, transfer, conveyance of CARP awarded lands, and the unjustified and malicious act by responsible officers of the government. DAR to address the problem of CLOAs issued within IP lands. There are cases where DAR issued CLOAs to farmers and migrant-tillers within ancestral domains, despite the prohibition under the existing CARP law. This has caused land conflicts between farmers and indigenous communities. To resolve this issue, DAR should facilitate a negotiated solution between the parties (IPs and ARBs) wherein the farmers should recognize and respect the prior rights of the IP community over their ancestral domain, while the IPs provide tenure security to the ARBs. The ARBs should agree to the cancellation of According to the DAR, President Duterte has ordered the development of agrarian reform program phase two (2). The DAR was tasked to craft the bill that allows DAR to issue new NOCs. 15 58 Status of Land and Resource Tenure Reform in the Philippines 2018