BAGO CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL—Over 11,000 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in Negros Occidental were freed of debts totaling P1.8 billion after the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) decided to condone their mortgages. About 3,784 other ARBs, including some who waited for 40 years, also received titles to 4,683 hectares of land in ceremonies held here on
