DENR-ARMM to distribute land titles in Maguindanao
• 07:43 AM Mon Oct 10, 2016
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BPI-ARMM news release
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COTABATO CITY– Land titles worth
roughly P12 million will be awarded by the Department of Environment and
Natural Resources in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DENR-ARMM) in
the towns of Shariff Aguak, Pagatin, Mamasapano and Salibo (SPMS) in
Maguindanao province.
These areas are called ‘SPMS box’ which is under
close watch of the military and now being developed into productive areas.
DENR-ARMM Secretary Kahal Kedtag said his office is gearing up to distribute
1,587 hectares currently classified as alienable and disposable public lands.
He said the massive distribution of land titles
dubbed Handog Titulo” aims at combating poverty and stimulating progress and
development in the province. It is a program for social upliftment in support
of a vibrant economy and a more responsive government.
The DENR-ARMM will distribute a total of 106 land
titles covering 213 hectares of public lands. The free land survey and land
titling are DENR-ARMM’s counterpart on ARMM government’s Humanitarian and
Development Action Plan (HDAP),” Kedtag said.
The ARMM-HDAP is a project of the regional
government under the Hataman administration that will implement various
government initiatives specifically relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction
of both ‘horizontal’, in reference to school buildings, houses, and health
centers, and ‘vertical’ infrastructures, or roads and bridges, and provision of
livelihood programs that will promote peace and improve the situation in
calamity-affected communities specifically in 15 Maguindanao towns.
The beneficiaries are now proud landowners and
enjoy the security of tenure,” Kedtag added. He noted that an individual who
undergoes this process would have to spend millions of pesos.
This year, the ARMM allocated another P42 million
worth of land for 15 municipalities in Maguindanao outside the SPMS box and one
in Lanao del Sur.
This is the mandate of our regional governor (Mujiv
Hataman) to bring the government services closer to the people, so with the
free land titling, we can help uplift the lives of the Bangsamoro people,”
Kedtag said.