DENR turns over free land patents to 114 beneficiaries in Iloilo
ILOILO CITY, Dec. 19 (PNA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) through its Iloilo Provincial ENR Office distributed free land patents to 114 beneficiaries on Monday.
Artemio Colacion, head of the DENR Regional Public Affairs Office (RPAO), said that the beneficiaries have complied with requisites necessary to avail of the program. The recipients included 98 from Poblacion East, Oton and 16 for land patent beneficiaries from the municipalities of Tubungan and Barotac Viejo.
The distribution of the land patents, also known as “Handog Titulo†was the highlight of the activity dubbed as “People’s Day†held in the town of Oton.
Colacion said Mayor Carina Flores of Oton assured that more land patents will be released as they are currently working with DENR to identify areas that do not have land titles.
As of today, DENR here already issued 2,922 free residential land patents, higher than the 2,754 target land patents to be issued in Western Visayas this year. Also, the department was able to issue 1,158 free agricultural land patents to its beneficiaries, higher than the 1,025 target.
The Patent, Processing and Issuance (PPI) program of DENR is one of the priority programs of the government, which has been instrumental in alleviating poverty among the rightful claimants.
It also promotes social equity and provided opportunity for beneficiaries to benefit from their lands.
Colacion said that they are hoping to distribute more free land patents in 2017. (PNA)
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