ARMM to award land titles to Maguindanao beneficiaries

• Source: http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/1661476249754/armm-to-award-land-titles-to-maguindanao-beneficiaries-
• Saturday, October 15, 2016

(LTObolongon/pbchangco-PIA Cotabato with report from BPI-ARMM)

COTABATO CITY Oct 13 (PIA) ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­---- In compliance with the mandate of ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman to uplift the lives of the people in ARMM and to enhance government services the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-ARMM) granted the towns of Maguindanao province land titles worth approximately P12 million.

Some 106 residents of Shariff Aguak, Pagatin, Mamasapano and Salibo included in the “SPMS box” are the beneficiaries of the free land titles as well as livelihood opportunities to farmer beneficiaries seen to spur economic activities.

DENR-ARMM, Secretary Kahal Kedtag said his office aims to distribute 1,587 hectares which are currently classified as alienable and disposable public lands.

The distribution of land titles dubbed as “Handog Titulo” is geared towards combating poverty and stimulating economic progress and development in the provinces of ARMM.

The initial distribution of106 land titles covering 213 a hectare of public lands is in line with the implementation of ARMM government’s Humanitarian and Development Action Plan (HDAP).

“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 under the Hataman administration to implement various initiatives particularly on relief, rehabilitation and the reconstruction of both ‘horizontal’,infra projects including school buildings, houses, and health centers and ‘vertical’ infrastructures to include roads, bridges, and livelihood programs that envisioned to promote peace and improve the condition of calamity-affected communities.

“The beneficiaries are now proud landowners and enjoy the security of tenure,” Kedtag added.

Secretary Kedtag said this program is very important especially to the people and communities of ARMM affected by the calamities and hopefully would improve and uplift their lives through the free land titles.

“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.

As this develop, this year ARMM has allocated another P42 million worth of land for the 15 municipalities in Maguindanao outside of the SPMS box and one in Lanao del Sur.