Land for Every Pinoy in the Philippines : How Can it Happen?
"Land for Every Pinoy in the Philippines : How Can it Happen?"
How many Filipinos have heard of Bogo City ? Few, perhaps. It is a new, beautiful coastal city at the tip of Cebu province. A golf course is now operating near it & a Korean village is starting in the area, similar to what is going on in other parts of the Philippines . That is good, if the foreigners will not only enjoy the beauty of our country, but will also bring in investments that will make Filipinos progress economically.
Before we welcome more foreigners, we also need to ensure first that every Filipino family has access to land to live on and benefit from in their homeland. To make that happen we must address soon many land administration & management issues that include "inconsistent & outdated land-related laws; overlapping tenurial instruments in public lands; disjointed policies, rules & regulations; cumbersome procedures & dysfunctional structures; inappropriate land classification for planning & development; & bureaucratic land administration systems & procedures,"
On land tenure security & land registration, more issues include "inefficient land records management systems; proliferation of fake, duplicate & spurious titles; & erosion of public confidence in the system."
Those issues have been identified by the Land Administration & Management Project Phase 2 (LAMP2), an interagency project of the DENR & the Department of Finance. LAMP2 has also identified the critical first step-- reform the system, as proposed in the Land Administration Reform Act or the LARA Bill. While the bill remains pending in Congress, LAMP2 has started to map out alternatives for land reform that will widen the options for land ownership by every Pinoy in the country.
Find out the latest on this topic & how you can support land reforms in the Philippines by tuning in to Kalikasan, Kaunlaran! (KK!), DZRH-AM radio, on July 23, 2008, Wed., 7:30-8:30 PM. Guests are Cong. Eduardo Zialcita, Principal Author, "The Land Administration Reform Act of 2007;" Engr. Henry Pacis, Deputy Exec. Dir. For Technical Services, LAMP2; & Atty. Erwin Tiamson, Consultant, La Salle Institite of Governance. Dr. Cora Claudio, Pres., EARTH Inst. Asia, will moderate the discussion.
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