Dec. 31 deadline for application of agricultural free patent stressed
Manila Bulletin (mb.com.ph)
Published December 6, 2020, 10:47 AM
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources reminded Filipino farmers who want to avail themselves of the government’s agricultural free patent program that they have only until the end of the month to file their application.
The DENR-Land Management Bureau said Community Environment and Natural Resources Offices (CENROs) nationwide will no longer accept applications beyond the Dec. 31 deadline set under the Republic Act 9176, otherwise known as the Public Land Act of 2002.
The law extended the filing of applications for free patent and judicial confirmation of imperfect and incomplete titles to alienable and disposable lands of public domain, thus, amending Commonwealth Act 141 or the original Public Land Act.
Agricultural free patents are land grants awarded to natural-born Filipino citizens in actual occupation and cultivation for at least 30 years of alienable and disposable lands not more than 12 hectares, and have paid the corresponding real property taxes.
“Our field offices continue to accept agricultural free patent applications to give those who have been cultivating their lots for a long time the chance to have the same titled in their names,” LMB Director Emelyne Talabis said.
LMB wraps up “Talakayang Panlupa”
The Land Management Bureau (LMB) had concluded the last episode of Talakayang Panlupa last September 30, 2020 aired live on its official Facebook Page (DENR-Land Management Bureau.) The fourth episode featured the LMB Director, Atty. Emelyne V. Talabis and Chief of the Land Policy and Planning Division, Engr. Henry P. Pacis.
DENR listed 32, 542 lots ready for titling in 9 pilot municipalities
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has listed a total of 32, 542 residential and agricultural lots for ready for titling in 9 municipalities, as of this writing.
Upon evaluation, the Land Management Bureau (LMB), found that 49% of these lots are residential while the rest are mostly agricultural.
This was after the DENR has implemented the Rapid Land Tenure Appraisal (RLTA) in 2018, a strategy identified by its Land Management Bureau (LMB) in accelerating land titling activities of the Department.
According to LMB Director Atty. Emelyne V. Talabis, RLTA provides an accurate inventory of all the remaining untitled lands all over the Philippines in support to the Number 6 of President Duterte Administration’s 10-point socio-economic agenda specifically on “ensuring security of land tenure to encourage investments, and address bottlenecks in land management and titling agencies”.
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