Itogon wants boundary tiff with Bokod settled in court
>> Saturday, August 12, 2023
ITOGON, Benguet -- The municipal government of this
mining town urged the provincial board to issue the required
certification to file action to bring to court settlement of its boundary
dispute with Bokod town.
Mayor Bernard Waclin said the boundary dispute between Barangay Tinongdan in Itogon and Ambuclao in Bokod had been decades and deprived the two villages and the two municipalities of their commensurate share of the government's National Tax Allotment.
He said no agreement had been reached on previous negotiations and consultations called by the provincial board for amicable settlement. This was because of insistence of the barangay officials of Ambuclao to claim the whole disputed area.
Barangay Ambuclao and Tinongdan are involved in a dispute covering 15,000 hectares of land within their respective jurisdictions.
The mayor said Itogon officials are wondering why their counterparts in Ambuclao and Bokod did not to agree with the earlier proposal, which was advantageous on their part.
"Maybe they want to claim the whole disputed area, which cannot be in the first place, as most of the said land area is within Tinongdan's jurisdiction," Waclin said.
The mayor said the municipal government is working for settlement of all boundary disputes with its neighboring towns.
Aside from its boundary dispute with Bokod, Itogon is also involved in a boundary dispute with Tuba town, especially areas of operation of Philex Mining Corp.
Mayor Bernard Waclin said the boundary dispute between Barangay Tinongdan in Itogon and Ambuclao in Bokod had been decades and deprived the two villages and the two municipalities of their commensurate share of the government's National Tax Allotment.
He said no agreement had been reached on previous negotiations and consultations called by the provincial board for amicable settlement. This was because of insistence of the barangay officials of Ambuclao to claim the whole disputed area.
Barangay Ambuclao and Tinongdan are involved in a dispute covering 15,000 hectares of land within their respective jurisdictions.
The mayor said Itogon officials are wondering why their counterparts in Ambuclao and Bokod did not to agree with the earlier proposal, which was advantageous on their part.
"Maybe they want to claim the whole disputed area, which cannot be in the first place, as most of the said land area is within Tinongdan's jurisdiction," Waclin said.
The mayor said the municipal government is working for settlement of all boundary disputes with its neighboring towns.
Aside from its boundary dispute with Bokod, Itogon is also involved in a boundary dispute with Tuba town, especially areas of operation of Philex Mining Corp.
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