Baguio residents awarded land titles

By Paul Rillorta

BAGUIO CITY – The Land Registration Authority (LRA), Registry of Deeds here has awarded land titles to applicants who have been waiting for it for so long.

Around 27 Administrative Patents were awarded, bulk of which were Free Patents, three Townsite Sales Applications(TSAs) and three Certificates of Ancestral Land Titles (CALTs) during Monday’s flag raising ceremony here at city hall.     

Lawyer  Noel Aperocho who heads the Registry of Deeds handed the titles to; Winston Casiwan, German Mendoza, Marietta Sap-ay, Almira Cuyo, Noly Navalta, Teresita Celestino, Delia Alican, Janet Aguilar, Guillermo Ambos, jr., Alice Papcio, Alice La Pena, Dominador Marzan, Concepcion Eusebio, Elvira Deuda, Mariano Bernabe, Jr., Reynaldo Charcogan, Cristina Donglayan, Micielo Gracia Opena, Araceli Nucum, Claire Licawen, Risiambrit Dela Cruz, Alphaniza Manipon, Veronica Santiago, Carmen Kayachen, Generoso Artos, Annie Agkiwing and Erdolfo Ocampo.

He was assisted by Mayor Mauricio Domogan, Vice-Mayor Daniel Farinas and other city officials.

During the distribution of the titles, Domogan said, ‘more titles should have been awarded to actual occupants if the Revised City charter was not vetoed by the president.’

‘The revised city charter could speed-up the processing of pending Townsite Sales Applications in the city now numbering 5,000.”

President Benigno Aquino III vetoed the revision of the 1909 City Charter which local officials said could have addressed numerous land problems in the city including the boundary dispute between Baguio City and the Municipality of Tuba.

“Hopefully, we can find a remedy for it so pending applications will be acted upon,” Domogan said

Some officials here said amending the city charter was long overdue to conform to present situation of the city.