Land titling operations now to be done in the barangays

DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu

To provide a more accessible and transparent public land titling, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is bringing operations down to the barangays to accept applications for titling of public alienable and disposable lands.                                                                                             

DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu has issued DENR Administrative Order (DAO) No. 2019-08 instructing all Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Offices (PENROs) and Community Environment and Natural Resources Offices (CENROs) to accept public land titling applications at the barangay level.

“This is part of our continuing effort to simplify, streamline, and fast track the disposition of public alienable and disposable lands through free and homestead patents, and we are doing this in strong partnership with local government units (LGUs),” Cimatu said. READ MORE

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