December 14, 2006
SP tracking down documents of Occupants of Accreted Foreshoreland in Bonuan
The Sanggunian Panlungsod has just received a listing of cancelled Certificates of Alienability and Disposability from OIC PENRO Officer Rogel Pimentel. It also received a listing of all Tax Declaration issued by the city Assessor's office based on the certificates of Alienability and Disposability presented by the occupants. The Sanggunian has also requested the presence of the former Tondaligan Park Administrator Juanito "Ani" Lagao to grace the Sangguniang Panlungsod session and to bring with him the documents he claims are proof that there are lands inside the Tondaligan Park that were sold for billions of pesos.
The city government has taken the positive step in applying for the questioned accreted foreshore land to be developed into a Special Economic Zone. So far more than 30 hectares have been processed upto the Regional Level of the DENR awaiting for the approval of Secretary Angelo Reyes. The application of the city is to reach more than 90 hectares basing from old and new accretions in the bonuan beach area.
Occupants are deemed illegal and shall have their Tax Declaration cancelled by the city basing from the cancelled Certificates of Alienability the PENRO has provided. As of present, the city vice mayor has requested OIC PENRO Rogel Pimentel to ensure that all certificates cancelled by CENRO are complete and shall match the Tax Declaration occupying the accreted land list submitted by the assessor's office.
In the first place, these FORESHORE lands could not be considered as Agricultural Land. These are beach front properties and are for the use of the state or the Local Government Unit who has territorial jurisdiction over them. Only Agricultural land are subject to Certificates of Alienability and Disposability.






