MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 1530, February 2, 1976 ]
RESERVING FOR SETTLEMENT PURPOSES CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND SITUATED IN PANAMAO, TALIPAO AND TIPTIPON, PROVINCE OF SULU, PHILIPPINES, UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION AND DISPOSITION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM.
WHEREAS, it is the declared policy of the State to provide a more vigorous land resettlement program in order to create a truly viable social and economic structure in agriculture;
WHEREAS, it is the duty of the government to uplift the economic well-being of the people, particularly the less fortunate farmers and/or fishermen who do not own their farms, the formerly misguided elements of society who now have expressed their skills in nation building, and farmers cultivating uneconomic farms or have been displaced from their farms;
WHEREAS, it is the responsibility of the government to provide such people with lands as well as technical guidance and assistance to make them independent, self-reliant and responsible citizens;
WHEREAS, there are numerous dissidents and/or rebels in the different sectors of Mindanao who have already abandoned their political ideology and have sworn their allegiance and loyalty to the Republic of the Philippines;
WHEREAS, there are law abiding citizens, both Muslims and Christians, in the different areas of Mindanao who were forced to abandon their homes and landholdings by reason of the subversive and insurgent activities of some misguided elements of society, landless families who are victims of land grabbing by unscrupulous individuals, both Muslims and Christians, and similarly, there are deserving landless, both Muslims and Christians, whose welfare and well-being should be looked into by the government;
WHEREAS, it is the policy and responsibility of the government to rehabilitate the lives of those unfortunate Muslims and Christian;
WHEREAS, it is part of the government commitment to insure a lasting and peaceful settlement to the conflict in Southern Philippines, by building up a politically, economically and socially stable citizenry; and
WHEREAS, there are big tracts of potential agricultural lands in Jolo Island particularly in the Tiptipon area and other adjacent areas which were found after due investigation to be suitable for agricultural cultivation, development of fishing, establishment of industries, and conversion into well-organized and developed resettlement areas for the rebel-returnees, evacuees and other deserving landless of Mindanao under the administration and disposition of the Department of Agrarian Reform;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law and upon recommendation of the Secretary of Agrarian Reform, do hereby reserve for settlement purposes under the administration and disposition of the Department of Agrarian Reform in coordination with other government agencies concerned subject to private rights, if any there be, and to the future classification, certain parcels of land shown on the attached topographic map, more particularly described as follows:
I. BSD. 864
(1) Lot 2408-C=Lot 2459 Mt. Dajo Cad.
99 Case 2
A=9,345,337 sq. m.
(2) Lot 1877-A=Lot 2464 Mt. Dajo Cad.
99 Case 2
A=874,685 sq. m.
(3) Lot 1877-B=Lot 2465 Mt. Dajo Cad.
99 Case 2
Public Land A=13,162,399 sq. m.
(4) Lot 2410-B=Lot 2461. Mt. Dajo Cad.
99 Case 2
A=5,307,983 sq. m.
(5) Lot No. 2410-A=Lot 2460 Mt. Dajo Cad.
99 Case 2
A=8,102,318 sq. m.
(6) Lot No. 2177
A=1,490,11 sq. m.
(7) Lot 2418-B=Lot 2453 Mt. Dajo Cad.
99 Case 2 Public Land
A=9,359,653 sq. m.
(8) Lot 2418-A=Lot 2462 Mt. Dajo Cad.
99 Case 2
A=374,427 sq. m.
(9) Lot 265-B=Lot 2463 Mt. Dajo Cad.
99 Case 2 Public Land
A=267, 259 sq. m.
(10) Lot 465-C CAD. 159=Lot 524 Panamao
Cadastre Public Land
A=7,992,653 sq. m.
(11) Lot 465-A=Lot 522 Panamao Cadastre
A=451,050 sq. m.
(12) Lot 2408-A=Lot 2457 Mt. Dajo Cad.
99 Case 2
A=4,480,954 sq. m.
(13) Lot 2408-B=Lot 2458 Mt. Dajo Cad.
99 Case 2
A=10,247,301 sq. m.
In order to facilitate the development of the area subject of the Proclamation, the Bureau of Forest Development is hereby ordered to immediately reclassify the said areas as alienable and disposable and the Department of Agrarian Reform in coordination with other government agencies shall immediately conduct the subdivision survey of the same into homelots, farmlots, roadlots, and other lots for public purposes. The screening, however, of prospective allocatee of the lots therein shall be done by the Regional Processing Centers established under Memorandum Order No. 516 dated June 16, 1975, of this Office. The Department of Agrarian Reform is hereby authorized to cut, remove and dispose of available timber stand in the area to be used in the development of settlement, subject to forestry laws, rules, and regulations governing the matter.
With respect to those lots, for which certificates of titles were already issued, the Department of Agrarian Reform and the Philippine Amanah Bank are hereby authorized to expropriate the said areas and/or negotiate for their acquisition on pursuant to the provisions of Republic Act No. 3844, as amended by Republic Act No. 6389. Whatever amounts are necessary for the purpose shall be taken out of the funds of the Philippine Amanah Bank to finance the acquisition of the private properties covered by this Proclamation.1aшphi1
The Secretary of Agrarian Reform is hereby authorized to issue Certificates of Land Transfer and/or Emancipation Patents as the case may be, to settlers properly screened by the Regional Processing Centers who have complied with the requirements of the law pursuant to Republic Act No. 3844, as amended by Republic Act No. 6389.
The Department of Agrarian Reform and/or the Armed Forces of the Philippines are hereby authorized to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the government for any assistance that may be necessary in the development, administration and disposition of the areas covered by this Proclamation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
Done in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-six.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE
Presidential Executive Assistant
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