The proposal which will give free patent
to owners of land in Boracay is likely to fail.
This is because the House Bill 4796,
submitted by Aklan Representative Florencio Miraflores, a few days after being
passed in the Congress and supported in the Senate by means of Senate Bill
3275, was blocked by Senator Sergio Osmeña.
The bill aims for the free registration
of land to the name of the person who has been renting a land in Boracay.
Contained in the bill is the requirement
that the land should not exceed twelve (12) hectares and the person who has
been renting the land should have rented it for more or less thirty (30) years.
Although the bill is supported by the
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Ramon
Paje, Osmeña blocked the bill with no apparent reason.
The House Bill 4796 is seen as a
solution to the problem of land titling in Boracay.
Before thisOsmeña criticized Miraflores
when the Senator blocked the Congressman’s proposed House Bill 3860 which aims
to divide Aklan into two legislative districts.
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