City Of San Fernando, Pampanga — Over 400 landless families in Tarlac finally secured ownership of the land they tilled and occupied for many years after being awarded their land titles under the Aquino administration’s “Handog Titulo Program.” (Photo courtesy of Google Maps) Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Assistant Regional Director for Management Services Tirso Parian, Jr. led recently the awarding of a total of 82 land titles, consisting of residential and agricultural free patents and miscellaneous sales patents, covering more than 11 hectares of public lands. The Handog Titulo Program is one of the government’s contributions in promoting social justice and alleviating poverty in the rural areas. “We aim to uplift the lives of the Filipino people, especially those working in the agriculture sector, by giving them access to free land titling and empowering them with legal ownership over the land which some of them have been [...]
