NDRRM Chairman Congressman Rodolfo Biazon said
the government must reconcile the ownership of the lands in these barangays.
There exists several Prudential Decrees and
Executive Orders that define the status of the area.
The official declarations cover the barrios of
Rio Hondo and Mariki.
Biazon said the executive orders covering the
status of these lands could be easily modified but in the case of any
Presidential Decree this takes the nature of a Law that needs to be amended by
Congresses and approved by the President.
There is said to exist a presidential decree that
classifies these areas as resettlements sites for natives who settled there.
On the other hand, some people own titles to
portions of the land.
The problem arises because the government plans
to take over parts of the area for a military camp, for roads and other
projects and land titles must be modified for the purpose.
The government has refused to allow residents to
return to their homes or what remained of their homes or to construct houses in
their former areas they used to occupy all these years.
Thousands of homes in the two barangays and in
the barrios of Sta. Barbara, Sta. Catalina and Kasanyangan were destroyed by
fires at the height of the rebel attack of these areas last year.
Local officials also want to apply to the area a
so called “No Build Zone” which is a particular area from the shorelines as a
deterrent against sea surges and the likes.
The homes there were not destroyed by tidal waves
or storm surges but by fires that were not put out and left to burn out while
fighting was going on in the area.
Apparently these “No Build Zones” does not apply
to the adjacent Colleges, Paseo del Mar and other shoreline areas in the
coastal lines of the city from Licomo to Limpapa.(ZNS) (110714)
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