stakeholder body comprised of local government units (LGUs), tribal
leaders, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR),
Region X Community Environment and Natural Resources Offices
(CENRO), and Non-Government Organizations.
Land Tenure Issues
While the actual area of the MILALITTRA ancestral domain covers
approximately 13,000 hectares, only 11,105.57 hectares was approved
by the NCIP when it validated the said application for CADT. In the
course of the processing of the CADT application, no adverse claimant
filed protests during the legally prescribed 15-day protest period; hence,
the CADT application was consequently validated and approved by the
NCIP Commission en-banc. However, thirteen years after its approval, the
CADT has not been registered with the Land Registration Authority (LRA)
despite repeated follow-ups by the representatives of the MILALITTRA.
In spite of the approval of the CADT, two outsiders namely Ramon
Eleazar and Aberasturi have encroached into the CADT area and have
succeeded in physically taking hold of approximately 1,200 hectares of
ancestral lands in Tinaytayan, Barangay San Miguel. The MILALITTRA
was able to physically force Aberasturi out of the CADT area; however
approximately 1,000 hectares of land that he has encroached into has
yet to be recovered by the rightful Talaandig owners. Without land to
till, the affected Talaandigs lost their primary means of living and rightful
place inside the ancestral domain. This situation has also been taken
advantage of by “lawless elements” in the CADT, which contributed to
the breakdown of peace and order in the area.
While the problem with the encroachment of Eleazar and Aberasturi has
not been fully resolved, new problems arose in 2014. A full ten years
after the approval of the Talaandig CADT, the MILALITTRA representatives
found out that several CLOAs (Certificate of Land Ownership Awards)
were issued in favor of migrant families. These titles were located within
the perimeter of the MILALITTRA CADT. Efforts are now in place to
conduct a full inventory of the of the CLOAs recipients and identify their
location in the CADT area.
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The Joint Administrative Order No. 01 series of 2012: A Policy Review
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