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ancestral land.
Thereafter, the petitioners as represented by Richard A. Acop filed an
application for the identification, delineation and recognition of the
ancestral land initially before Baguio NCIP City Office pursuant to the
provisions of R.A. 8371, otherwise known as the Indigenous Peoples'
Rights Act of 1997 (IPRA). The petitioners alleged that the subject
ancestral land has been occupied, possessed, and utilized by them and
their [predecessors]-in-interest for so many years. Subsequently, the
NCIP recognized the petitioners' rights over the subject parcels of
ancestral land after finding that the genealogy of the petitioners shows an
unbroken line of generations starting from Piraso who have never left the
subject ancestral land for the last 120 years.
In view of said findings, the NCIP ordered the issuance of eight (8)
Certificates of Ancestral Land Titles (CALTs) under the petitioners' names
as well as that of Nimer.
With respect to Resolution No. 108-2010-AL, the petitioners are the heirs
of Josephine Molintas Abanag, who in turn was a descendant of an Ibaloi
native named Menchi. Menchi originally owned several parcels of
ancestral land located in various parts of what is now known as Baguio
City and these parcels were subsequently inherited by his descendants.
Consequently, the petitioners as represented by Isaias M. Abanag and
Marion T. Pool filed a petition for the identification, delineation and
recognition of their ancestral lands in Baguio City pursuant to R.A. 8371.
Thereafter, an ocular inspection was conducted which revealed the
coverage of the ancestral lands of the Molintas. In addition, the
petitioners therein also submitted numerous pieces of documentary
evidence such as the narrative of customs and traditions of the Ibaloi
community in Baguio City, Assessment of Real Property, Tax receipts,
photographs of improvements, rituals, and members of the Molintas
family led by Josephine Molintas Abanag. In the end, the NCIP granted
the petition and ordered the issuance of twenty-eight (28) CALTs covering
the same number of parcels of ancestral land in the name of the
petitioners and Joan L. Gorio, a transferee often (10) parcels of land from
the heirs of Josephine Molintas Abanag.
Almost two (2) years after, here now comes the Republic of the
Philippines as represented by the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG)
seeking to annul, reverse and set aside the assailed Resolutions of the
NCIP through this instant petition x x x.[8]
The Resolutions of the NCIP
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