04/02/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: WHEREAS, pursuant to the mandates of the 1987 Philippine Constitution to protect the rights of Indigenous Cultural Communities to their ancestral lands and domains, respect and preserve their culture and ensure their economic, social and cultural well-being, and in accordance with the provisions of R.A. 8371, 'AN ACT TO RECOGNIZE AND PROMOTE THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES/ INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, CREATING THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, ESTABLISHING IMPLEMENTING MECHANISMS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES,' the members of the indigenous Cultural Community/ies belonging to the TAGBANUA *** indigenous peoples, located at Municipality of Busuanga, Province of Palawan and comprising the communities of Barangays Calauit and Quezon, Calauit Island, Municipality of Busuanga, Province of Palawan, having continuously occupied, possessed and utilized, since time immemorial, under a claim of ownership certain ancestral domain situated in Municipality of Busuanga, Province of Palawan, Island of Luzon, Philippines containing an area of Three Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Three and 2324/10000 (3,683.2324) hectares more or less, more particularly bounded and described on Page 2 hereof are hereby recognized of their rights thereto. NOW THEREFORE, said Indigenous Cultural Community of TAGBANUA *** Indigenous Peoples, whose members at the time of this issuance appear hereunder as Annex A, is hereby issued this Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD IN OWNERSHIP, the above described ancestral domain as their private but community property, which belongs to all generations of the said Indigenous Cultural Community/Indigenous Peoples. TO DEVELOP, CONTROL, MANAGE and UTILIZE COLLECTIVELY the said ANCESTRAL DOMAIN with all the rights, privileges and responsibilities appurtenant thereto, subject to the condition that the said ancestral domain shall NOT be SOLD, DISPOSED, nor DESTROYED. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, and by authority of R.A. 8371, the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, hereby causes these letters to be made patent and the seal of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples to be hereunto affixed. Issued in Quezon City, Philippines on this 25th day of March, 2008.[52] In view of the foregoing development on October 19, 2011, this Court issued a Resolution[53] requiring the parties "to move in the premises by informing the Court, within ten (10) days from notice, of supervening events and/or subsequent developments pertinent to the case which may be of help to the Court in its immediate disposition x x x." The petitioners, in a Manifestation,[54] emphasized at the outset that no event has elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/61037 10/19