CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – The seven Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title (CADT) the National Commission on Indigenous People approved in 2003 to 2008 for Aeta, Dumagat and Kalanguya tribes in Central Luzon have yet to be registered with the Register of Deeds, documents gathered by this correspondent showed.
Salong Sunggod, NCIP regional director, confirmed the long process those CADTs are undergoing to be finalized.
The segregation of private properties within the ancestral domains and having to work with three agencies amid the lack of a unified land registration system have required more time, Sunggod said in an interview.
The NCIP works with the Land Registration Authority, Department of Environment and Natural Resources and Department of Agrarian Reform in the 14-step process. The last two steps are ROD registration and awarding.
The registration with the ROD will perfect the tribes’ collective ownership of their domains, he said.
“It’s time consuming but this process will prevent the overlapping of titles. This will guarantee that the tribes will not meet conflict upon the issuance of the CADTs to them,” Sunggod explained.
Totaling 77,000 hectares, those CADTs are in Barangay Dibut, San Luis, Aurora (5,983 has); Pastolan, Barangay Tipo, Hermosa, Bataan (4,355 has); Karahume, San Isidro, San Jose del Monte, Bulacan (1,817 has); Carangglan, Nueva Ecija (25,373 has); Floridablanca, Pampanga (8,218 has); Bamban, Tarlac (10,684 has) and Botolan, Zambales (20,567 has). The claimants total 13,338 individuals.
The CADTs for Dibut, Bamban and Pastolan have already obtained certificates of non-overlap from the LRA, DAR and provincial and city offices of the DENR, documents showed.
The CADTs of Floridablanca, Botolan, Carangglan and Karahume are awaiting certifications from one or two of those agencies.
Only the Dibut and Pastolan CADTs have amended survey plans as of April and are only a step away from getting a resolution from the NCIP en banc.
At least 11 more tribes of Aeta, Abelling and Dumagats have applied for CADTs over 237,261 has in Aurora, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales.
Among these, the CADT application of 508 Aeta families in Crow Valley, Tarlac appeared to be more contentious because the site is presently used by the Philippine military for war games.
Salong Sunggod, NCIP regional director, confirmed the long process those CADTs are undergoing to be finalized.
The segregation of private properties within the ancestral domains and having to work with three agencies amid the lack of a unified land registration system have required more time, Sunggod said in an interview.
The NCIP works with the Land Registration Authority, Department of Environment and Natural Resources and Department of Agrarian Reform in the 14-step process. The last two steps are ROD registration and awarding.
The registration with the ROD will perfect the tribes’ collective ownership of their domains, he said.
“It’s time consuming but this process will prevent the overlapping of titles. This will guarantee that the tribes will not meet conflict upon the issuance of the CADTs to them,” Sunggod explained.
Totaling 77,000 hectares, those CADTs are in Barangay Dibut, San Luis, Aurora (5,983 has); Pastolan, Barangay Tipo, Hermosa, Bataan (4,355 has); Karahume, San Isidro, San Jose del Monte, Bulacan (1,817 has); Carangglan, Nueva Ecija (25,373 has); Floridablanca, Pampanga (8,218 has); Bamban, Tarlac (10,684 has) and Botolan, Zambales (20,567 has). The claimants total 13,338 individuals.
The CADTs for Dibut, Bamban and Pastolan have already obtained certificates of non-overlap from the LRA, DAR and provincial and city offices of the DENR, documents showed.
The CADTs of Floridablanca, Botolan, Carangglan and Karahume are awaiting certifications from one or two of those agencies.
Only the Dibut and Pastolan CADTs have amended survey plans as of April and are only a step away from getting a resolution from the NCIP en banc.
At least 11 more tribes of Aeta, Abelling and Dumagats have applied for CADTs over 237,261 has in Aurora, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales.
Among these, the CADT application of 508 Aeta families in Crow Valley, Tarlac appeared to be more contentious because the site is presently used by the Philippine military for war games.
