COTABATO CITY – The Regional Land Use Committee (RLUC) conducted Monday, June 1, its second regular meeting for the year 2021, facilitated by the Bangsamoro Planning and Development Authority (BPDA), held at the Bangsamoro Government Center here, to discuss issues on land claims, political boundaries, and environmental management.
RLUC is special committee under the Bangsamoro Economic and Development Council (BEDC) of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
The meeting was spearheaded by BARMM Director General Engr. Mohajirin T. Ali, also the BPDA committee co-chair and head of the technical secretariat.
In his message, Ali underscored BEDC’s approval on the resolution to include the Ministries of Trade, Investments and Tourism (MTIT) and Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs (MIPA) as additional members of the RLUC. Said resolution was discussed during the committee’s first regular meeting last February 17, 2021.
“These two ministries have vital roles in policy making, promotion of integration and physical planning, as well as in the assessment of change in land use and other physical resources in the region, which are among the functions of the committee,” he said.
Meanwhile, Director Eshan Karl O. Mabang of the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Energy (MENRE) presented the Philippine’s Cadastral Survey Result, which aims to identify and delineate the individual claims of all landowners and claimants, as basis for the issuance of title or patents.
“The objective of this program is to delineate the boundaries politically, which will serve as basis for accurate Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA), land disposition purposes, and to determine the indicative land area of the Philippines by consolidating all the approved political boundary maps,” he said.
Based on the record, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources has completed the cadastral survey of 1,634 cities and municipalities nationwide. This includes the 118 cities and municipalities of the defunct Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and the 1,516 non-ARMM cities and municipalities.
Also, Zaiton L. Abas, chief of the Special Geographic Area (SGA) Field Office of the Ministry of Interior and Local Government (MILG), discussed the status of the 63 barangays in North Cotabato.
Abas said updates include the appointment and renewal of the administrator and eight cluster coordinators, as well as the other personnel of the SGA-DCO; discussions on the need for synergy among BARMM ministries or other operating units in program implementation to avoid duplication; resolution of clamors of barangay local government units about financial concerns and project implementation; delineation of land areas constituting clustered political units; and the continuity of basic services usually given by the local government units (LGUs).
Futhermore, Engr. Al Kashmir Ko presented issues on identity and usage of two currencies in Sitangkai, Mapun and Turtle Islands in Tawi-Tawi.
Ko said RLUC members will conduct an on-site visit to the
said areas to immediately resolve such issues.
Other matters discussed were the exclusion of Isabela City from BARMM; the division of the province of Maguindanao into Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur; and R.A. 6406 also known as “an act dividing the province of Lanao del Sur into the province of Maranaw and Lanao del Sur which was approved on October 4, 1971.”
On the other hand, Amier Amal, chief environment management specialist of MENRE, said the implementation of R.A. 9003, known as Ecological Solid Management Act of 2000, must be strengthened at the level of all LGUs.
“The LGUs shall be primarily responsible for the implementation and enforcement of the provisions of this Act within their respective jurisdictions,” he said.
“Segregation and collection of solid waste shall be conducted at the barangay level specifically for biodegradable, compostable, and reusable wastes, provided that the collection of non-recyclable materials and special wastes shall be the responsibility of the municipality or city,” he added.
Abas said a Regional Solid Waste Management Sub-Committee will be established to oversee the implementation of R.A. 9003, which is still subject for approval of the BEDC. (BPDA-BARMM / MINDANAO EXPOSE’)
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