Ivatans receive land titles from DENR

A TOTAL of 61 land titles were issued to 47 patentees in the towns of Basco, Mahatao, Sabtang, and Ivana in Batanes province under the "Handog Titulo" program of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Registry of Deeds (RoD) in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley).

DENR Region 2 Executive Director Gwendolyn Bambalan said this is part of the government's effort to expedite the granting of land titles in Batanes province to qualified applicants through a joint Handog Titulo program by the DENR and RoD.