CEBU CITY, Philippines—Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has clarified that occupants of the lots in Camp Lapulapu in Barangay Apas, Cebu City, which were transferred back to the Capitol, will not lose
of the Armed Forces of the Philippines formally turned over to the province 16 lots, spanning up to 17.5 hectares, in a prime location in Barangay Apas.It culminated a decades-long legal battle between the provincial government and former Centcom officials over a land-use agreement that dates back in 1959.
Garcia, in a press interview, struck down these reports and assured those affected that the provincial government will iron out everything diplomatically.The governor pointed out that part of the Memorandum of Agreement the Capitol entered with Centcom in 2007 was to recognize the existence of at least 1,000 residents also occupying the lots.
“So, my position is, I will honor the MOU, which takes into account the existence of these occupants,” she said.Last Monday, Centcom, together with officials from the Department of National Defense , formally gave back to the province titles of 16 lots they occupy in Barangay Apas, Cebu City. The Deed of Donation was signed in 1959, allowing the Philippine military to utilize the properties under one condition: they should be for military purposes only.
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