Ancestral titles valid as land documents – DOJ
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2023-08-01 21:31
Ancestral titles valid as land documents – DOJ
CULTURAL DISPLAY | Baguio City should have been the ancestral domain of its original Ibaloy settlers, their descendants shown in this cultural event in 2022, until they were displaced when the American colonial government built the summer capital in the early 1900s. The only Ibaloy domain recognized by the government is at Barangay Happy Hallow inside the Camp John Hay reservation. (Photo by NEIL CLARK ONGCHANGCO / Inquirer Northern Luzon) BAGUIO CITY, Benguet, Philippines — All ancestral land titles in Baguio City that have not been contested by the government are as valid as modern land titles, according to Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla in a 2022 legal opinion that was recently uncovered by the city council.

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