Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session
HouSE BILL No. 7958
Introduced by Rep. LORET0 8. ACHARON
AN ACT
RECLASSIFYING A PARCEL OF LAND OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN LOCATED IN BARANGAY
SINAWAL IN  THE  CITY OF  GENERAL SANTOS AS ALIENABLE AND  DISPOSABLE  LAND
OPEN     TO     DISPOSITION     FOR     AGRICULTURAL,     RESIDENTIAL,     COMMERCIAL,
INDUSTRIAL AND FOR OTHER PuRPOSES.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This  proposal  seeks  to  reclassify  a  parcel  of  land  of  the  public  domain  located  at
Barangay Sinawal in the City of General Santos consisting of Twenty-One Million Two
Hundred  Thirteen  Thousand  One  Hundred  Ninety-One  (21,213,191)  square  meters
more or less, as alienable and disposable.
The  area  is  currently  classified  as  timberland  however,  actual  land  use  is  a  mix  of
residential,  institutional,  agricultural,  industrial  and  commercial  as  determined  and
recognized by the City Government of General Santos in  its Comprehensive Land Use
Plan  (CLUP)  of  2018-2026,  such  plans  duly  approved  by  the  Housing  and  Land  Use
Regulatory Board  (HLURB)  in  2019.
Reclassification   of   these   lands   shall   give   credence   to   its   actual   use;   give   our
stakeholders maximum opportunities for growth and development; and attract high-
quality   investments   that   are   environmentally   sound    and    imbued   with    social
responsibility.
The use of these lands after reclassification shall be governed by the City's Integrated
Zoning Ordinance  enacted  in  2019 to  prevent  undue congestion  in  a  particular area
and promote the equal spread of urbanization to future inhabitants.
The reclassification will also open up large areas for resettlement of informal settlers
presently residing in road-rights-of-way (RROW), government lots, danger zones such
as riverbanks, ravines and cliffs, shorelines and foreshore areas and those covered by
court-ordered demolitions.


Barangay  Sinawal  is  host  to  the  63.3  hectare-General  Santos  City  Sanitary  Land fill
Complex, the largest of its kind in Mindanao and with additional plans for its expansion
under a public-private partnership agreement.
In essence, the current classification of the subject parcels of land of the public domain
no longer holds true and this situation is counterproductive to the residents of the City
of General Santos in general and  Barangay Sinawal in particular.
This  proposed  measure  intends  to  correct  this  and  will  allow  the  granting  of  land
ownership to deserving constituents and actual occupants by optimizing opportunities
to  improve the  city's  competitive  advantage  in  the  region,  promote flexibility in  the
use  of land  and  specifically water  resources,  given  that the  Sinawal  River  Irrigation
System covers no less than 418 hectares of irrigable land; and to mainstream climate
and disaster risk adaptation and mitigation.
In view of the foregoing, passage of this measure is earnestly sought.
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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session
HoUSE BILL No. 7958
Introduced by Rep. LORETO 8. ACHARON
AN ACT
RECLASSIFYING A PARCEL OF LAND OF THE  PUBLIC DOMAIN  LOCATED  IN
BARANGAY SINAWAL IN THE CITY OF GENERAL SANTOS AS ALIENABLE
AND DISPOSABLE LAND OPEN TO DISPOSITION FOR AGRICULTURAL,
RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines
in Congress assembled:
SECTION  1.  Doc/oror/.on.  -  A  parcel  of  land  of the  public  domain  located  in
Barangay   Sinawal,   City   of   General   Santos   is   hereby   classified   as   alienable   and
disposable land open to disposition for agricultural, residential, commercial, industrial
and for other productive purposes.
Subject parcel of land is more particularly described as follows:
Beginning  at  a  point  marked  ``1"  on  the  Map,  being  N  22°  30'  W,  2013.67
meters from  PRS92 Control  Monument "CTS-3160"  located at Barangay Sinawal, City
of General Santos with
N||°13'W      344.97
N33°49'W      166.95
S 6o° |0' W       242.27
N53°51'W       178.66
S82°51'W          76.55
S 54° 34' W       194.17
N36°45'W      127.92
N 79° 8' W         205.07
N4°43'  E              86.27
N 3|°39' W         32.18
N 86° 29' W         64.03
N69°31'W      256.54
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N89°21'W       118.87
N38°29'W       137.22
N  loo 32' E        175.80
N25°13'W       109.64
N 5|° 7'W         101.40
S 68° 9' W          157.12
S 20° 21' W          64.42
S ||°32' E         115.43
S38°5' W             53.06
S 76° 51' W        199.26
S38°30'  E          126.31
S 7° 55' W            60.94
N79°8'W      1926.32
N  28° 18'W         78.19
N  5o° 58' W         78.09
N  76°  1'W         147.39
N 7|° 5' W         104.86
N89°41'W      172.38
N7|°27'W      195.36
S85°45'W          73.18
S 64° 16' W         47.59
N 3o°47'  E           61.83
N 47°21'  E         132.32
S85°21'  E            81.24
N  86°  12'  E         101.42
N76° 3'  E              117.28
S 62°43'  E            85.33
S43° 29' E          119.52
N 87° 24'  E         395.83
S 72°  16` E          484.60
N  60°  19`  E         300.03
N25°33'W      237.02
N 46° 59'  E         152.27
N48°16'W      146.48
N 31° 16' W         27.90
No°3'W               32.29
N  77°  28'  E         151.75
S 79° 29' E          215.87
N 86° 52'  E         388.67
N 5° 3' W           395.70
N  |°36'W        478.24
N  59° 48'  E         137.83
N  26° 54'  E         196.80
N 80°  13'  E        414.04
N 6° 57' W           60.82
N  27°45'  E           93.26
N 44° 25' W        74.74
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S 63° 9' W
S 66° 50' W
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S 7o° |8' W
S 35° 47' W
S 16° |' W
S 83° 29' W
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N  16° 23'  E
N  |° 55' W
N 54° 37' W
N  86°  16'  E
S 77° 30' E
S 83° 31'  E
S 89° 55'  E
N  86° 33'  E
S 71° 43'  E
S 59° 47'  E
S 34° 57'  E
S  18° 59'  E
S 70 6'  W
S 33° 15' W
S 59° 18' W
S 69° 3o' W
S 6]° 54: VV
S |8° 4' W
S 80 4'  E
S 56°  11'  E
N  850 0'  E
N  64°  13'  E
N  53° 44'  E
N 43° 54'  E
N  62° 59'  E
N 69° 23'  E
S 88°  12'  E
N 49° 41'  E
N  2|° 54'  E
113.39
247.58
291.88
126.33
219.79
49.87
170.97
85.47
45.13
56.76
69.61
69.30
131.30
189.77
174.91
79.73
52.67
69.63
268.63
452.02
125.22
18.90
50.00
25.65
76.36
75.97
95.76
61.07
47.80
60.96
73.88
23.72
55.80
59.33
67.78
33.25
72.85
66.03
46.82
52.22
57.30
53.64
123.05
228.42
122.85
61.87
122.63
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N  2° 53' W
N  25°  17'  E
N 65° 10'  E
S 69° 44'  E
S 55° 45'  E
S 73° 43' E
N 80° |5'  E
N 41°  23'  E
N 3o° 49' W
N 47° 2|' W
N  |9° 22' W
N  |6° 59' E
N 68° 8' E
N  86° 7'  E
N  71° 37'  E
N 43°  36'  E
N 66° 29'  E
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S 3|° 4|' E
S 5°  12.  W
S 32° |' W
S 6o° 39' W
S 1|° 7' W
S 3o° 5|' E
N  83°  56'  E
N  60°  |2'  E
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N 4o° 39'  E
N 36° 5' W
N 57° 22' W
N  27° 3'  E
N  ilo 22' W
N  26° 46'  E
N 74° 38'  E
N 54° 6' E
N  23° 41'  E
N 88° 43' W
N  75° 2' W
S 79° 41' W
S 86° 51' W
S 72° 54' W
S 49° 44' W
S 74° Sol W
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N 46° 3|' W
N 6o° 46' W
S 73° 51' W
187.37
86.95
40.27
96.10
226.08
94.34
165.21
27.47
54.92
69.79
74.03
101.45
151.04
208.95
122.01
99.49
93.93
72.57
95.13
81.38
84.83
103.52
59.17
120.20
151.46
164.50
183.87
131.71
192.94
154.25
79.99
142.25
59.26
132.79
111.37
97.54
82.89
193.23
185.03
205.28
144.38
133.73
104.45
122.92
93.44
125.63
147.73
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S 62° |o' W
N 86° 23' W
S 34° 42' W
S 25° 34'  E
S 63° 46' E
S 68°  17'  E
S 6°  18'  E
S 30° 47' W
S 8;00 7' W
N  75° 6' W
N  52° 32' W
S 89° 55' W
S 50 5' W
S 24° 40`  E
S 47° 11' W
N  87° 22' W
N 68° 31' W
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S 38° 30' W
S |8° |o' E
S 52° 43'  E
S 60° 53' E
S 37° |'  E
S loo |3' W
S 63° 13` W
N 83° 54' W
N 78° 48' W
N 42° 6' W
N 83° 9' W
S 89° 5' W
N  58° 29' W
N 79° 23' W
N 84° |5' W
N 83° 22' W
N  61° 56' W
N  ||° 36'  E
N 52° 44'  E
N  73° 45'  E
N 87° 16'  E
S 84° |' E
N  75°  26'  E
N  34° 2o'  E
N 48° 4' W
N  0012'  E
N 4o° 47'  E
N  69° 41'  E
156.57
141.88
42.84
59.21
165.37
75.54
69.16
87.59
112.94
110.54
156.67
184.05
101.49
96.75
77.69
128.68
201.33
82.16
27.10
25.16
22.93
35.78
37.95
54.62
34.89
38.91
135.67
103.66
231.39
227.41
172.98
167.08
264.38
436.58
108.17
64.16
53.01
95.56
148.50
157.26
109.46
65.74
59.37
138.22
76.11
120.06
47.51
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S 3|° 34' E
S 67° 51'  E
N  52° 39'  E
N  69° 36'  E
S 58° 9'  E
S 24°  10]  E
N  88°  15'  E
N  67° 53'  E
N  700  7'  E
N  88° 34'  E
N  55° 38' E
N 42° 59' W
N 78° 3' W
N  57° 22' W
S 8|° 6' W
S 29° 24' W
S 52° 59' W
N 75° 28' W
S 74° |6' W
N 7|° 5' W
S 6|° 37' W
N 72° 41' W
S73f TJ' W
N  61° 3' W
S 8;JO 2J` W
N  2° 36'  E
N  78° 2'  E
S 73° 45' E
N  25° 43'  E
N  67° 5o'  E
N  570  0'  E
N  |8° 58' E
S 86° ||' E
N  37° 7'  E
N  65° 33'  E
N  52°  |o'  E
N  81°  23'  E
N 23° |2' W
N 86° 35' W
S E;JO 7' W
N 70° 48' W
N 38° 53' W
S 73° 8' W
S 30 5'  E
S 48° 54' W
N  62°  12' W
72.24
116.30
231.01
222.56
420.41
102.19
152.56
379.39
374.94
202.21
333.71
117.26
229.29
219.54
184.54
464.95
156.43
211.94
308.64
590.72
97.18
136.49
209.28
260.66
144.68
272.98
247.27
92.06
179.17
98.34
203.43
169.86
74.76
198.14
112.51
580.17
311.80
82.36
93.61
224.12
228.81
75.83
108.23
183.14
71.78
100.85
52.12
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S 57°  16' W        118.13
S 2|°48' E            71.28
S 26°9' W          135.13
S 00 0'                      90.62
S4|° 1' E            144.18
S37°4'W                0.23
N86°11'W      198.14
N  28°33'W         93.01
N77°34'W       125.98
S 78° 6' W          506.34
N  2°36'  E            437.33
N 88° 21' E         106.66
S |°47' E              83.30
S32° 23'W        181.75
S41°46'  E          127.27
N  72°38'  E         285.19
N  37°4'  E              95.08
N 9° 36' W         306.83
N46°12'W      124.65
N  82° 30'  E         299.85
S 39°43'  E            38.13
N 84° 57'  E         583.81
S 87° 26' E         944.98
N  6o° O'  E            581.90
N 82° 30'  E         969.06
S  19° 33'  E        1048.93
S 72°4'  E            706.48
S 27°42'  E          955.35
S 37°  10'  E          689.99
S 53°45' E          638.67
S  loo 34'  E       2034.37
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the point of beginning, comprising an area of twenty-one million two hundred thirteen
thousand one hundred ninety-one (21,219,191) square meters, more or less.
SEC. 2. D/.spas/.t/.on. -The  Department of Environment and Natural  Resources
(DENR) shall alienate the parcel of land identified in the preceding section through the
issuance of free patent, regardless of the identified uses or purposes of the lots being
applied  for,  to  any  citizen  of  the   Philippines  who  has  continuously  occupied   or
cultivated either or through predecessors-in-interest or a person who has been paying
the real estate tax even as the same has not been occupied by any other person for at
least  (10) years  prior to the  approval  of this Act,  not to exceed twelve  (12)  hectares
per applicant; Provided, that the DENR shall reserve and award lands or lots to the City
Government  of  General  Santos,  its  barangays  and  other  agencies  of  the  national
government for essential  public and quasi-public purposes or services such as school
buildings, roads, public plazas, waterworks systems, health centers and similar offices
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and   purposes;   Provided  further  that  any  title  issued  over  lands  for  quasi-public
purposes  of the  agencies  of the  national  government  shall  be  in  the  name  of the
Republic of the Philippines; Provided, finally that the 20-meters width from both banks
of rivers, creeks and natural depressions that serves as waterways shall be preserved
as  permanent  forestland  and  shall  be  planted  with  indigenous  tree  species  to  be
maintained at all times by the DENR and the local government of the City of General
Santos.
The  provisions of Commonwealth  Act  No.  141  otherwise  known  as the  '`Public  Land
Act", as amended, not inconsistent herewith, shall be applicable; Provided that actual
occupants  of  residential   lots  within   built-up   areas  shall   be  given   priority  in   the
application for titles and the issuance of free patents pursuant to this Act.
SEC. 3. Preservotjon  oJ  Eco/og;ca/  Ba/once.  -  The  final  use  of  this  herein
declared  alienable  and  disposable  lands  shall  not  in  any  way  prejudice  ecological
balance. The  removal  of trees and  other timber products therein  shall  be subject to
existing forestry laws and regulations.
SEC. 4. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - W.lth.ln n.inety {90| days from
the approval of this Act, the Secretary of the DENR shall, in consultation with the local
government   if  the   City  of  General   Santos,   and   concerned   national   government
agencies, issue rules and regulations to implement this Act.
SEC.  15. Seporab/./fry a/ouse. -lf any part or provision of this Act is declared
invalid  or  unconstitutional, the  remaining  parts or provisions  not affected  are  in full
force and effect.
SEC.   16.   Repeo//.ng   C/ouse.   -   All   laws,   presidential   decrees,   letters   of
instructions,  executive  orders,  rules  and  regulations  and  other  issuances  or  parts
thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, amended, or
modified accordingly.
SEC.  17.  E#ect/.vi.ty.  -  This  Act  shall  take  effect  fifteen  (15)  days  after  its
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved.
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