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Introduced by
BEN P. EVARDONE

Representative, Lone District, Eastern Samar

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Land ownership in the Philippines and elsewhere has invariably been a determinant of
one’s economic profile, his social creditability. For the banking industry, easier access to
personal borrowings is afforded a person who owns land. Those with housing loan packages,
government owned or otherwise, prefer lending to land owners. This, for at least two
underlying reasons: First, unless by some extra-human intervention, land is one asset that
cannot be physically concealed. Second, land ownership, insofar as our civil laws is
concerned, carries a bundle of economic rights, such as the right to enjoy the land and its
fruits, the right to exclude others from such enjoyment, and the right to dispose of the land for
a valuable consideration, among others. These rights, if actually utilized, could very well
bring about the constitutional vision of an “improved quality of life for all”.

The 1987 Constitution, recognizing the value of land ownership, has mandated the
distribution of lands, especially to poor landless tenants, as a measure of social justice. Also,
it expressly authorizes the conversion of timber or forest land into alienable and disposable
land.

This bill sceks the conversion into alienable and disposable land a portion of
timberland within the Municipality of Oras in the Province of Eastern Samar, particularly in
Barangays Factoria, Saugan, Dalid, Bagacay, Dao, Japay, Bantayan, Mabuhay, Burak, Bato,
Kalaw, Agsam, Tawagan (Poblacion), Binalayan, Naga-Naga and Trinidad (Maycorot).

Indeed, economic growth and development for the hundreds of families living within
the areas specified in this proposed measure will be hastened once this bill is admitted into
our legal system,

In the 16" Congress, this bill passed 3" Reading in the Lower House, but
unfortunately reached the Committee Level only in the Senate due to lack of time. Hence,
the author has refiled this bill with high hope that this administration give the people of Oras,
Eastern Samar the land they have been longing to own.

On this score, immediate passage of this bill is earnestly sought.

at EVARDON!



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SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS )
OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
First Regular Session )

HOUSE OF REPRESENSATAVES:
House Bill No. 3338

Introduced by
BEN P. EVARDONE

Representative, Lone District, Eastern Samar

AN ACT
CLASSIFYING A PORTION OF TIMBERLAND LOCATED IN BARANGAYS
FACTORIA, SAUGAN, DALID, BAGACAY, DAO, JAPAY, BANTAYAN,
MABUHAY, BURAK, TAWAGAN (POBLACION), BINALAYAN, BATO, KALAW,
AGSAM, NAGA-NAGA, AND TRINIDAD (MAYCOROT), IN THE MUNICIPALITY
OF ORAS, PROVINCE OF EASTERN SAMAR, AS ALIENABLE AND
DISPOSABLE

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress
assembled:

SECTION 1. The parcels of land comprising around ‘Three Thousand Seven Hundred
Ninety-two and one-fourth hectares (3,792.24 has.) situated in Barangays Factoria, Saugan,
Dalid, Bagacay, Dao, Japay, Bantayan, Mabuhay, Burak, Tawagan (Poblacion), Binalayan,
Bato, Kalaw, Agsam, Naga-Naga, and Trinidad (Maycorot), in the Municipality of Oras,
Province of Eastern Samar, is hereby converted from timberland to alienable and disposable
land. Said parcel of land is particularly described as follows:

STATION BEARING | DISTANCE | _ EASTING NORTHING

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| (BLLM#1) $04-30W 615 547,850.420 1,342,737.560 }

1-2 $55 2254W 628.74 548,076.499 1,342,101.526
23 S$ 2133 06 W 655.18 547,557.378 1,341,741:
3-4 S 09 36 38 E 1,625.63 | __547,305.675 1,341,141.107
45 $333633E 1,008.38 | __547,560.297 1,339,542.073
5-6 $5540 11 E 1,016.97 | __548,108.816 1,338,696.369
6-7 $79 00 26 E 725.10 548.946.215, 1,338,116.341
78 N81 24 58E 548.95, 549,652.947 1,337,977.249
8-9 N15 3832E 132.94 550,209.509 1,338,059.000
9-10 N72 4635E 536.12 550,247.954 1,338,188.192

10-11 N392209E 1,033.34 | _550,752.706 1,338,350.550



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$6033 16E [__551,417.452 1,339,143.845
$05 1749 E | 552,671.098 1,338,431.707
N48 1721 W 631.09 | 552751119 1,337,658.199
N79 38 48 W 541.38 | 552,279.218 1,338,083.331
$07 1935 W 361.41 | _551,743.702 1,338,178.813
N65 29 33 W. 765.38 551,701.867 1,337,826.003
$1034.24 W 781.39 | _ 550,997.976 1,338,145.065
N5731 43 W 534.14 | _ 550,835.465 1,337,387.696
$59.49 35 W 509.41 | _ 550,392.927 1,337,678.680
$3934.40 W 435.72 |__549,959.435, 1,337,420.291
$3220 50 W 363.69 |__549,734.326 1,337,042.666
$594935E 254,71 | $49,535.845 1,336,730.233
N83 2713 E 314.42 549,744.134 1,336,597.916
N63 55 28 E 267.95 | _550,045.222 1,336,634.946
S$842740E 848.90 | 550,268,408 1,336,751.010
$3043 08 E 411.01 | _ 551,130.873 1,336,653.130
N86 45.26 W 4,662.27 |__551,337.527 1,336,298.493
NOLIOE 810.00 | 546,688.560 1,336,618.500
N 76.45 W. 870.00 546,705.050 1,337,428.330
07.55 W 660.00 | 545,858,210 1,337,627.730
N33.10 W 3,010.00 | _ 545,767,310 1,338,281.440
$68.00 W 1,112.00 | 544,120.610 1,340,801.060
N 60.00 W 1,210.00 | 543,089.580 1,340,384.500
N 22.00 W 1,360.00 | 542,041.690 1,340,989.500
NI11L30E 980.00 541,532.230 1,342,250.470
N 74.20 W 970.00 541,727.610 1,343,472.740
N30.45 W 1,170.00 |__ 540,793,650 1,344.478.250
N63.20E 930.00 | _ 540,195.440 1,344,895.630
N88 1803 E 604.52 |__541,023.111 1,345,390.754
N391521E 615.03 | _541,644.461 1,345,402.515
N644755E 384.84 | 542,040,324 1,345,873.703
$51 2024E 295.10 542,384.844 1,346,034.654
$1531 26W 478.32 | 542,478,092 1,345,853.131
$673933E 808.31 | 542,612.382 1,345,380.000
S$ 1852 08 E 427.52 543,227.815_ 1,345,063.826 |
N56 2049 E 1,095.02 | _543,371.923 134 2
$6238 36E 1,326.09 | 544.275.413 1,345,235.925
$2106 41 E 1,421.71 545,447,990 1,344,622.364
$ 1435 28E 833.41 545,944.996 1,343,294.446
$7005 00E 751.62 546,151.608 1,342,491.837
S$ 843254E 1,239.72 546,852.628 1,342,225.087 }

SECTION 2. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall issue the

necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.


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SECTION 3. Repealing Clause. — All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations or
parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or amended

accordingly,

SECTION 4. Effectivity. ‘This Act shall take effect immediately after its complete
publication in the Official Gazette or in at least a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,