March 20, 2009 07:10 PM Friday [ journal.com.ph ]
By: Jerry Adlaw
GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Region 12 is having problems as thousands of hectares of landholdings in Sitio Upper Banualan, Barangay Tambler were reportedly being claimed by questionable claimants.
Jim Sampulna, former regional executive director of DENR Region 12, said 85 percent of cases are that of fake titles and land surveys being manipulated by some DENR personnel in connivance with private surveyors.
“The existence of fake land titles in General Santos City is due to the connivance of some DENR personnel who engaged in profiteering job. They earned a lion’s share out of this,” he said.
DENR Region 12 regional executive director Raquil Ali Lucman, when sought for comment, refused to speak on the issue. He only asked for the list of the DENR personnel involved in the scam.
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