(The Philippine Star) | Updated July 15, 2013
- 12:00am
MANILA,
Philippines - The Land Registration Authority (LRA) said its land titling
computerization project (LTCP) continues to go full blast to give its target
clientele the optimum security and benefits of state-of-the-art information
technology at the soonest possible time.
LRA deputy
administrator Ronald Ortile said the installation of the LTCP system in
cooperation with the agency’s private partner, the Land Registration Systems
Inc. (LARES), “is 93 percent complete, with 134 RDs already live and connected
to LRA central office.”
Reacting to
reports of delay in the release of certain documents being sought by land
owners from the RDs in the provinces, Ortile noted that “the delays may be
likened to birth pains since we are introducing a new and ultra-modern concept
in land titling services.”
Moving to a
new system also involves the challenge of training existing employees, which
may be a contributing factor in delays experienced by specific RDs. While staff
training continues, LRA has conveyed its plan to augment manpower in different
RDs to help address isolated cases of delay.
But with the
refurbished RD offices in place, the public can enjoy the full benefits of the
LTCP that could translate into utmost convenience for land owners and other
parties availing themselves of LRA’s online services made possible by the
computer system.
Ortile said
land owners could actually save time and money by using the LRA’s A2A service.
“If a client based in Quezon City wants to obtain a CTC of a land title stored
in an RD located in Davao City, all the client needs to do is to go the Quezon
City RD and request for such document. He will actually save on travel and
accommodation costs,” Ortile explained.
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