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By Sammy Martin, Reporter
THE House of Representatives,
spearheaded by Speaker Prospero Nograles, together with the
Department of Interior and Local Government and the University of
the Philippines, have agreed to join forces to work for the ultimate
enactment of a National Land Use Code, which will serve as a guide
for the judicious and appropriate utilization of the country’s
land resources.
Rep. Antonio Cerilles of
Zamboanga del Sur, chairman of the House Special Committee on Land
Use, said that a memorandum of cooperation was recently signed by
the Speaker, Interior and Local Government Undersecretary Marius
Corpus and Dr. Candido Cabrido Jr., president of the UP Planning and
Development Research Foundation, Inc., for a capacity-building
program involving local government units, for the preparation of
comprehensive land use plans and comprehensive development plans.
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