President Arroyo
issues EO 690, transfers LRA to DENR
By PURIFICACION S. DALOOS
February
3, 2008
TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte
– President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has recently transferred the
authority and supervision of the Land Registration Authority (LRA) to
the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
Executive Order No.
690 signed by President Arroyo on December 28, 2007 transfers the LRA
from being an attached agency of the Department of Justice to the DENR
which is the government agency that exercises supervision and control
over alienable and disposable public lands.
LRA is mandated to
issue decrees of registration and certificates of title and register
documents, patents and other land transactions for the benefit of
landowners, Agrarian Reform-beneficiaries and the registering public
in general.
Regional Executive
Director Alfredo Pascual says that EO 690 mentions that “the transfer
of LRA from DOJ to DENR is being done in order to have a concerted and
well-coordinated effort in formulating policies as well as planning
and implementing programs and projects of the LRA.”
RED Pascual notes that
in region 8, the LRA and the DENR particularly the Land Management
Service, are working in close coordination with each other. “The
implementation of the Land Administration and Management Project
(LAMP) in the region has made this smooth working relation between the
DENR & the LRA possible,” RED Pascual adds.
The transfer is
consistent with the "Administrative Code of 1987", which provides that
the President, in order to achieve simplicity, economy and efficiency,
has the continuing authority to reorganize the administrative
structure of the Office of the President.
