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Article: Gonzalez affirms Cebu City's ownership of reclamation land; No more legal hitch to issuance of proclamation.(Provincial News)
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- May 1, 2005
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Byline: MARS W. MOSQUEDA JR.
CEBU CITY The heated debate over the ownership of the multi-million peso South Reclamation Project (SRP) here will be finally resolved when the Department of Justice (DoJ) affirms the legality of the awarding of a special patent of ownership to Cebu City.
Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez, in a ruling issued last April 27, said there is no more legal obstacle to a presidential proclamation recognizing the ownership of the Cebu City government over the entire 290-hectare SRP.
"It is our view that a presidential proclamation can be issued recognizing the ownership of the city government of Cebu over the SRP without ...