Article: Gonzalez affirms Cebu City's ownership of reclamation land; No more legal hitch to issuance of proclamation.(Provincial News)

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 ...

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