Council to create database of idle govt lands

MANILA, Philippines: MALACAÑANG recently issued an Administrative Order creating an inter-agency coordinating council that will consolidate the master list of all lands owned by the state.

Signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on April 30, AO No. 21 identifies one of the key strategies in the administration’s Philippine Development Plan 2023-2028 which seeks to establish liveable communities as it rolls out “the creation of a database containing a complete inventory of idle government lands.”