The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) here awarded to the Philippine Army’s Installation Management Command (IMCOM) a special patent for the historic Camp O’Donnell transmitter station in Capas, Tarlac.

 

On a turnover ceremony held on August 1, 2023, key officials of the DENR here personally handed the special patent to IMCOM Commander Brigadier General Domingo Gobway.

 

The said patent covers a total land area of 350 hectares, and provides an area for the IMCOM, Training and Doctrine Command and the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ Peacekeeping Operations Center.

 

During the World War II, the Camp O’Donnell transmitter station served as a powerful communication facility, capable of providing wide-area radio broadcasts and point-to-point radio transmissions to individual U.S navy ships in the vicinity of the Philippine islands.

In 2022, the DENR also awarded a special patent to the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office of the Department of National Defense for the historic 50-hectare Capas National Shrine.

 

This activity is part of the Handog Titulo program of the DENR that expedites the issuance of land titles to qualified beneficiaries. It also aims to preserve the integrity of military camps and prevent them from potential encroachment and illegal occupation. (-30-)