Regional Executive Director Ralph Pablo reported that the DENR, through its provincial office in Zambales, distributed a total of 153 land titles and 600 seedlings of acacia, eucalyptus, and agoho, which benefit residents of Palauig, Masinloc and Botolan towns.

 

Two people’s organizations, the Eastern Botolan Tree Farmers’ Association, Inc. and the San Roque Community Management Center, Inc., also received 200,000 seedlings each from the Zambales Diversified Metal Corporation.

 

“To truly serve the people, we must provide a better frontline service accessibility — hence, our participation in this Serbisyo Fair. Through this activity, we can immediately address the concerns of the public on applying for land titles, foreshore lease agreement, tree cutting permit, chainsaw registration, private land tree plantation, certificate of wildlife registration, and water use permit,” Pablo explained.

 

The executive director added that the DENR here would expand and fast-track land title application by bringing “Handog Titulo” program to communities, so that security of tenure may be provided to beneficiaries while local productivity was maximized.

 

The BPSF convened 46 national government agencies to offer public services, including health, social services, agriculture, livelihood, and education.

 

Zambales is the 10th province in the country and the first in Central Luzon to stage BPSF. (-30-)