A senior Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) has requested the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA) to furnish the local legislative body necessary documents to determine the bonafide possessor of the controversial 400 hectare lands located in Sitio Aglaloma, Mariveles being contested by the Municipality of Bagac.
Board Member Manuel Beltran, chair of the SP Committee on Land Use said they have requested the NAMRIA, an agency under the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) that is responsible for providing the public with mapmaking services and acting as the central mapping agency, depository, and distribution facility of natural resources data in the form of maps, charts, texts, and statistics of the necessary documents about the disputed lands.
BM Beltran emphasizes the role of NAMRIA of providing quality topographic maps, nautical charts and other geospatial products and services in a timely and coordinated legal manner which would be the authoritative aspects in the settlement of the contested areas between tow Bataan towns.
The Sangguniang Bayan of Bagac has passed Resolution Number 41 authorizing Mayor Rommel V. del Rosario to take necessary action on behalf of Bagac town in the resolution of the boundary dispute with the Municipality of Mariveles including joint survey ground verification of political boundary.
