LEGAZPI CITY—The government plans to expropriate up to 5,500 hectares of land inside the 6-kilometer permanent danger zone (PDZ) around Mt. BuyoutADVERTISEMENTData from the Albay Public Safety and Emergency Management Office (Apsemo) showed at least 1,456 families living inside the danger zone and claiming to have titles to the land. Cedric Daep, Apsemo chief, said the provincial government had created Task Force Mayon to relocate the families outside the 6-km PDZ. One of the task force’s objectives was to find out if the families inside the danger zone really had titles to the land, said Daep. The DENR would no longer process titles for lands inside the 6-km PDZ.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 09, 2018 21:22 UTC