ILOILO CITY — Despite the granting of agrarian reform land to the Ati of Boracay Island, tribe members are still seeking full possession of ancestral land granted to them by the government more than seven years ago. But we also wish that we can fully possess and occupy the land covered by an ancestral domain title because it is more permanent,” Evangeline Tambuon, council member of the Boracay Ati Tribe Organization, told the Inquirer. These include five collective Cloa covering 3.2 ha in four areas at Barangay Manoc-Manoc on Boracay Island for 44 Ati families. The CADT-covered land is considered a community property of the tribe and succeeding generations, which cannot be destroyed, sold or disposed of. A portion of the land is inhabited by settlers who cannot be transferred because of the lack of a relocation site.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 12, 2018 21:26 UTC