Vice Mayor Teofisto Pagar, Sr. welcomed all the guests and beneficiaries of the project. PENRO and Forester Nestor Canda extolled the efforts of the LGU here for their keen interest on administration and management process.
“Now comes the day of the fulfillment of your dreams that we have distributed the peoples’ land titles. This commendable job of the LGU and LAMP helped lessen the 9,000 lots in Jagna which are not titled yet,” Mr. Canda said.
Mayor Exuperio Lloren on his part emphasized the importance of this document of land tenure security in the hands of the recipients.
“In my initial term of office, I first look into the profile of the land ownership situation of the townspeople based on the comprehensive Municipal Development Plan (MDP). From it we in the LGU have strived hard that this situation be improved. Thanks to the support of the Sangguniang Bayan headed by Vice Mayor Pagar and to Governor Erico Aumentado that this town be in the priority list of the LAMP, hence SAFO is now here,” Mayor Lloren said.
Vice Governor Julius Herrera in his message praised the advocacy of the town executive on land security of the people.
“With the land you have now legally owned, you must not only take good care of it but make use of it by planting something productive to help alleviate the food sustainability of your family. By so doing we are also greening our environment and likewise making Bohol green”, Vice Governor Herrera said.
Provincial Administrator Atty. Tomas Abapo who represented the governor explained in his message the difference between land owner and a land possessor as he congratulated the new land owners of Jagna.
 Aside from the distribution of the land titles, the activity was also highlighted by the signing of the Local Government Unit of Jagna and LAMP 2 Department of the Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Memorandum of Partnership Agreement (MOPA).
It can be recalled that the opening of the LAMP 2, SAFO was also opened with Engr. Eleonore Samson as Systematic Adjudicator (SA) team leader. This was the start of the preliminary activities.
With a time frame of 45-60 days to facilitate the pertinent papers, the SAFO was able to release approved land titles for the land owners of barangas Can-uba, Ipil, Nausok, Naatang and Tubod Mar. (Gregorio A. Tavera)

SECURITY OF LAND TENURE: Expected benefits of LAMP 2 include increased security of land tenure, increased titling due to streamlined procedures and shorter time required for occupation period, increased economic activity and wider tax base. These objectives are eventually met in Jagna as the LGU and LAMP 2 successfully take off its implementation of the said project on August 28 at the Jagna gym. In photo are Mayor Exuperio Lloren and Vice Mayor Teofisto Pagar, Sr. signing the MOPA with LAMP 2 as Vice Governor Julius Herrera, PENRO Nestor Canda & OSS Manager Atty. Iodine Andan look on. Photo inset shows Mayor Lloren and Vice Mayor Pagar assisted by Mr. Canda distribute a land title to a female land owner. (photos MPIO)