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Duterte wants committee that will determine who owns lands in Boracay

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, July 4, said there was a need to create a committee that would determine who owns the lands in Boracay. Duterte made the statement in a speech during the 31st anniversary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Quezon City, after reiterating his plan to distribute the lands–which he said were forestal and agricultural in nature—to the natives. “So there has to be a committee, to […]