Eugene Buyuccan, chief of the General Services Office , said the city government became the owner of 182,040 square meters of the century-old park following the issuance of the Original Certificate of Title No. 2023000017 by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources on March 3. He made the disclosure to the city council on Monday.The portions in the new title were not part of OCT No.
Baguio began the process of titling all city-owned or administered public properties within the townsite reservation since 2017, including parts of Burnham Park to prevent private individuals or groups from acquiring them through the American colonial era’s townsite sales process that is still operating today or through land patenting laws, Buyuccan said.