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This case involved two consolidated cases regarding claims of private ownership over lands on Boracay Island in the Philippines. The Supreme Court ruled against the private claimants in both cases. The Court held that under the Regalian Doctrine, all public lands belong to the state unless there has been a positive act by the government to reclassify the lands as alienable. For the claimants on Boracay Island, there was no evidence presented of a proclamation, order or other government act prior to 2006 tha

Author
Lee Somar
Language
EN