CITY Hall is bracing for a possible legal battle as an offshoot of the executive order issued by Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. directing the immediate cancellation of tax declaration certificates (TDCs) issued over parcels of foreshore or public lands along the beaches of the city’s Tondaligan Park, especially in barangay Bonuan Binloc.

Holders of these tax declarations, most of them prominent families and businessmen, are expected to go to court in order to protect their rights although they know that tax declarations are mere proof of payment of taxes and not proof lf land ownership.
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