Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 118)
The committee is composed of the District Land Officer, District Forester, Provincial Commander, a representative of the Provincial Government of Oriental Mindoro, the Superintendent of NARRA Project, the Chairman of the Provincial Agricultural Council, representatives from the Calapan Rotary Club and the Calapan Women's Club, and a social worker in charge.
The committee is tasked to screen squatters and new settlers, make a census of these individuals, keep an updated list of available public lands, and assist in the allocation of public lands to deserving landless people in Oriental Mindoro.
The District Land Officer of Oriental Mindoro is directed to give preference to persons recommended by the committee in the allocation of lots from public lands.
The committee may call upon any department, bureau, office, agency, or instrumentality of the Government for assistance in accomplishing its mission.
The committee must render periodic reports of its activities to the President of the Philippines.
Executive Order No. 118 specifically applies to the province of Oriental Mindoro.
The census is significant for identifying who the deserving squatters and new settlers are so that they can be aided properly in the allocation of public lands.
The representative of the Provincial Government participates as a member of the committee responsible for screening and aiding deserving squatters and settlers, providing a link between the provincial government and the committee's activities.
The order took effect immediately upon its signing on June 22, 1955.