Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System Corporate Office(MWSSCO)

To the MWSS Administrator and FOI Officer, Legal Affairs Department: I am [REDACTED], the legal heir of the late [REDACTED] (Claimant). This request concerns the uncompleted acquisition of his property under the Laiban Dam Land Acquisition and Resettlement Program (LARP) in [REDACTED]. We possess detailed records proving the MWSS initiated, but never completed, the acquisition process: 1983 Claim Documents: Our file includes a Sworn Statement of Value dated 6/29/1983 declaring a value of ₱22000 for Lot No. [REDACTED]. Official 1988 MWSS Correspondence (The Incomplete Transaction): a document from MWSS, dated Jan 15, 1988, explicitly stated that the land payment was "excepted". a letter from MWSS, dated April 26, 1988, served as the official Notice of Payment Release, instructing my father to collect the check for the 40% payment toward "improvements" only. We formally request the following official information for FOI processing: The complete file status for the late claimant and any official resolution explaining why the land compensation, which was excluded from the partial payment in 1988, was never completed. The official administrative procedure and requirements for the legal heirs to secure an Official Release of MWSS Claim on the property, acknowledging the abandoned expropriation. Please forward this request to the Legal Affairs Department for an official reply within the mandated 15 working days.

Respectfully,

[REDACTED]

[REDACTED]

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Good day.

To further substantiate my FOI request for verification of my

late father’s Laiban Dam Land Acquisition and Resettlement Program

(LARP) claim, I am attaching copies of official MWSS documents from

1988, including:

The January 15, 1988 MWSS letter specifying that compensation

covered “improvements only, except for the land”; and

The April 26, 1988 Notice of Payment Release instructing my father

to collect the initial payment for said improvements.

These documents confirm that MWSS partially processed

compensation but did not complete the land acquisition itself.

If your office requires higher-quality or full-size scanned copies

for verification, I am willing to provide them promptly.

In support of my FOI request concerning the uncompleted land

acquisition under the Laiban Dam Land Acquisition and

Resettlement Program (LARP), I am also submitting a copy of the

Ministry of Agrarian Reform (MAR) Certification dated April 6, 1984,

issued to my late father, [REDACTED].

This certification confirms that he was the occupant and applicant-

settler of Farm Lot No. [REDACTED], Survey No. [REDACTED], Barangay [REDACTED].

It establishes his recognized status prior to MWSS’s

valuation and compensation activities in the 1980s.

Should your office require a clearer copy of this document or a high-

resolution scanned version for proper record validation, I am fully

willing to provide it upon request.

Thank you for taking this into consideration in your verification of

the claim file under the Laiban Dam LARP records.

Good day.

This is to respectfully clarify the scope of my FOI request (Reference

No. MWSSCO-408969568594) regarding the property of my late

father, [REDACTED], Lot No. [REDACTED], Survey No. [REDACTED], Barangay

[REDACTED].

Our primary objective remains the administrative release or

certification of non-acquisition for the land portion, confirming that

MWSS did not complete the land purchase under the Laiban Dam

Land Acquisition and Resettlement Program (LARP). This clarification

pertains only to the land, not to the improvements.

However, we also wish to formally note that the family is

maintaining our right to the remaining sixty percent (60%) balance

for the improvements compensation, as referenced in MWSS’s

official correspondence dated January 15, 1988 and April 26, 1988.

Those communications explicitly covered payment for

improvements only, separate from land valuation.

To summarize our position for accuracy in record processing:

1. The release or non-acquisition certification we are requesting

pertains solely to the land portion, to clear any MWSS encumbrance

or pending claim.

2. The balance of improvements payment (60%) remains a distinct,

outstanding administrative obligation under the original 1988 LARP

transaction, which we continue to pursue for proper completion.

Should your office require clearer scanned copies of the supporting

MWSS documents or the 1984 Ministry of Agrarian Reform

certification to verify this distinction, I am willing to provide them

immediately.

Thank you for noting this clarification so that the Legal Affairs

Department can act separately on the (1) release of the unacquired

land, and (2) processing of the remaining improvements

compensation.