Mary Fran-Abuton

Land Registration Systems, Inc.

Land Registration Systems, Inc. (LARES) is the organization tasked to implement, fund, and deliver the nationwide implementation of the Philippines' major modernization project on land registration: the Land Titling Computerization Project (LTCP) of the Land Registration Authority (LRA). Implemented under a Build-Own-Operate (BOC) arrangement as provided for in the Build-OwnTransfer (BOT) law, the LTCP is a major information technology project of the Philippine government to secure land ownership and restore the integrity of land titling and deeds registration in the country. To forward with this mission, the project involves a myriad of modern reforms and solutions such as the development of customized application systems, supply of IT products and services, extensive training of end users, conversion of titles and documents to digital form, a nationwide network interconnection and the construction of IT-enabled government offices.