Demolition ongoing at Osmeña Shrine as settlers yield

By: Nestle L. Semilla June 14,2016 - 10:56 AM

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Settlers ask Cebu City mayor-elect Tomas Osmeña and President-elect Rodrigo Duterte to stop the demolition at the Osmeña shrine. (CDN PHOTO/ TONEE DESPOJO)

THERE was no resistance from settlers at the Osmeña Shrine as their shanties were dismantled by Cebu City Hall’s Prevention Restoration Order, Beautification and Enhancement (PROBE) team Tuesday morning.

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Probe team proceeds to demolish 50 houses today in Barangay Kalunasan. (CDN PHOTO/ TONEE DESPOJO)

About 50 PROBE personnel headed by their chief Raquel Arcel are kept busy dismantling the 50 shanties that were built by the settlers at the 4.2 hectare lot.

Some settlers voluntarily took down their shanties.

There was no word on whether they will be relocated by the city government.

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