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CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police Brigadier General Albert Ignatius Ferro, Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) director, has given settlers, who occupied lots owned by the government in PC Hills, Barangay Lahug, Cebu City, some extension…
Much as it won’t sit well with urban poor rights groups, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s decision to dismantle the houses and to bar settlers from occupying the Osmeña Shrine has some valid points. First, and it…
FIFTY illegal settlers of the Osmeña Shrine staged a silent protest in front of Cebu City Hall Monday morning. Most of the settlers originally came from Barangays Lahug, Kamputhaw, Kalunasan and Mabolo but transferred to an area…
REACTING to the criticism from Councilor Pastor “Jun” Alcover, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña clarified that the city government remains to be the sole owner of Osmeña Shrine in Barangay Kalunasan. Osmeña admitted that there was a…
Some settlers in the Osmeña Shrine in Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City lost their houses on Tuesday morning. The members of City Hall’s Prevention Restoration Order Beautification Enhancement (PROBE) team implemented the order issued by Mayor Tomas Osmeña…
Provincial Legal Officer Atty. Orvi G. Ortega said he will be coming up with standard guidelines that the province could use in dealing with informal settlers in the province-owned lots. He said he will draft the guidelines…
Regret was written all over Belen Abrigana’s face as she saw personnel of Cebu City Hall’s Prevention, Restoration, Order, Beautification and Enhancement (Probe) team arrive at their house near the Osmeña Shrine yesterday. “Sakit kaayo sa buot…
SETTLERS who built structures at the Osmeña Shrine in Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City, have asked the court to stop the Cebu city government’s scheduled demolition of their shanties in the area. The 15 settlers filed last Thursday…
The 400 settlers who moved into the 4.2-hectare Osmeña Shrine in Barangay Kalunasan have until today to clear out lest their houses be dismantled by City Hall’s Prevention, Restoration, Order, Beautification and Enhancement (Probe) team. “They have…
The Cebu City Council yesterday failed to override the veto of Mayor Michael Rama who refused to approve an ordinance for one-year moratorium on demolitions in the city. The outcome disappointed urban poor groups hoping for relief…
THEY tried to resist at first, even forming a human barricade to block a City Hall demolition team accompanied by police and a Special Weapons Tactics (SWAT) team. But 44 families of sitio Mahusay, barangay Subangdaku in…
THE head of City Hall’s demolition forces is taking a one month “sabbatical” to visit family abroad, said Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama amid a threat from political critics to file a case against her for the…
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