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The families that have settled under the first Mandaue-Mactan Bridge have decided to leave their safety up to fate and will just pray that no accident will happen when the repair of the bridge will go full…
The Mandaue City government will have to take care of families living under the old Mandaue-Mactan bridge who will be displaced during the repair of the bridge that connects Mactan Island from mainland Cebu. Engr. Renult Ricardo,…
The coastal relocation site in Mandaue City being offered to families who will have to vacate their homes under the Mandaue-Mactan Bridge doesn’t have electricity and has inadequate water supply. The 6.5-hectare urban poor resettlement site in…
LANDOWNER Japer Development Corp. has offered to sell properties to the Cebu City government for the relocation of the fire victims in barangay Quiot, Cebu City. Collin Rosell, Division for the Welfare of the Urban Poor (DWUP)…
Political undercurrents complicate a solution for the fate of victims of the post-Christmas fire in barangay Lahug. It shouldn’t. In an ideal world, a win-win solution would be the first priority of government leaders working for social…
ACTING Mayor Edgardo Labella yesterday said the Cebu city government will talk with the landowner of the burned sitio in barangay Lahug “after we attend to the emergency needs” of the fire victims. He said City Hall…
Cebu City’s demolition team failed to demolish two structures in Doña Pepang cemetery in barangay Tejero yesterday after former Cebu City mayor Tomas Osmeña and his lawyer, Benjamin Militar, intervened. Osmeña, who is also a former Cebu…
Around 20 families in barangay Capitol Site are now living in tents near the site of their demolished houses. With no proper walls to protect them, they are exposed to the heat of the sun. If it…
Families living in the relocation site in barangay Paknaan, Mandaue City won’t have to worry about floodwaters reaching their doorsteps soon. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) allocated P25 million for a drainage project and…
Towns in northern Cebu that were hard hit by supertyphoon Yolanda should find relocation sites for displaced families. Regional Director Gavino Figuracion of the National Housing Authority said they will allocate funds for land development and housing…
At least 51 urban poor communities in Cebu City face demolition with no available relocation sites for the affected settlers. Collin Rosell, head of the Department for the Welfare of the Urban Poor (DWUP), said the Cebu…
Families living along the coastline in northern Cebu have to move out of a 40-meter “no-build” zone from the shoreline and go inland to avoid the risk of storm surges caused by typhoons like last year’s Yolanda.…
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