Cebu City to look for relocation sites for informal settlers living along riverbanks

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella said that more than 1,000 informal settlers living along the riverbanks need to be relocated. This he revealed after meeting the Office of Building Official (OBO) and the Department…

PRO-7 asks anew PC Hills settlers: Leave the area

Alven Marie A. Timtim 09/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Some settlers in PC Hills will have to vacate the area, whom Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) director, described as a police reservation. Police Brigadier General Albert Ignatius Ferro, PRO-7 director,…

Settlers advised to transfer to relocation site provided by gov’t

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 11/14/2018

  At least 20 families who are settling inside the compound of Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) were advised to vacate the area and transfer to the relocation site provided by the Mandaue City government on Wednesday…

CICC settlers who got cash aid from M’daue demolish houses

Doris C. Bongcac 10/23/2018

AT LEAST 20 families who received the P10,000 cash assistance from the Mandaue City government last week have already started to vacate their temporary dwellings inside the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) compound in Barangay Guizo. Tony…

‘Relocate settlers first’

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 10/10/2018

Cause-oriented groups appealed to the Mandaue City government to relocate settlers occupying the compound of the Cebu International Convention Center before their homes will be demolished. Based on the city’s list, at least 258 families will be…

Only settlers under 93-1 allowed to rebuild homes

Morexette Marie B. Erram and USJ-R Intern Zena Magto. 08/06/2018

Only families identified as beneficiaries of the 93-1 land swap deal signed last week between Cebu City Hall and the provincial government may be allowed to rebuild their homes in Purok 3, Barangay Camputhaw, Cebu City. Genevieve…

Kamputhaw settlers to rebuild after reblocking

Rosalie O. Abatayo and Benjie B. Talisic 08/05/2018

ALORA Barco kept watch over her sleeping one-month-old daughter when her seven-year-old son rushed inside their house and shouted “Fire!” before 4 p.m. last Saturday. Barco, a 27-year-old mother of four, immediately took her children out of…

Settlers secure three-day reprieve from demolition

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/24/2018

The 81 structures in Arellano Boulevard, Cebu City that were scheduled for demolition secured a three-day reprieve courtesy of a restraining order from Branch 18 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) in Cebu City. The settlers through…

Settlers stave off demolition attempt in Banilad

Norman V. Mendoza 07/02/2018

At least 50 settlers of Sitio Back Shell, Barangay Banilad in Mandaue City barricaded the entrance with lumber logs along AS Fortuna Street leading to their homes to stave off a demolition Monday morning. Streamers made of…

Settlers to be given chance to rent, live in mid-rise home

Intern, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/02/2017

Settlers, whose houses near the Doña Pepang Cemetery were demolished two years ago by the Cebu City government to give way to a planned heritage park and persisted to stay in the area, may get a chance…

Measured response

Editorial 10/31/2017

A proposal to allocate an additional P9,000 cash aid to fire victims in Cebu City met mixed reactions from officials who either saw it as too much or just right for the intended beneficiaries. In opposing the…

Mahiga Creek settlers lose homes to demolition

Miguel Ernest Ermac 10/03/2017

About 28 houses located within the three-meter easement of Mahiga Creek at Sitio Mahayag, Barangay Subangdaku in Mandaue City were demolished yesterday morning, leaving settlers with few options at relocation. The demolition carried out by Mandaue City…

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