NEWS BRIEFS

ROAD PROJECT IN LANDSLIDE-PRONE AREA DONE BY SEPT

Residents of Talisay City mountain barangays may soon get a reprieve from landslide threats as the road widening project that contributes to the risk is set to finish by the end of September.

The road project contractor Alan Quirante of QM Builders promised during the meeting with Mayor Johnny V. Delos Reyes to finish their work by September 30.

Movement of heavy equipment and earth moving in the road project has placed barangays Lagtang, Jaclupan, Campo 4 and Campo 7 very unstable./Correspondent Gabriel C. Bonjoc

NO MORE ROOM IN PAKNAAN

There is no room in the relocation site in barangay Paknaan for the 70 household displaced by landslide in barangay Casuntingan, Mandaue City.

Tonypet Juanico, head of HUDO said that the 1,200 slots in the 6.5 hectare lot in Barangay Pakna-an were already have beneficiaries

“If only we can have this lot affordable to the city, then we can have this one as a relocation site for these families affected by the landslide and those living along the riverbanks of Butuanon river in barangay Casuntingan.” Juanico said./Correspondent Norman V. Mendoza