NEWS BRIEFS

DEMOLITION SET FOR BRGY LUZ

Thirty-two households in barangay Luz will be evicted on Monday after several dialogues between the Cebu City government and the residents failed.

Mayor Michael Rama told reporters the demolition order will be implemented on Monday.

Generosa Corbeta, president of the Barangay Luz Urban Poor Fraternal Organization, said that they can’t comment until today’s briefing at 10:30 a.m. with the mayor.

The meeting will be facilitated by Collin Rosell of the Division for the Welfare of the Urban Poor (DWUP) in City Hall.

Affected households of sitios Nangka, Mabuhay and Lubi will have a briefing today.

Corbeta was non-committal about the residents next move.

“Nanan-aw na lang,” he said. (We will just watch what happens.)

Corbeta said residents will demand for on-site relocation./Correspondent Tweeny Malinao

PIGGERIES NEAR CREEK, HOUSES IN MANDAUE TO GO

The Mandaue City government finally issued a demolition order against 18 piggeries in barangay Mantuyong.

City Legal Officer Giovanni Tianero said the demolition will start next week for violating City Ordinance 1986-023 or the Sanitary Code.

The ordinance says piggeries must be at least 50 meters away from residential areas.

The piggeries were found to be dumping their waste directly into the Mantuyong Creek.

Tianero urged the piggery owners to voluntarily transfer to the slaughter house in barangay Labogon.

Among those whose business will be displaced by the demolition is Mantuying barangay captain Antonio Maquilan, who owns a piggery in B. Ceniza Street.

He insisted that teir piggery has not disturbed anybody.

He said that transferring to the slaughter house in barangay Labogon would be bad for business because their livestock are not there.

Tianero said maximum tolerance will be exercised in the demolition./Correspondent Jucell Marie P. Cuyos