City
Mayor Dan Neri Lim will issue tomorrow a Notice of Summary Eviction to finally
remove the squatters near the newly developed "satellite city" where
the Tagbilaran Integrated Bus Terminal, Central Public Market and the Island City
Mall are situated.
 POLITICAL
WILL. Mayor Dan Lim's final meeting with the squatters residing in this area
will be held tomorrow which will test the mayor's political will in cleaning this
area near the Integrated Bus Terminal from squatters living in 52 houses.
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was bared to the Chronicle by City Planning and Development Coordi-nator Ed Macalandag
after the illegal settlers have repeatedly rebuffed city hall's efforts ordering
them to vacate their dwellings.
Some 52 houses are in the affected area
wherein 26 of them squatting in a lot owned by the city government and the other
26 situated in a lot owned by a certain Jose Torralba (not the former city mayor). |
Earlier
last week the city government has issued an ultimatum for the squatters to vacate
the area. The ultimatum, however, was ignored by the illegal settlers prompting
the city government to call a meeting last Wednesday.
The
meeting which was attended by Mayor Lim, Macalandag, HNU Pres. Fr. Ernesto Lagura
representing the church, Jose Pamaong of the Urban Poor and P/CInsp. Jacinto Cesar,
came out with the decision that the city mayor should issue a Notice of Summary
Eviction on May 8 to vigorously pursue the city government's position to evict
the squatters.
It
was also agreed in said meeting that before the mayor will issue the notice of
summary eviction, they will have another dialogue with the squatters tomorrow,
to further explain the city government's comprehensive plans for the area. (with
reports from Kit Bagaipo) |