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==[[Mirinduque News]]==
==[[Mirinduque News]]==
'''Local gov'ts told: Don't allow settlement in hazard-prone areas'''
'''Ex-Marinduque congressman, bagong TRB chief'''
*Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/346326/local-govts-told-dont-allow-settlement-hazardprone-areas
*Source: http://www.remate.ph/2012/01/ex-marinduque-congressman-bagong-trb-chief/
*December 28, 2011, 5:27pm
*Jan 6, 2012 6:26pm HKT
:by  PIA and Czarina Nicole Ong
:by  Jhie Convocar




MANILA, Philippines — Local government officials in Region 4-B, covering the provinces of Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan, have been urged not to allow any informal settlers in hazard-prone areas to avoid casualties in times of natural calamities.
ITINALAGANG bagong hepe ng Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) si dating Marinduque Representative Edmund Reyes ayon sa Department of Transportation and Communication (DoTC).
 
Ayon kay DoTC secretary Mar Roxas, pormal na itinalaga ni Pangulong Benigno Aquino III si Reyes habang si Atty Pablo Roces Nava III naman ay kasapi ng board.
“Casualty during floods would be minimal if local government units do not allow people to reside in low-lying areas and riverbanks,” said members of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) of Region 4-B.
“These latest appointments are in line with the Department’s goal of infusing new blood and recruiting highly qualified executives to resolve the myriad policy and operational issues in our transport systems,” pahayag Secretary Roxas.
 
“They will be part of the core team in our line agencies that will help provide the people a convenient, safe and reliable mode of transport.”
In its year-end conference call the other day at the Quirino Memorial Medical Center, the council noted that most of the victims in Cagayan de Oro City came from hazardous areas inhabited by squatters.
Pinalitan ni Reyes si TRB executive director Manuel Imperial na nakatanggap ng masamang regalo sa pagdiriwang ng kanyang kaarawan.
 
Sa kanyang unang araw ay nahaharap si Reyes sa tatlong petisyon tungkol  toll hike sa Star toll, Coastal road at SCTex kung saan nangakong agad na bibigyan ng aksiyon ang mga problema.
Likewise, the council presented a regional disaster management and response plan in Region 4-B for discussion.
“Rest assured, itong January, aaksyunan natin ang dalawang concerns na yan,”  ani Reyes.
 
Mayor Juan Sanchez of Lubang, Occidental Mindoro, said that it was really a big challenge on the part of local executives to arrest squatting in their respective areas.
 
Typhoon, flooding, landslides and maritime disaster were cited as the major problems facing the five island provinces comprising the region.
 
Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Regional Director Eugene Cabrera urged the LGUs to take a second look at their respective plans in the wake of the sad experience in the south.
 
He also outlined the tasks of the seven disaster management clusters.
 
Meanwhile, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jesse M. Robredo has been rigorous in campaigning for the relocation of informal settler families.
 
Robredo said there is a need for dialogue with informal settlers and concerned government agencies to address their concerns.
 
In the National Capital Region, the Aquino administration has allotted a P10.55 billion this year, which is part P38 billion five-year package, to build affordable medium-rise buildings (MRBs) for informal settlers, the priority of which are in so-called “danger zones” or those living precariously near rivers, esteros and waterways.
 
Robredo said he and President Aquino have conducted separate groundbreaking rites to build MRBs in at least four pilot areas in Pasay City.
 
Similar activities are to be held in two areas in Quezon City; two in Las Pinas; one in Caloocan City and one near the Iloilo River in Iloilo City.
 
A few days after he was appointed to his post, Robredo was directed by Aquino to create a technical working group to address the concerns of informal settlers, taking cognizance of their vulnerability to disasters, unemployment, lack of steady and dependable livelihood opportunities, and the hardship and impact that their existence and proliferation pose on urban regeneration and development.


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