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 ==[[Parañaque City News]]==
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-'''Merville settlers ready sewage bags to repel demolition teams'''
+'''Another Parañaque slum colony braces for demolition'''
-*Source: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/256229/news/metromanila/merville-settlers-ready-sewage-bags-to-repel-demolition-teams
+*Source: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/183257/another-paranaque-slum-colony-braces-for-demolition
-*By: LBG, GMA News
+*By: Nathaniel R. Melican
-*''Thursday, April 26, 2012''
+*''Friday, April 27, 2012''
-Residents of a private compound in Parañaque City on Thursday prepared plastic bags full of human waste to repel demolition teams which were ordered to demolish their homes.
+Armed with plastic bags filled with human waste, residents of Tucuma community in Barangay (village) Merville, Parañaque City, were already up at 6 a.m. Thursday, prepared to defend their houses from being torn down.
-Residents at Tucuma Compound in Barangay Merville placed human waste in plastic bags that they placed in a large drum, to throw at the demolition team, radio dzBB's Sam Nielsen reported.
+The day came and went, however, without the demolition team making an appearance.
-"Isip namin ang hindi nakakasakit (We want to repel them but we don't want to cause injuries)," said one of the residents, Ramil Asturias.
+The 1,000 families living in the compound have been bracing for a standoff with authorities since the start of the week after they received a court order for the demolition of their houses.
-However, other residents were reported on GMA News TV to have stockpiled bottles for throwing at police and demolitions teams.
+According to the order from the Parañaque Municipal Trial Court Branch 78, the demolition was supposed to push through Thursday.
-Asturias said the families in the area have lived there for decades and it would be hard for them to find work if they are relocated.
+The court, however, could not be reached for comment on why its order was not implemented.
-The dzBB report said the residents expect the demolition to occur any day this week, possibly Thursday morning.
+On the other hand, Senior Superintendent Billy Beltran, Parañaque police chief, told the Inquirer in a phone interview that no one had coordinated with them about providing security to the demolition team, not even the court.
-Only last Monday, at least one person was killed while 39 were injured after violence marred the demolition of stalls at the Silverio Compound in Parañaque City.
+Guards stationed at the only entrance to Tucuma compound also did not know when the demolition of houses in the area would push through.
-Meanwhile, in Quezon City, residents at a compound in Commonwealth village whose homes may be demolished anytime held a vigil Wednesday night.
+“No one talked to us about the supposed demolition. However, if the sheriff arrives with a proper demolition order, we will let them in,” said Mauro Papa, one of the guards employed by Molave Development Corp., the firm which owns the property.
-Some 40 families at a compound in Commonwealth compound said they are not budging even after a 30-day notice of eviction for them was to lapse Thursday, radio dzBB's Rodil Vega reported.
+The Tucuma lot is just one of four pieces of land owned by the company, which is run by the Tinitigan family of Parañaque.
+Papa and the other security guards are stationed at the only entrance to the property—a small iron gate that leads to rows and rows of shanties.
+Access to the compound is strictly controlled, with residents required to present a gate pass upon entry.
+Inside the compound, Ramil Asturias, along with other residents, said that they have been watching out for the demolition team for days.
+“Even if no one came to demolish our houses today, we [will remain] alert and vigilant in case they come in the next days,” he added.
+“We have lived peacefully here for years but we will resist any attempt to forcibly evict us from our homes,” Asturias said.
+He also reiterated their plea for Parañaque Mayor Florencio Bernabe Jr. to intervene in the matter. According to the residents, the Tucuma lot is a government-owned property by virtue of an ordinance issued in 2000.
+For his part, Bernabe admitted that an ordinance seeking the expropriation of the lot was approved in 2000 although it was opposed by the Tinitigan family and their firm.
+“It (the ordinance) was challenged in court twice, and in both times, the family won. So the land is still with the family. It is still private property,” he said.
+On Monday, a violent clash between residents of Silverio Compound, also in Parañaque City, and policemen securing a demolition team left a resident dead and 39 others injured.
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