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''' | '''Another Parañaque slum colony braces for demolition''' | ||
*Source: http:// | *Source: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/183257/another-paranaque-slum-colony-braces-for-demolition | ||
*By: | *By: Nathaniel R. Melican | ||
*'' | *''Friday, April 27, 2012'' | ||
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. | |||
The day came and went, however, without the demolition team making an appearance. | |||
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. | |||
According to the order from the Parañaque Municipal Trial Court Branch 78, the demolition was supposed to push through Thursday. | |||
The court, however, could not be reached for comment on why its order was not implemented. | |||
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. | |||
Guards stationed at the only entrance to Tucuma compound also did not know when the demolition of houses in the area would push through. | |||
“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. | |||
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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