Army, PNP, Local Govt. & Private Units Help Transport Families To Yolanda Housing Site
On Monday, November 28, military trucks from the Philippine
Army, the Philippine National Police, Office of the Civil Defense, local
government units, and the private entities were mobilized to transport the Yolanda
typhoon victims to their permanent resettlement centers.
As early as Saturday last week, November 26, members of
these families have been visiting their new homes at North Hill Arbours to
clean up so that, on Monday, their homes would be ready for occupancy.
Around 280 families are scheduled to join the first batch of
the Yolanda victims who will move to their permanent homes and they estimated
that more than 8,000 households may enjoy Christmas in their new homes.
Presidential Assistant for Visayas Michael Lloyd Dino
assured that the beneficiaries will be equipped with water and electricity
before the transfer.
“I’m very happy to hear the report from our men and women of
the Task Force Bulig that the people are already excited to start a new life in
their new homes,” Dino said.
Task Force Bulig was formed through the Office of the
Presidential Assistant for the Visayas after President Duterte publicly ordered
Dino in front of Taclobanons to lead the completion of all Yolanda resettlement
sites in Leyte so that the families hit by typhoon three years ago can transfer
before Christmas.
Dino acknowledged the collaborative effort among the
national government agencies, local government of Tacloban, the Philippine
Army, Philippine National Police, private sector, and the typhoon victims
themselves in making the permanent resettlement happen.
Maria Jasmin Patrimonio, 27 years old, with three children,
a resident of Sitio Kataisan, Brgy 88, was expressed gladness because they have
been waiting this day for more than three years now.
They can look forward to a better Christmas that has long
been overdue, as staying in the temporary bunkhouses far from the workplace of
her husband has been all but untenable.
“Dito madali kaming makakuha ng pagkain di gaya doon (Here,
obtaining food is easier, unlike there)," Patrimonio told InterAksyon.
According to Dino, his office has also coordinated with the
Department of Trade and Industry to put up rolling store in the community.
The Leyte Electric Cooperative and the local water utility
have also been requested to waive the charges for the electricity and water
connection of the households.
There are 250 households that have been hooked up to
electricity with the cooperation of the Leyte Electric Cooperative.
Furthermore, Ceres Buses have arrived in Tacloban and now
parked at the Astrodome, they are getting ready to transport hundreds of
families.
These buses will transport all the settlers from their
bunkhouses to their new homes.
According to Dino, the buses will not leave immediately and
they will stay for six more months to transfer the students in their school and
workers whose jobs are in the city.
The buses will not leave until a new PUV route is
established from the relocation site in the City.
Dino hopes that the government can relocate all the families
in the nearshore danger zones by the end of December, or in the first quarter
of 2017.
Records show that, out of the 14,443 houses targeted for
construction by the National Housing Authority, 4,346 have been finished, while
3,353 were classified as substantially finished, and 3,490 are now in various
stages of construction.
Of the 4,346 finished units, 2,101 are already occupied.
The Tacloban North area has designated 11 relocation sites
identified by the National Housing Authority.
Meanwhile, Tacloban City Mayor Christina Romualdez thanked
President Duterte for pushing the various line agencies to hasten the
relocation of the Yolanda survivors living in the danger zones.
See What’s Inside the
Newly-Built Yolanda Housing Village:
Sources: Interaksyon, Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Facebook Page
Army, PNP, Local Govt. & Private Units Help Transport Families To Yolanda Housing Site
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