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Baguio urban poor residents block realtor’s survey

BAGUIO CITY (Mar. 31) — Residents of San Carlos Heights, Irisan here failed the Holy Family Housing Project Association, Inc. from holding a dialogue with 12 affected residents on March 30 regarding a joint relocation survey, asserting that the said realty’s claim over a portion of Purok 22 is fraudulent. The said realty claiming over 4,000 square meters of Purok 22 affects 12 houses.

Irisan People’s Action against Demolition and for Good Governance (IPADeGG) Chairperson Salvador Ramo said, the lot area under question is considered as public land and under present laws, public lands cannot be titled. He questioned the legality of the papers the realty is using.

Ramo further said that IPADeGG has an on-going petition filed at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) regarding status clarification of all lots in the said area and cancellation of all titles. The same petition is filed at the city council.

The Holy Family Housing maintains that they have all the necessary papers to prove their right to develop the said lot area. The said realty is using the title claim of a certain Calderon on the said lot.

According to one of the affected residents, who requested anonymity, the dialogue on the said date was actually the last leg of the joint relocation survey. He said they have been approached by representatives of the said realty to talk about the survey. He added that some of the affected residents went to the realty’s office at the Otek Building here to discuss the process of the survey and payment mode for the lot the residents occupied.

He further said that after the first survey was conducted, the realty offered affected residents to pay P3, 500 per square meter of the lot they occupied.

Over 100 residents from nearby puroks gathered to support the affected residents. # Kim Quitasol for NORDIS

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