Cebu City Mayor Mike Rama asks court to postpone demolition of houses in Bry. Luz | Sun.Star.
By Jujemay G. Awit
THE Cebu City Government will intervene in the impending demolition of the homes of 36 families in three sitios in Barangay Luz.
The families from Sitios Nangka, Lubi and Mabuhay received a notice to demolish last Nov. 3.
In a letter to Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 11 Judge Ramon Daomilas Jr., who penned the notice to demolish, Mayor Michael Rama asked for a six-month postponement of the demolition.
Rama wants time to look for a relocation site for the families that will be displaced, as well as allow the City Government to investigate what happened.
“Why is the Philippine Commission for the Urban Poor only prioritizing those in Mahiga Creek?” asked Evangeline Abejo, president of the Nasudnong Katawhang Kabus Federation in Cebu City, which assisted the Barrio Luz Urban Poor Federation in their bid not to have their homes demolished.
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