“ALLOW us to stay until after Christmas.”
This was the plea of the 32 families in Barangay Mabolo whose houses
are scheduled to be demolished by the Cebu City Government today.
The families, who are all members of the Nursery Urban Poor
Association (Nurpa), hope to spend Christmas and welcome the New Year in
a City-owned property that, they said, had been their home for more
than five years.
The City recently issued a notice to vacate to the 32 families
occupying some 1,000-sq.m. lot near the Cebu City Abattoir at the North
Reclamation Area. It sits near the 3.3-ha. Block 27 of the City.
The notice says the families only have until today to stay on the
subject property, adding that the City already intends to use it. The
house of those who refuse to vacate will be demolished by the City.
Jocelyn Lamore, 54, said though that it would greatly affect them if the City pushed through with its plan to evict them.
“Wa man miy kwarta. Aha man miy ipatukod balik sa among balay unya
pasko na? Katuluon gyud among luha maghunahuna,” she told Sun.Star Cebu
in an interview yesterday.
Appeal
Lamore, who has no permanent job, appealed to Mayor Michael Rama not
to evict them yet, saying she doesn’t want her family to spend Christmas
without a roof over their head.
Lamore, who is living with her two children, said they are ready to leave the City-
owned property after the holiday.
Lamore is originally from San Fernando and has been living in the
city for many years already following the death of her husband
Consorcio.
Hopes
In a separate interview, Cristine Quiamco, 29, echoed the sentiment
of Lamore, saying that she has been living in the area for at least six
years already.
“Mosugot lang unta ang Syudad nga papuy-on mi diri taman pasko kay wa
gyud miy laing kapaingnan (We hope the City allows us to stay until
Christmas because we have nowhere else to go),” she said.
Like Lamore, Quiamco also doesn’t have a permanent job and is raising three children.
Both Lamore and Quiamco, though, acknowledge the fact that they
didn’t have the permission from the City when they decided to live on
the City-owned property.
The Division for the Welfare of the Urban Poor already told the 32
families that a relocation site is being prepared for them at La Guerta
in Barangay Lahug.
Source: Cebu Sun Star
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