Demolition of homes illegal Tondo residents

Mary Ann Florenda, president of Samahan ng Magkakapitbahay ng Road 10, said residents were given only seven days to leave their homes, as the notice of demolition was only issued on Apr. 14, 2014.

By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com

MANILA Some 100 homes in an urban poor community in Road 10, Tondo, Manila were demolished to give way to a reported road widening program.

The demolition of our homes is illegal because they did not show us any papers that would prove that we have to be evicted, Rocel Berdan, vice president of Samahang Magkakapitbahay sa Road 10, adding, They have no right to deprive us of our rights to housing and livelihood here in our community.

In a previous Bulatlat.com report, Road 10 residents pointed to the privatization of the Manila North Harbor as the culprit behind the demolition of their homes. The port privatization is among the 50 public private partnership programs that the Aquino administration is pushing for.

Anakpawis Partylist earlier said many urban poor communities have been demolished or are threatened to be demolished to give way to public-private partnership projects (PPP).

(Photo by Chantal Eco / Tudla Productions)

Mary Ann Florenda, president of Samahan ng Magkakapitbahay ng Road 10, said residents were given only seven days to leave their homes, as the notice of demolition was only issued on Apr. 14, 2014.

On Apr. 23, 2014, a 300-crew demolition team, accompanied by some 100 policemen, arrived in Road 10 to demolish the homes.

Some 500 families would be relocated to a site in Cavite, a report read.

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Demolition of homes illegal Tondo residents