Tag: Housing units

Duterte leads grant of housing units to former rebels in Davao; tells them to urge other NPAs to surrender

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte led the grant of housing units to former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) and Militia ng Bayan in Davao del Norte as he urged the rebel surrenderees and housing units beneficiaries to convince active communist rebels to return to the fold of law. “Naay panahon nga makigbisog ka kay nagtuo ka nga murag ang gobyerno gidaug-daog mo. Naa puy panahon nga — pag-undang ba. There is […]

57,000 housing units nakatakdang ipamahagi sa qualified beneficiaries – NHA

(Eagle News) — Inilabas na ng National Housing Authority (NHA) ang guidelines sa pagbibigay ng housing units sa mga kuwalipikadong benepisyaryo na hindi miyembro ng Philippine National Police (PNP) at ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Nito lamang Hulyo 13 nang aprubahan ang NHA board resolution na nagpapahintulot sa ahensya na ipagkaloob na ang nasa 57,000 housing units sa buong bansa para sa mga kwalipikadong benepisyaryo kabilang ang nasa informal settlers at empleyado ng […]

Roque: Charges to be filed vs people who will forcibly occupy NHA units

(Eagle News) — Those who will insist in forcibly occupying National Housing Authority units will be charged. This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, who made the pronouncement a day after around 500 members of the Montalban Homeless Association, a local chapter of the urban poor group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap, trooped to a housing project in Rodriguez, Rizal but were driven away by local policemen. The project was intended for the military and […]

Housing units para sa biktima ng bagyong Yolanda, 44% pa lamang ang natatapos – Sen. Ejercito

(Eagle News) — Limang taon matapos ang pananalasa ng Bagyong Yolanda sa Leyte, umaabot pa lang sa mahigit 40 percent ang mga housing units na natatapos ng gobyerno para sa mga biktima ng kalamidad. Katunayan, sa pagdinig ng Senate Committee on Urban Planning Housing and Resettlement na pinamumunuan ni Senador JV Ejercito, lumilitaw na sa 205,000 housing units ang target ng gobyerno para sa mga biktima ng Yolanda, ngunit 90,000 pa lang sa mga ito […]

Bilyun-bilyong piso, nasasayang dahil sa mga sablay na housing units

(Eagle News) — Hindi nababawasan ang problema ng bansa sa mga pabahay para sa mga calamity victims dahil sa mga sablay na pagkakagawa ng mga nasabing housing units. Ayon kay Senador Jv Ejercito, Chairman ng Senate Housing Committee, nakalulungkot dahil bilyun-bilyong piso ang nasasayang na pondo na inilaan para sa mga housing units pero hindi naman tumatagal ang mga naninirahan doon sanhi ng lokasyon at kulang-kulang na mga pasilidad. Hindi rin isinasantabi ni Ejercito na […]

Resolusyon para payagan ang NHA na ipamahagi ang ‘di na-okupahang housing units, aprub na kay Pangulong Duterte

(Eagle News) — Inaprubahan na ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang joint resolution na nagbibigay ng kapangyarihan sa National Housing Authority (NHA) na ipamahagi ang mga hindi na-okupahang housing units sa mga kwalipikadong benepisyaryo. Nilagdaan nitong May 9 ang nasabing joint resolution. Ang mga hindi na-okupahang pabahay ng mga tauhan ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine National Police (PNP), Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) at Bureau of […]

NHA, nagpasyang i-terminate na ang kontrata ng nagtayo ng Yolanda Housing

(Eagle News) — Nakatakdang kanselahin ng National Housing Authority ang kontratang iginawad sa JC Tayag Builders. Sa pagdinig ng House Committee on Housing at House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability, sinabi ni NHA Assistant General Manager Froilan Kampitan na padadalhan nila ng letter of termination ang kumpanya ni Juanito Tayag. Bidding Ayon kay Kampitan, ire-rebid o muli nilang idaraan sa bidding ang kontratang naigawad sa JC Tayag Builders para matapos nang maayos ang […]

President Duterte announces 1,000 housing units for soldiers; warns KADAMAY against occupying them again

“Wag ninyo ako pilitin,” he tells the group (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday warned members of the Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap against occupying more housing projects not intended for them, saying they would be forcibly removed if they did it again. “You are almost anarchists..Wag niyo ako pilitin, ayoko ng masakit..Kung ulitin ninyo at pilitin ninyong pumasok, order ko talaga paalisin kayo ng puwersa. Either batutain kayo or pagbabarilin kayo. Wag ninyo […]

NHA in “negotiations” with PNP, AFP to address “low occupancy rate” of NHA-built houses

(Eagle News Service) — The National Housing Authority has begun “negotiations” with the boards of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police in charge of awarding NHA-constructed housing units to their personnel. Marcelino Escalada Jr., NHA general manager, said during the joint congressional hearing into the illegal occupation of NHA units in Bulacan by the Kalipunang Damayang Mahihirap on Monday that this was to address the low occupancy rate of  NHA-built […]

Housing units for victims of typhoon Pablo and Yolanda, will be free – Duterte

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday (February 8) during his speech at the National Housing Authority’s housing summit in Quezon City announced the granting of free housing for the victims of typhoons Pablo and Yolanda. “Your housing [unit], after a few years, you have to pay P200,000, even the [victims of typhoons] Pablo and Yolanda. As long as I am the President, that’s for free. No more [payment needed],” the President said. “Honestly, […]