‘HAPPY PEOPLE’ RELOCATED TO YULO ESTATES
SMILES and feeling of satisfaction and contentment were etched on the faces of former informal settlers (IS), who were brought to the new relocation site in Yulo estates in Canlubang, Calamba, Laguna. They used to occupy Sitios Banias and Matang-Tubig, also in Calamba, owned by the San Cristobal Realty and Development Corp. (SCRDC) of the Yulo family. Some 50 households were already relocated to Sitio Tibagan, where they happily related the “positive change” in their life, following their transfer to the area, which according to them “is more developed and urbanized.” The place though, is still in the process of development. Fifty more IS are expected to be brought to Sitio Tibagan from the former disputed land, which some of them refused to leave, claiming that portions of the more than 700 hectare landholding belonged to their forefathers, which they later allegedly inherited. Such claim however, “was baseless,” according to SCRDC spokesperson, Bam Masongsong. He has all ...