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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 ...

On 17 January 2021, Sunday, the Filipino nation will begin its 100-day countdown to the 2021 Quincentennial Commemorations in the Philippines (2021 QCP). Central in these commemorations is the 500th anniversary of the Victory at Mactan on 27 April 2021 (the reckoning date of the countdown).  The Lapu-Lapu City Government will kick-off the countdown at 5:40 p.m. at the Lapulapu Monument, Liberty Shrine, Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City. Highlight of the event is the declaration of the shrine as a site of the permanent display of the Philippine flag through the NHCP Board Resolution No. 10, s. 2020. Confirmed guests are Office of the Presidential Adviser in the Visayas Secretary Michael Lloyd Dino, Philippine Information Agency Director-General Ramon Cualoping III, Lapu-Lapu City Lone District Representative Paz Radaza, Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, and Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard Chan.  It will be followed by a wreath laying at the Sentinel of Freedom (Lapulapu Monument), Rizal Park, M...