Iligan City LGU to file charges vs Bayanihan Village residents

The local government of Iligan City is set to file charges against Sendong beneficiaries and government employees who initiated the selling of housing units at the Bayanihan Village.

Iligan City gov't padlocks illegally sold Bayanihan Village housing units

ILIGAN CITY, Philippines (2 April 2018) - Some 1,300 houses involving the same number of families, mostly those who fled during the Marawi siege will be evicted, for buying a house funded by the government for typhoon Sendong victims.

Iligan City sets 'pre-padlocking' dialogue with Bayanihan Village stakeholders

ILIGAN CITY (27 Mar 2018) - The city council here has scheduled a conference with stakeholders before demolishing the structures with "extensions" in the GK Bayanihan Village, in Barangay Sta. Elena -- a housing resettlement for 'Sendong' survivors.

Task Force Kamagong to padlock houses unused by 'Sendong' survivors

ILIGAN CITY - City Hall would start padlocking houses at a resettlement site for survivors of the 2011 storm "Sendong" in Barangay Santa Elena that is being used by other people.

Iligan to seize houses sold by 'Sendong' beneficiaries

ILIGAN City (22 Mar 2018) - The local government here warned Typhoon 'Sendong' beneficiaries of a government relocation project who reportedly sold their units that the full force of the law will be used and their houses confiscated from them if reports are proven true.

Mayor Regencia probes 'Sendong' survivors who sold GK houses

ILIGAN City (28 Feb 2017) - Mayor Celso Gomera Regencia has summoned all beneficiaries of Gawad Kalinga (GK) houses in Bayanihan Village, Barangay Santa Elena on Tuesday morning to investigate why some 'Sendong' survivors sold the units that were awarded to them.

According to Housing and Resettlement Office head Rey Roque, over 300 units were sold by beneficiaries to non-Sendong survivors.

Buyers were mostly locals of Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur.

The memorandum of agreement signed by the beneficiaries before they occupied the units states that they are not allowed to sell or let non-beneficiaries occupy the units.

Some beneficiaries reasoned they sold their units because some parts of the village do not have power and water service.

The local government is eyeing the possible filing of charges against beneficiaries who sold their units but also vowed to go after officials and department heads who were amiss in their duty to provide the services promised.


A number of 'Sendong' survivors in Iligan still have not been relocated, five years after the tragedy. [Roxanne Arevalo, ABS-CBN News]