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WEDNESDAY tebruary 27, 2019.

News
Families affected y bay
rehabtogetown homes
BY GLEE JALEA ing units for the affected families in already provided by the NHA...for
eeordhcation with port operators lowrise buildings, the NHA collects
lnternational Container Terminal
A ROUND 2,000 families affected by Services Inc. and Manila Nonh Har-
around P600 to P1,000 monthly. It's
25 years, and renewable for another
1...1 the rehabilitation of Manila Bay bor Port Inc. (MNHPI). The Nf.lA 25 years," Benitez said.
Z lwill soon have theii own homes. will identity the recipienrs, while the
local govemment will help ovenee
Apart from Arroyo and
tmda, Senate Committee on En-
Es-

The Philippine Ports Author-
ity (PPA), the National Housing
Authority (NHA), and the city
of Manila on Tuesday signed a
Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) to relocate and resetde the
informal settlers oflsla Puting Bato
and its sunounding areas situated
at Barangay 20, Zone 2, District 1
in Tondo, Manila.
Speaker Gloria Macapagal Anoyo
and Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada
witnessed the signing ofthe MoU.
Under the MoU. the PPA will set
aside 5 hectares of its property ln
Tondo, Manila and consffnct hous-
the delivery ofbasic services.
tuound P1 billion would b€
allotted as initial fund for the
housing project. Selected ben-
eficiaries can pay for the units for
P1,000 a month for a maximrrm
of25 years, Benitez told reporters.
"We have one model which was
vironment and Naturd Resources
Chairman Cynthia Villar, Rep. Al-
ftedo Benitez, Rep. Manuel lnpez,
Transportation Secretary Anhur
Tugade, and other stakeholders
attended the event.
Estrada thanked Arroyo for
spearheading the project,

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