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Manila Bulletin devider Philippines devider Sen. Go leads groundbreaking of P1.6-B housing project for police, military in Cebu

Sen. Go leads groundbreaking of P1.6-B housing project for police, military in Cebu

Published Jul 9, 2021 04:55 pm

CEBU CITY – A P1.6-billion housing project intended especially for the police and military personnel broke ground here Friday, July 9.

Sen. Bong Go led the groundbreaking of Southpark Residences in Pulangbato, a mountain barangay in the northern part of this city.

National Housing Authority General Manager Marcelino Escalada Jr. said two 10-story and a 13-story building will rise on a 2.1-hectare land.

The medium-rise condominium will have a total of 850, two-bedroom residential units with each unit measuring 42 square meters (sqm), including a 2.5-sqm balcony.

The project’s excavation works, installation, and concreting of footing are already ongoing.

“This is the 27th housing project that we delivered under the Duterte administration. Before, housing units only measured 24 square meters. There was no decency and privacy and we tried to address that by increasing it to as big as 60 square meters,” said Escalada.

Escalada said each unit would cost around P1.9 million which will be payable for next 30 years.

Aside from police and military personnel, the housing project will also benefit employees of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, Bureau of Fire Protection, and Bureau of Corrections.

“Me and President Duterte are happy with this project because the police and our soldiers are our priority. We know our police and soldiers are close to the President’s heart because they are the ones who are making a lot of sacrifices,” Go said in Cebuano.

Go said at least three more housing projects will be constructed before Duterte’s term ends.

Police Brig. Gen. Ronnie Montejo, chief of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas, welcomed the housing project.

“We are very thankful, especially the PRO 7, for being chosen as one of the beneficiaries. We cannot deny that some policemen don’t have their own houses,” said Montejo.

Montejo said the housing project will benefit the police “financially and economically.” He said there are policemen who are living in slum areas, a condition that may affect their performance as law enforcers.

“They live in slum areas to spare themselves of high rental fees but this may subject them to harassment because different kinds of people live in those areas. And it will be even more dangerous if they will be associated with persons with suspicious character,” said Montejo.

Montejo assured that the policemen who badly need decent homes will be prioritized.

Camp Crame’s housing board will be the ones to spearhead the process of choosing the beneficiaries, said Montejo.

“There are already applicants but there will be a process for it. We are appealing to give way to those who are really in need,” Montejo said.

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