Bataan town earmarks P 6.3 M to relocate 1,730 informal dwellers

ABUCAY, Bataan– The municipal government of this town has allotted P 6.3 million for the proposed relocation  site of some l,730 informal settlers in the six (6) barangays  mostly in coastal villages under its comprehensive socialized housing development  scheme.

Engineer Ernesto S. Vergara, Abucay town municipal administrator and concurrent municipal planning and development officer, stressed that Mayor Liberato  Santiago, Jr. and the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) are carefully assessing for  a suitable location which would adequately provide displaced residents, majority of them are fisher folks ,  productive  and alternative  sources of livelihood in  the new community.

He said the local government is readying the transfer site with available basic social services, school, and adjacent to the town proper and church for the benefit of the informal dwellers.

Engineer Vergara said the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) is preparing  a package of skills training program to assist the informal dwellers in acquiring  technical knowledge of job opportunities  both local and abroad.

Meanwhile, the local authorities are organizing food preparation  and small business  seminar workshops for housekeepers and other members of the displaced families  as significant option to generate additional income, Vergara added.