The resettlement of Ondoy victims has been ordered by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Press Undersecretary Anthony Golez said that this is in line with the President’s earlier directive to prevent residents from returning to their former homes in vulnerable areas like riverbanks and mountain slopes.
Golez adds that Vice President and Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) chairman Noli de Casto has identified several possible relocation sites, among which was a Manila Bank property in San Miguel, with 281 hectares ready for agricultural-development for the settlers livelihood.
Based on the October 5 report of the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC), there are 335,740 evacuees in 557 evacuation centers. (PIA)
