Bagong Extension Hall Building sa Lupang Arenda, Pina-Sinayaan

Source: http://barangaystaana.blogspot.com/ Lupang Arenda Extension Hall Kamakailan ay pormal na pina-sinayaan ang bagong tayong Barangay Extension Hall sa lugar ng Lupang Arenda, Barangay Sta. Ana, Taytay, Rizal. Kasabay ng flag ceremony ng mga empleyado at opisyales ng Pamahalaang Barangay na ginaganap tuwing unang Lunes ng buwan, pormal na binuksan ang naturang gusali sa pamamagitan ng isang Ribbon Cutting at Blessing Ceremony, sinundan ng solidarity messages ng mga kagawad at ni Punong Barangay Joselito Calderon. Ang bagong gusali ay simbolo lamang ng taus-pusong paglilingkod ng Sangguniang Barangay ng Sta. Ana lalo na para sa mga taga-Lupang Arenda, partikular na sa pagbibigay ng basic services sa...

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Avelino delas Alas-Ex-village chief in vote-rich site shot dead, P0.3-M reward raised for gunman's capture

TAYTAY, Rizal – A lone gunman shot in the head a former barangay chairman of a lakeshore community known for yielding solid votes, and probers are eyeing the political angle, as the victim had recently joined the camp of the incumbent mayor. Initial reports from the local police identified the casualty as 40-year old Avelino delas Alas, former chairman of Barangay Sta. Ana in this municipality east of Metro Manila. Probers said he was supervising physical preparations for the feast of Sitio Lupang Arenda, when an unidentified man, armed with a .45 caliber hand gun, approached from behind and shot him once, hitting his nape. The suspect casually walked away and remains at large. Village folk rushed the victim to the hospital but he was dead on arrival. The victim had run for various local...

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Taytay relocation site flooded for more than a year

02-Jul-12, 7:32 PM | Tricia Aquino, InterAksyon | Photos by Rose Dianne Eola A street in Barangay Sta. Ana, a relocation site in Taytay, Rizal, has been flooded for one year, earning the ire of its residents.   Since her family moved to Brgy. Sta. Ana, Taytay, Rizal, in November 2010, college student Rose Dianne Eola has had to wade through a flooded street just so she can get out of their block.InterAksyon.comThe online news portal of TV5 "Ilang buwan na po ang baha dito sa amin. Kahit po walang ulan ay hindi ito humuhupa. Kapag umuulan naman po ay lalong tumataas ang tubig at lumalagpas na sa gutter," she said in an e-mail to InterAksyon. ("Our street has been flooded for months. Even when it doesn't, the water...

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2 public schools in Taytay sitting on top of danger zone

InterAksyon.com The online news portal of TV5 MANILA, Philippines - Aside from the shortage of teachers and classrooms and seasonal floods, two public schools in Taytay, Rizal were found to be sitting on top of a potentially danger zone. The two elementary schools in Lupang Arenda, Tipayan Elementary School and the Arenda Elementary School, are situated inside 270 hectares of land on the shores of Laguna Lake. Tipayan Elementary School is always flooded while the more than 2,000 students of the adjacent Arenda Elementary School are cramped in just 14 classrooms so that the school has to schedule three shifts so they can be taught by teachers who are lacking in number. But the greater danger lies in the fact that the area, where the schools are located, is already saturated in water...

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Government sets up road dike in Lupang Arenda

Monday, February 20, 2012 MALACAÑANG said the government has set up a road dike in some areas of Lupang Arenda in Taytay, Rizal to minimize or prevent further liquefaction and to keep the residents safe from any disaster. Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda issued the statement Monday amid reports that the entire 270-hectare Lupang Arenda in Taytay, Rizal, is unsafe for human settlement because of liquefaction. Have something to report? Tell us in text, photos or videos. Lupang Arenda was established when former President Fidel V. Ramos issued Proclamation 704 and opened some 200 hectares of public lands in protected wetlands to accommodate the growing number of illegal settlers in Metro Manila. The settlement lies along the shorelines of Laguna de Bay and the natural lake water egress...

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Going Against the Flow - Tobit Cruz

Reference: angpakialamero.blogspot.com My Flyers Which I Got for Free “Tobit, sikat ka na, may mga flyers na kumakalat sa munisipyo na naka-print screen ang facebook profile mo.”Those words were my friends’ morning greeting to me when I entered our office. I actually don’t know what to feel since the scenario was still so vague as it also made  me  think if I had done anything wrong, since my conscience clearly says that there is none. They then explained to me that it was about my facebook post saying “Joric, humanda ka. Nakikita mo ba tong mga papel na to? Para sa’yo to. It’s Payback time” while flashing an angry face and a bunch of papers on my hand. I then started to become conscious of how I looked on that...

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NEW EO PRESSED FOR ARENDA SETTLERS

fernan     |     October 3, 2011     |     Nation News  TAYTAY, Rizal — The local government asked Malacanang to seriously consider the issuance of a new executive order that would finally legitimize the settlement of some 50,000 families, who have been living in Lupang Arenda for the last 13 years. In a statement, Taytay Mayor Joric Gacula urged Pres. Noynoy Aquino to issue his version of Proclamation 704-1995, which declares the 80-hectare Lupang Arenda in Barangay Sta. Ana as resettlement area amid findings of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), which states that Lupang Arenda is suitable for habitation. Gacula explained that the fact that the 50,000 families have been living...

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