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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