PEOPLE'S PARK. The perspective of the La Fuerza Real People's Park, a project of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources that will be constructed in Barangay Maybato Sur in San Jose de Buenavista. Eby Archangel Butiong, secretary of Antique's Provincial Housing Board, said on Friday (July 15, 2022) that the informal settlers in the area have already started to leave because of the development plan.(Photo courtesy DENR-PENRO Antique) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Some of the 41 informal settler families in this capital town have begun to relocate to give way to the construction of the "La Fuerza Real" People's Park. Eby Archangel Butiong, secretary of Antique's Provincial Housing Board, said in an interview Friday that out of the 41 families set to move from the easement lot of the Malandog River in Barangay Maybato Sur in San Jose de Buenavista, 35 families have been given more time to relocate. "The Antique provincial government has given the remaining informal settlers until next month in order for them to be relocated," Butiong said. He added that these families have already purchased their home lots from a private land owner nearby as they refused to transfer to the relocation site provided by the provincial government in the adjacent town of Hamtic. Being fishermen, the majority of the families refused to move to the relocation site as they want to continue living near the river. "The other six families out of the 41 had already left on May 31 after they were given financial assistance by the provincial government for their transfer elsewhere," Butiong said. The construction of the La Fuerza Real People's Park on a 6,300 square meter lot near the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office is part of the plan to make the area an eco-tourism attraction in the province. (PNA) }
RESETTLEMENT. The temporary relocation site provided by the Antique provincial government for the 10 informal settlers who were affected by the Malandog River Rehabilitation and Development Project (MRRDP) in Barangay Mapatag, Hamtic town. Eby Archangel Butiong, secretary of the Antique Provincial Housing Board, said in an interview Tuesday (Jan. 18, 2022) that another 11 out of the 42 families will again be resettled in the area before the construction of the "Sunset View" park.(Photo courtesy of Antique Provincial Housing Board) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Forty-two informal settler families in Barangay Maybato Sur here are set to be resettled to give way to this year's construction of "Sunset View", which will serve as the people's park. Eby Archangel Butiong, secretary of the Antique Provincial Housing Board, said in an interview Tuesday that the 42 families have been notified of their resettlement since last year but only 11 signified their willingness to be transferred to the temporary relocation site in Barangay Mapatag, Hamtic town. "Thirty-one of the families said they have other places to transfer to already," Butiong said. The families refusing to be relocated to Hamtic, however, will still be given PHP10,000 as aid to individuals in crisis situation (AICS) through the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO), he added. The local government is waiting for the release of AICS so the families can relocate soon. "The families, who will be transferring to the temporary relocation site, will be provided with construction materials aside from the PHP10,000 AICS that they could use in the transportation and labor during the construction of their shelters," he said. The temporary relocation site is being provided since the provincial government is still in the process of negotiating with the National Housing Authority (NHA) for the provision of permanent dwellings for the relocated families. The proposed "Sunset View " park is to become a new tourism destination, especially for those who wanted to stroll in the afternoon and see the beautiful sunset in the area. It will be built beside the new building of the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) in Barangay Maybato Sur, along the beach with a view of the sunset. (PNA) }