As a follow-up to its tenement housing project launched early this year, the City Government of Tagbilaran in cooperation with the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD),!is going to build another tenement housing project for the benefit of the urban poor of the city.

This was revealed by Mayor Jane Yap in her weekly interaction over Open Forum program on Nov. 25, 2022, hosted by Ardy Araneta-Batoy and Dave Albarado.

The new tenement housing project will be located at barangay Cabawan. The lot for the 2nd tenement housing project was recently purchased by the City Government.

The new tenement housing project has been sealed on Friday, following the visit of DHSUD Usec. Gary de Guzman. The mayor said the 2nd tenement housing project will be funded by the national government unlike the 1st one which will be bankrolled by the local government unit.

The Cabawan-property is about 3.8 hectares which will soon host the 4-storey, 40-unit housing project for urban poor beneficiaries.

According to the mayor, it is the priority of the administration of President Marcos Jr. to create more low-cost housing especially for the urban poor.

Aside from Tagbilaran City, the DHSUD inaugurated a low-cost housing project in Mandaue City.

Likewise, the mayor already mentioned that the identification of the urban poor beneficiaries of the housing project is on going.

Mayor Yap said that the PAG-IBIG fund will be the one providing the budget for the tenement housing as the tenants will repay the cost of a unit with minimal interest of 1 percent.

The mayor was informed that another tenement project is in the offing once the Cabawan project is done.

CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY

Mayor Jane Yap reported that Tagbilaran City is going all out when it comes to spreading the Christmas spirit after 2 years.

Tomorrow, Nov. 28, 2022, the City Government of Tagbilaran will have its Christmas Lighting Ceremony at the City Hall grounds. This means, the fabled Musical Fountain will be turned on to provide Christmas cheers that will last until the end of December 2022.

Furthermore, each evening, starting tomorrow, there will be a film showing at around 6 pm where kid-friendly shows will be shown at the City Hall grounds.

RESULT OF THE NICP SUMMIT

The mayor gladly reported that following the summit of the National Information and Communications Technology Council of the Philippines (NICP), there are several business process outsourcing (BPO) locators who approached the lady local chief executive to explore possibilities of locating their operations here in the city.

“Pagkahuman sa national convention, daghan ang nakigistorya nako nga mga call center companies and nagpaguide sila ug asa sila makadevelop o makagrow dinhi sa Tagbilaran City,” the mayor bared during the interview.

Mayor Yap presented to the BPO locators the public-private partnership ordinance where the government can lend property to the businesses to be developed into an IT hub.

There are some BPO locators now looking for lots where they can build their sites and operate here, the mayor added.

She also stated that the existing IT hubs will be expanded to accommodate more full-time workers from Tagbilaran City and neighboring towns.