MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Risa Hontiveros pushed for the building of “humane” relocation sites for informal settlers, in a Senate press release on Wednesday. Amidst the “Build, Build, Build” program that targets the acceleration of infrastructure development, she called on the government to prioritize Filipinos displaced by the project. “As developments expand at a bullish pace and infrastructure becomes a main priority, informal settlers face the real problem of displacement,” she said. “Dapat may ‘build, build, build’ program din ang gobyerno ng mga makataong relocation sites para sa ating mga informal settlers.”(The government should also have a "build, build, build" program of humane relocation sites for our informal settlers.) Hontiveros said there are currently as many as 2.5 million informal settler families citing data from the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council.

Source: Philippine Star July 09, 2019 10:04 UTC