Kulang yung report. Squatter ba mga ito? Sino ba nakinabang sa MRT3, LRT1 and 2? The people who benefit are not exclusively the elite who control the corporations that have extracted onerous or disadvantageous contracts from probably corrupt or incompetent government officials but also the daily commuter who are the back bone of our economy. The Call center people, the services people, the IT, construction, manufacturing people who produce stuff. What is needed is to ensure that these contracts are not unfair to the government pretty much what the MRT3 contract was.
Worth P63.7 billion, the project will displace 1,250 farmers in Barangay Tungkong Manga’s 300 hectares contested agricultural land controlled by Greg Araneta, believed to be a relative of Interior Secretary Mar Roxas. Also, the project will be a threat to displace 40,000 residents of Pangarap Village in Calocan City and thousands more in other parts of Caloocan and Quezon City.
Representative Fernando “Ka Pando” Hicap said that “The Aquino government is willing to sacrifice the livelihood and homes of farmers and urban residents to give way to the whims of his uncle and cronies on their ambitious PPP project. MRT 7 project is a loud example of brazen plunder of public funds.”
via ‘MRT 7 project plunder of funds for President’s uncle’Manila Today | Manila Today.