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Cebu City prepares plans for Badjao resettlement site
The Freeman
|March 26, 2025
Following the fire that razed a residential community in Barangay Mambaling, the Cebu City government laid down plans for the Badjao resettlement site, which will be designed like stilt houses and protected by mangroves.
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In a press conference last Monday, Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia presented the proposed housing resettlement plan prepared by the City Planning and Development Office (CPDO) for the Badjao community,
This was conceptualized following a fire incident last March 2 that destroyed the residential area in Sitio Badjaowan-Naba, Barangay Mambaling that displaced 822 individuals.
According to the presentation, the immediate action plan involved the relocation of 875 individuals, which will include the full resettlement of the Badjao community.
Garcia said the resettlement plan is similar to the existing stilt houses in Zamboanga City and Isabela in Basilan. The proposed resettlement site in Mambaling is around 33 hectares in size.
This story is from the March 26, 2025 edition of The Freeman.
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