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The Quezon City council has approved on second reading a measure that would compel barangay officials and the local task force against squatting to evict, without the need for a court order, persons who are illegally building structures on public and privately owned lots.

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This was indeed a very long weekend for the nation.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133536 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804832 [AuthorName] => Sara Soliven De Guzman [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 770756 [Title] => DILG to LGUs: Go after squatting syndicates [Summary] =>

Since the proliferation of professional squatters and squatting syndicates is rampant not only in the urban areas but also in rural areas, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) is urging mayors nationwide to create local committees against squatting.

[DatePublished] => 2012-01-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1333920 [AuthorName] => Garry B. Lao [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 769270 [Title] => 'Stop work of squatting syndicates' [Summary] =>

Mayors have been directed to intensify their efforts to stop the activities of professional informal settlers in their respective localities, Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2012-01-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1165072 [AuthorName] => Bebot Sison Jr. [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 611973 [Title] => Toilet read [Summary] => I am just too happy that there are science writers who are far braver than I am when it comes to experimenting and writing about certain intimacies that science has ventured into studying. [DatePublished] => 2010-09-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133961 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1489734 [AuthorName] => Maria Isabel Garcia [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 460244 [Title] => De Castro warns vs land title scams [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines - Vice President Noli de Castro warned the public yesterday to beware of syndicates selling vast tracts of land in Metro Manila and nearby provinces using fake land titles.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 453677 [Title] => Quezon City squatting syndicate neutralized [Summary] =>

Eleven suspected members of a squatting syndicate who posed as military reservists were arrested for entering and occupying a vacant lot owned by the government inside the National Government Center Housing Project West MRB Compound in Quezon City.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 445271 [Title] => Lawmaker: Officials coddling professional squatters should be meted harsh punishment [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines - Government officials protecting and coddling professional squatters should be prosecuted and suffer more penalties under the law, a senior lawmaker proposed yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 288979 [Title] => Realty tax reprieve sought for landowners with squatter woes [Summary] => Citing the deprivation of landowners from using his or her property, a Quezon City councilor yesterday proposed an exemption to payments of realty tax for lands being occupied by squatters.

Councilor Winnie Castelo of District 2 filed Ordinance 151, seeking a six-year reprieve to landowners who are victimized by squatting syndicates. 
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 212799 [Title] => Congress urged to pass anti-squatting measures [Summary] => The Senate and the House of Representatives have been urged to legislate harsher penalties for squatting and to allot more funds for the government’s anti-squatting drive.

Housing czar Mike Defensor made the appeal in a letter to leaders of the two chambers of Congress.

Defensor said heavier punishment for squatters and more funds for the anti-squatting campaign should enable the concerned government agencies to stop professional squatters from occupying state and private lands.
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [ArticleID] => 1270440
                    [Title] => QC eyes stricter measure vs squatting
                    [Summary] => 

The Quezon City council has approved on second reading a measure that would compel barangay officials and the local task force against squatting to evict, without the need for a court order, persons who are illegally building structures on public and privately owned lots.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804764 [AuthorName] => Janvic Mateo [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 840159 [Title] => A gloomy Monday morning! [Summary] =>

This was indeed a very long weekend for the nation.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133536 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804832 [AuthorName] => Sara Soliven De Guzman [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 770756 [Title] => DILG to LGUs: Go after squatting syndicates [Summary] =>

Since the proliferation of professional squatters and squatting syndicates is rampant not only in the urban areas but also in rural areas, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) is urging mayors nationwide to create local committees against squatting.

[DatePublished] => 2012-01-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1333920 [AuthorName] => Garry B. Lao [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 769270 [Title] => 'Stop work of squatting syndicates' [Summary] =>

Mayors have been directed to intensify their efforts to stop the activities of professional informal settlers in their respective localities, Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2012-01-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1165072 [AuthorName] => Bebot Sison Jr. [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 611973 [Title] => Toilet read [Summary] => I am just too happy that there are science writers who are far braver than I am when it comes to experimenting and writing about certain intimacies that science has ventured into studying. [DatePublished] => 2010-09-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133961 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1489734 [AuthorName] => Maria Isabel Garcia [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 460244 [Title] => De Castro warns vs land title scams [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines - Vice President Noli de Castro warned the public yesterday to beware of syndicates selling vast tracts of land in Metro Manila and nearby provinces using fake land titles.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 453677 [Title] => Quezon City squatting syndicate neutralized [Summary] =>

Eleven suspected members of a squatting syndicate who posed as military reservists were arrested for entering and occupying a vacant lot owned by the government inside the National Government Center Housing Project West MRB Compound in Quezon City.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 445271 [Title] => Lawmaker: Officials coddling professional squatters should be meted harsh punishment [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines - Government officials protecting and coddling professional squatters should be prosecuted and suffer more penalties under the law, a senior lawmaker proposed yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 288979 [Title] => Realty tax reprieve sought for landowners with squatter woes [Summary] => Citing the deprivation of landowners from using his or her property, a Quezon City councilor yesterday proposed an exemption to payments of realty tax for lands being occupied by squatters.

Councilor Winnie Castelo of District 2 filed Ordinance 151, seeking a six-year reprieve to landowners who are victimized by squatting syndicates. 
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 212799 [Title] => Congress urged to pass anti-squatting measures [Summary] => The Senate and the House of Representatives have been urged to legislate harsher penalties for squatting and to allot more funds for the government’s anti-squatting drive.

Housing czar Mike Defensor made the appeal in a letter to leaders of the two chambers of Congress.

Defensor said heavier punishment for squatters and more funds for the anti-squatting campaign should enable the concerned government agencies to stop professional squatters from occupying state and private lands.
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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