Thursday, May 1, 2008 [ philstar.com ]
SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – A huge housing project for police personnel in Central Luzon will soon be developed on a 400-hectare site in San Miguel, Bulacan.
The project was announced by Chief Superintendent Errol Pan, Central Luzon (Region 3) police director, during the groundbreaking rites last Wednesday.
Pan said the development of the first 100 hectares is now ongoing and the lots will be allocated to Central Luzon police personnel as their share in the more or less 1,600-hectare housing community.
Pan said coordination has been made with Deputy Director General Jesus Verzosa, deputy chief for administration and chairman of the Philippine National Police Housing Board, to fast-track the development of the first 100 hectares of the 400-hectare project.
Meanwhile, Chief Superintendent Alfredo Caballes, deputy regional police director for administration, said P100 million was approved under the 2008 General Appropriations Act for the development of the first 100 hectares.
Caballes said PNP surveyors are now conducting relocation, verification and topographic surveys, and have come up with the budget estimate for the development of the initial 100 hectares in coordination with the National Housing Authority.
Caballes said the PNP housing project, considered the biggest in the country, will benefit thousands of policemen in Central Luzon.
He disclosed that out of 120,000 police personnel, about 57 percent do not own their houses.
Caballes said the P100-million allocation will be used for the construction of primary and secondary roads and the accumulated lots for 4,443 units. – Ric Sapnu
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