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Sunday, April 03, 2005
Residents harassed us, says Moalboal developer
An official of a beach resort and golf course developer yesterday denied harassing residents of Barangay Saavedra, Moal-boal, Cebu who are objecting to the fencing of lots claimed by the company.
Manuel Esguerra Jr., a member of Tri-Island’s Property Specialists Team (Prospect) Inc., said they were the ones being harassed. A resident allegedly fired a Carbine rifle at the security guards, while other residents stole bamboo and barbed wires used to fence the lots.
Esguerra issued this statement in reaction to a report that saw print in Sun.Star Cebu last Friday.
Esguerra said a foreigner who had bought a lot already sold to Tri-Island in 1980 tried to cut the barbed wire fence with a steel cutter. The foreigner hit the security guard with the cutter for allegedly trying to stop him.
Friendly
According to Esguerra, they have to be friendly with the Saavedra people because they will hire locals for jobs once construction of the beach resort and golf course will start next year.
Esguerra said the lots claimed by Tri-Island are covered by a deed of absolute sale executed in the 1970s and 1980s. The company, founded by the late Dr. Rebecco Panlilio, is consistently paying annual real estate taxes, he added.
Panlilio bought lands in Barangays Saavedra, Basdiot and Tuble, all in Moalboal town, during the time of the late President Ferdinand Marcos. Panlilio is reportedly a crony of Marcos, who issued a presidential decree declaring the three barangays as tourism area.
He showed a deed of absolute sale executed by one Estanislao Ig-ogan of Sitio Looc, where he sold to Panlilio 1,312 square meters for P1,642 on May 10, 1980.
Sold again?
The document was notarized by lawyer Presbitero J. Velasco Jr., now a Supreme Court official.
When Tri-Island did not use the lots it bought for more than two decades now, Esguerra said the original owners who sold the properties to Panlilio took advantage by selling these again to foreigners.
“The landowners who sold their lands twice are now the ones harassing us and blocking the entry of Tri-Island, for fear that the second buyers will run after them,” Esguerra said.
Esguerra said Tri-Island can file criminal charges against the landowners, but the company will not do it unless it is obliged to do so.
Not wanting to take any chances, Tri-Island is deploying 17 security guards only in Saavedra, where the beach resort and golf course will be constructed. (EOB)
(April 3, 2005 issue)
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