Friday, October 20, 2006 BBRC, CCPO get notices on lots
A NOTICE to vacate has not been drafted yet but the Capitol has sent the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) a notice stating that a portion of the lot it is occupying belongs to the Cebu Provincial Government.
A similar notice was sent to the Bagong Buhay Rehabilitation Center (BBRC), which stands on a Province-owned prime property in Barangay Lahug, Cebu City.
CCPO Director Melvin Gayotin and BBRC Warden Supt. Efren Nemeño met with the Capitol’s Economic Enterprise Council yesterday to discuss the matter.
The economic council was created to find better use for Capitol properties so the Province can earn more.
In a brief discussion with Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia on his way out of the Capitol, Gayotin said half of Camp Sotero Cabahug is affected by Capitol’s claim.
The Province is claiming ownership of some 6,000 square meters within the police camp, which is 20 meters inward from Gorordo Avenue.
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Gayotin said the camp’s “tenant units” will be affected, including the PNP Crime Laboratory, the Traffic Management Group and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group.
Gayotin told the governor that he does not know how the CCPO got hold of the lot they are occupying now, but they compared documents with Capitol yesterday to find out the details.
A second meeting is scheduled to extensively discuss the issue.
Garcia told reporters that they called CCPO and BBRC officials to a meeting to find out what their plans are considering that they are occupying Capitol lots.
Capitol is currently working to recover its properties in Cebu City.
Another government office that stands to be affected by the move is the Armed Forces of the Philippines, whose officials already agreed to return the 80-hectare Camp Lapu-Lapu to the Provincial Government.
The Population Commission, the Technical Education Skills Authority and others were also told to vacate the lots they are occupying.
Just recently, the Department of Public Works and Highways has also expressed their willingness to move out of the Province-owned lot near the Capitol compound.
Of the recovered properties, the Province already bid out at least two hectares in Barangay Banilad for a multi-use development project worth P1.2 billion. (JPM)
