Porac, Pampanga—Some 300 houses will be built on the 4,000-square meter lot in Barangay Babo Pangulo here intended for Aetas who were displaced by the April 22 magnitude 6.1 tremor that hit this province and rest of Central Luzon.
The project, according to Gov. Lilia Pineda, is a model community for Aeta complete with road networks, church, covered court, barangay hall, water system and plaza.
"A model community for Aetas will be built soon. It has a floor size of four-by-six [meters] with toilet and lavatory," said Pineda, on the sideline of emergency meeting she called for the relocation of hundreds of Aetas whose houses were damaged by the recent earthquake.
Pineda said the provincial government provided the land while some of the construction materials, including cement, steel bars, plywood and others, will be donated by different businessmen and groups, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, and organizations from outside Pampanga.
Each housing unit, PIneda said, would be constructed using pre-fabricated concrete.
"Using pre fabs, one unit could be completed in just two weeks. When it's done, it's easier for us to extend help to our Aeta brothers," the governor said, adding that the project would commence as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, the proviincial governor is planning to seek an audience with different senators to ask for help in tracing part of ancestral domain lands that were allegedly registered to enterprising individuals.
"I will ask for help from the Senate commitee handling ancestral domains so we can investigate how these people received titles inside these lands," Pineda told reporters.
She expressed her disappointment with the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples and other concerned agencies for allowing some individuals to secure land titles in areas under ancestral domain in Porac and Floridablanca towns.
A total of 35,000 hectares of lands in both Porac and Floridablanca towns are under the ancestral domain.
