Manila, Jan. 22 -- Informal settlers composed of 40 households near the San Jose de Buenavista port are seeking assistance from the Antique provincial government to prevent them from being evicted from the area.
Antique Provincial Board Member Pio Jessielito Sumande, in an interview Tuesday, said a Writ of Execution penned by Presiding Judge Gemma Bordon Tady of the Sixth Judicial Region Municipal Trial Court in San Jose de Buenavista last Dec. 17, 2019, ordered them to vacate the area for being unlawful detainers.
Sumande assisted the informal settlers in seeking help from the provincial government.
"The informal settlers had been occupying the lot for more than 50 years and so they are requesting the provincial government to assist the...