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Raps eyed vs ‘Yolanda’ housing contractor over substandard materials



By: Vince F. Nonato - Philippine Daily Inquirer / 01:14 PM September 26, 2017

Perjury and even possible syndicated estafa charges may be filed by lawmakers against a contractor of housing projects for victims of typhoon “Yolanda” in Eastern Samar, after an inspection last week showed the steel bars fell short of the government’s specification.



Housing and urban development committee chair Rep. Albee Benitez (Negros Occidental, 3rd Dist.) is flanked by Reps. Deogracias Victor Savellano (Ilocos Sur, 1st Dist.) and Ben Evardone (Eastern Samar) during a Tuesday press briefing. VINCE F. NONATO/INQUIRER.net

Negros Occidental 3rd Dist. Rep. Albee Benitez, chair of the House of Representatives’ housing and urban development committee, said contractor Juanito Tayag of J.C. Tayag Builders, Inc., “definitely committed perjury” when he denied in a Sept. 18 hearing that substandard materials were used in its resettlement sites.

Rep. Benitez to sue Yolanda contractor in Eastern Samar project for perjury



By News5-InterAksyon | September 26, 2017, 8:51 PM

MANILA, Philippines – Negros Occidental Representative Alfredo Benitez is readying perjury charges against one of the contractors of housing projects in Eastern Samar for victims of typhoon Yolanda for using substandard materials.



Inspection of substandard construction in Typhoon Yolanda housing project.

Benitez said he will sue contractor Juanito Tayag of J.C. Tayag Builders, Inc. for denying in a committee hearing on September 18 that the materials used in the resettlement houses were not based on the specified requirements.

Solons to file charges vs. contractor of Yolanda housing project




Published September 26, 2017 4:06pm
By ERWIN COLCOL, GMA News

Lawmakers are poised to file charges against the contractor of a Yolanda housing project for allegedly making false statements over the supposedly snail-paced implementation of housing relocation and resettlement for typhoon victims in Eastern Visayas.

In a press conference, House Committee on Housing and Urban Development Alfredo Benitez said Juanito Tayag, the owner of J.C. Tayag Builders Inc., committed perjury when he stated under oath that his company used 10-millimeter steel bars instead of 8-mm steel bars in the construction of the houses.

Kaso vs contractor ng Yolanda housing sa Samar, ihihirit ng ilang kongresista



ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 26 2017 12:24 PM | Updated as of Sep 26 2017 12:25 PM

MANILA - Dapat sampahan ng kasong kriminal ang JC Tayag Builders, contractor ng 2,000 pabahay para sa mga nasalanta ng Bagyong Yolanda, iginiit Martes ng ilang miyembro ng House Committee on Housing and Urban Development.

Una nang ibinulgar ng ilang whistleblower sa pagdinig ng Kamara na substandard umano ang mga materyales na ginamit ng JC Tayag Builders.

Sa isang press conference, ipinakita nina congressmen Albee Benitez, Ben Evardone at DV Savellano ang mga litratong nakuha sa site inspection ng mga pabahay.

Access to water, electricity delayed housing for victims of ‘Yolanda’ – Benitez




Published September 20, 2017, 10:01 PM
By Ben R. Rosario

Access to water and electrical services has been pinpointed as among the factors that caused the delay in the implementation of housing relocation and resettlement projects for victims of typhoon Yolanda four years ago in Leyte and Samar.

Negros Occidental Rep. Alfredo Benitez, chairman of the House Committee on Housing and Urban Development, said the irregularities in the construction of housing units have been aggravated by lack of access to water and electrical facilities for the thousands of typhoon victims in Eastern Samar and Leyte.

Decongest Manila, Decentralize Development



Rep. Albee Benitez, as chair of the Committee on Housing and Urban Development, led the Technical Working Group meeting this afternoon on House Bill No. 83 which he authored seeking to create a commission to study the relocation of government offices to a new administrative city outside Metro Manila to ease traffic and overpopulation in the bustling metropolis and decentralize development to peripheral areas in the country.

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