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House Committee on Housing and Urban Development

NHA blames residents for footbridge collapse



Delon Porcalla (The Philippine Star) - May 18, 2018 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines — After blaming the contractor for the collapse of a wooden footbridge at a resettlement site in Zamboanga City last month, the National Housing Authority (NHA) is pointing to the residents as the culprits. 


In a paper submitted to Negros Occidental Rep. Alfredo Benitez, House committee on housing and urban development committee chairman, the NHA Zamboanga office said structural components of the footbridge, such as cross bracings, had been removed by some of the residents.

In a paper submitted to Negros Occidental Rep. Alfredo Benitez, House committee on housing and urban development committee chairman, the NHA Zamboanga office said structural components of the footbridge, such as  cross bracings, had been removed by some of the residents.

The House panel conducted an inquiry after Benitez, Zamboanga City Rep. Celso Lobregat, Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar and local NHA officials and their staff fell into murky water when the footbridge collapsed.

NHA: Contractor of Zambo housing project liable for footbridge collapse



By: Pathricia Ann V. Roxas - Reporter / @PathRoxasINQ INQUIRER.net / 04:29 PM May 16, 2018


BRIDGE FALLS DOWN Representatives Abelardo Benitez (in striped shirt) and Celso Lobregat, Zamboanga City Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar and other officials clamber up the footbridge that collapsed into murky water. The bridge leads to the relocation site at Sitio Hongkong in Barangay Rio Hondo. —PHOTO COURTESY OF RMN ZAMBOANGA

It was the contractor of the Zamboanga housing project that was principally responsible for the collapse of a wooden footbridge in Brgy. Rio Hondo, an official of the National Housing Authority (NHA) said on Wednesday.

NHA blames contractor for Zamboanga bridge collapse



Leizel Lacastesantos , ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 27 2018 04:44 PM

MANILA—The National Housing Authority (NHA) on Wednesday blamed the contractor who worked on the faulty bridge in Zamboanga City for the project.

This as the House of Representatives Committee on Housing began an inquiry into the collapse of the bridge last month while officials were on it.


A footbridge that collapsed just as lawmakers and local officials were inspecting housing units is seen rebuilt a day after the incident. Leizel Lacastesantos, ABS-CBN News

Collapsed Zambo bridge contractor offers weak excuse




Published May 16, 2018, 7:07 PM
By Ellson Quismorio

The construction company that built the collapsed wooden bridge in Barangay Rio Hondo, Zamboanga City has owned up to its mistake but gave investigating congressmen a rather flimsy excuse for it Wednesday.


City Mayor Beng Climaco-Salazar together with House of Representatives Committee on Housing and Urban Development Chairman Rep. Albee Benitez, Committee on Public Works and Highways Chairman Rep. Celso Lobregat, NHA Regional Director Engr. Al Indanan and other top officials of the city plunged into the seawater when the stilt catwalk they were passing collapsed during the site inspection of the NHA built Houses on Stilts for IDP’s in Barangay rio Hondo, Zamboanga City. (Bhong Simbajon)

House panel opens probe into irregularities tainting housing projects for victims of Zamboanga siege




Published May 14, 2018, 6:24 PM
By Ben Rosario

The House committee on housing and urban development opens on Tuesday its inquiry into the irregularities that tainted the housing projects for victims of the 2013 Zamboanga City siege.

Negros Occidental Rep. Alfredo “Albee” Benitez, committee chairman, said the House panel has invited officials of the National Housing Authority and contractors of the Zamboanga City housing projects.

Editorial: Blessing in disguise




Sunday , April 29, 2018

WHILE it was not a pretty sight that some officials led by Negros Occidental Third District Representative Alfredo Benitez fell into the murky water after the wooden footbridge collapsed at Sitio Hongkong in Barangay Rio Honda, Zamboanga City on Thursday, it is somehow a blessing in disguise.

House panel to probe housing projects



Roel Pareño, Jess Diaz (The Philippine Star) - April 28, 2018 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines — A day after falling into murky water while inspecting a resettlement site in Zamboanga City, the chairman of the House committee on housing and urban development vowed to look into all projects undertaken by the National Housing Authority (NHA).

A footbridge in a resettlement site in Zamboanga City, which collapsed during an inspection by lawmakers and local officials on Thursday, is repaired in this photo posted on abs-cbnnews. com yesterday.

Fast action: Footbridge gets fixed after lawmakers fall into murky water



Leizel Lacastesantos , ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 27 2018 04:44 PM

ZAMBOANGA CITY - The local government unit immediately fixed a footbridge that sent lawmakers and local officials into murky waters when it collapsed Thursday.

The new footbridge was still made of wooden planks.

Officials were inspecting housing projects of the Zamboanga Roadmap to Recovery and Reconstruction program when the wooden footbridge collapsed.

Among the officials who fell into the water were Representative Albee Benitez, Mayor Beng Climaco Salazar, Rep. Celso Lobregat, national housing authority officials and their staff.

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