PRESS RELEASE
Public Information Office-City Mayor's Office
Ref No. 0511-0006
November 8, 2005

Leonardia to Sign MOA with CFC-Gawad Kalinga for Houses for the Poor

    Bacolod City Mayor Evelio R. Leonardia will sign a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with CFC-Gawad Kalinga tomorrow, November 9, at the Business inn Hotel, to build houses and community facilities for the poor and underprivileged sector of the City.  Each house will have a floor area of 24 square meters and a lot area of 63 square meters.
     After a series of meetings with the Task Force, and various  departments of the Local Government, the Office of the City Mayor submitted all the supporting documents on the request to sign a MOA to the Sangguniang Panlungsod which, in turn, approved on September 26, 2005 per SP Res. No. 817, Series of 2005.
     In March, this year, a Multi-Sectoral Task Force was created by virtue of Executive Order No. 03, Series of 2005, to identify areas of partnership and cooperation with CFC-Gawad Kalinga for the strengthening or establishment of GK Communities in depressed areas and relocation sites of the City of Bacolod.  It is chaired by the Mayor himself with Councilor Thaddeus Sayson as Vice Chairman with LGU / NGO heads as members. (CMO-PIO/ray)


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