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Court stops sale of Smokey Mountain property

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smokey mountainThe Manila Regional Trial Court has stopped state-run housing firm Home Guaranty Corporation (HGC) from selling a property that is part of the Smokey Mountain Development and Reclamation Project (SMDRP) in Tondo, Manila.
In a six-page order made public Monday, Judge Jansen Rodriguez of the Manila RTC Branch 6 stopped HGC, its agent, and representative of any person acting in its behalf to stop, desist and refrain from conducting the bidding on the said property. The TRO is effective for 20 days.
“Thus, there is an urgent need for the writ to prevent irreparable injury to the petitioners (beneficiaries),” the court said.
The case stemmed from a case filed by the beneficiaries of the pe…

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Source: Galing Sa Inquirer News feed

Gusto mong maglaro ng baseball sa Smokey Mountain?

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May chikka atang lumabas na maglalaro daw ang Philippine Little League sa Smokey Mountain na dating garbage dump sa tondo.  Ito ay ayon kay Jolly Gomez na president ng Little League Philippines na binesa noong Biyernes April 3, 2009.  Hindi naman lahat ng games ay gagawin doon, syempre may venue din sa Rizal Park na isa rin kilalang pasyalan sa pinas.

Sabi nga daw ni Gomez yung ibang games sa dating garbage dumpsite sa tondo na naging simbulo ng kahirapan sa Pilipinas pero ngayon ay kino-convert sa isang public park.

Limang (5) team ang mag-rerepresent sa Manila, at karamihan dito ay manglalaro galing sa kilalalang-kilala ng buong mundo na Smokey Mountain and iba pang lugar na slum area sa tondo.

“This will be the biggest Philippine Series ever in terms of teams participating,” Gomez said during the Scoop sa Kamayan-Padre Faura. “It goes to show that the Little League program, the largest mass-based, grassroots-oriented youth development program in the world, has come of age here.”

Manila, through Mayor Alfredo Lim and Masco chairman Niño dela Cruz, will be hosting some 1,300 players in boys’ baseballs and girls’ softballs.

So kung feel mong mamasyal, manood o maglaro ng softball or baseball – tara na sa smokey mountain ng tondo!!

Source: Inquirer