Standoff in Intramuros as informal settlers barricade homes to stop govt demolition

INFORMAL settlers in a village in Intramuros, Manila barricaded their street to fend off a demolition team that was acting on orders of the city’s Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 7 to dismantle their homes.

In a writ of demolition that was issued in December 2017, the court said that the owners of the estimated 300 houses that were built on private property along Legaspi Street in Barangay 654 must pay P5,000 per month starting in July 2008 as “reasonable compensation”.