Construction of PNP facility, housing opposed

THE provincial government of Davao Occidental is opposing the proposed construction of the Philippine National Police (PNP) training facility and housing project inside the ancestral domain of Manobo and B’laan tribes in Barangay Kalbay here in the town of Jose Abad Santos (JAS).

In an interview, Gov. Claude Bautista said the proposed project was initiated by Gregorio Day, who claimed to be a provincial Indigenous Peoples mandatory representative. Bautista said Day donated a total of 30 hectares of land for the building of the PNP training facility and housing project.