Deal #10167

Names of communities / indigenous peoples affected

Name of community

Nasugbu Residents

How did the community react?

Community reaction

Rejection

Comment on community reaction

While an agreement was struck, NGOs and some farmer reject the deal.

Presence of land conflicts

Yes

Comment on presence of land conflicts

there is still ongoing land disputes with RCI and the locals

Displacement of people

Yes

Number of households actually displaced

1 947

Number of people facing displacement once project is fully implemented

8 000

Comment on displacement of people

If the land acquistions happens, many residents of Aga will lose their homes, and many houses in Banilad will be affected. The Roxas family intends to relocate the affected individuals to lands not included in their land. Barangay Aga chairman Jeoprey Bautista Sumague warned that 8,000 people in his barangay alone might be displaced. “We have 1,947 households and 2,285 families in danger of eviction.

Negative impacts for local communities

Socio-economic, Displacement

Comment on negative impacts for local communities

According to NGOs on the ground, the prime agricultural lands where given to the Roxas' (near the roads).

Promised or received compensation

Promised compensation (e.g. for damages or resettlements)

There is still wide spread insecurity with respect to compensation. Farmers with land certificates (CLOA) do not know whether they would be paid for the land that would be taken away from them, or whether they would receive support to ease their relocation.