PRESS RELEASE 
July 14, 2009
Office of Caloocan City Mayor Enrico “Recom” Echiverri
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Caloocan City Mayor Enrico “Recom” Echiverri reported that the local government has dedicated two new school buildings for the communities of its latest in-city resettlement project.

According to Echiverri, the newly-constructed two-story, eight-classroom structures are both located within a close proximity of each other along Bagumbong Dulo

He said both schools are also within a short walking distance of the Northville II-B Development Project in Bagumbong.

“These schools illustrate our sincere commitment to provide every relocated family with a viable and ideal community in which to raise their children,” he emphasized.

The mayor said with the addition of these new schools within close proximity of the site, the residents will now have more access to free and quality education.

For his part, City Engineer Rolando Eduria said the schools have been aptly named Bagumbong High School Annex and Bagumbong Elementary School Annex.

Eduria explained that because of some minor facility upgrades – like the construction of perimeter fences to ensure student safety – the two schools would be opening their doors sometime next week.

For the residents, the Northville project has been a welcome development compared to their previous dwellings beside the railway tracks where existence is oftentimes both wayward and hazardous, he added.

Aside from the infrastructure support, the city also conducts regular livelihood and skills training for the residents of the site.

The Northville project in Barangay 171, Bagumbong is the 108,644 sq. meter resettlement area chosen by Mayor Recom for more than 2,400 squatter families affected by the North and South Rail Linkages Project of the Philippine National Railroad.

Likewise, due to the support extended by the Urban Poor Affairs Office during the two-year relocation plan, the city government had cleared the Caloocan segment of the PNR of all informal settlers and illegal structures without a single complaint raised with the Commission on Human Rights.