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Ex-l awma ker faces raps over un paid'Yola nda'
A FORMER rparty-list lawmaker laces
a civil case for his lailure to pay for the
consfuction of 684 housing urits for
sur.viving victims of the deadly Tlphoon
"Yolanda ' which cut a swathe 01'destnlc-
tion in 20I1.
Businesst otnan Divinl Burrales filed
the complaint against former Ar War4y
Rep. Florencio Bam Noel before the Ta-
cloban Regional Trial CoLut.
It was not clear when the court would
start hearing the case. I to P7.06 million from Noel and Camulte
Bunales and Noel were lornter busi-
ness palt1e$.
In her complaint dated Nov. 12, 2018,
Burrales filed a civil case {cr cgllection
of surr of money with damages agr'in'i
Noel as audtorizcd represcntative of Per-
formance Builders and Developers Corp.
and co-subcontractot Mary Ann Camulte
h ouses
Burales is asking pay rent atlounting
for her proporlionate share iu the lclight-
sriclge housing prqject and Camansihay
Covered Court.
She also wants the coult to order Noel
aDd Camulte to pay damages amorinting
to P200,000 for wrongfully excluding her
in the partn€rship, according to the com-
plaint fiicd in coirn. Next Page

forcing her to file

times to damand for hcr paymcnt but to no avail'
court
Ex-lawmaker... a case itr
' ti"
a""J"o*-t p"rmit for housing Foject in Knightridge Village
Frcm Al on April 16.2018'
"fr;t ;J#';il;;"w
was temDorarilv suspended-oio,
ina nooalog caused a landslide.in
Ths.Tacloban RtC Office ofthe Cle* of Court rcceived Bunales' units'
o*"-# i-o|t in"i a.Jtroy"d a ro* of unoccupied housing
water
comDlaiot on Nov 23 last Year' i-"'n-Jiin the comptian"e by PBDC of tbe construction ofa storm
'"i"'fiilo"in;i;;,:-Bunal'es said she was subcontracted bv PBDC for
io 2016 in lhe National Housing Author-
it
ii"i""Jt. troo" t""tion structue, and green infrastructwe ^ .
*" conitrucrion-resumed when An Waray Parry-list' tbrorgn -Kep'
".r.*.f"""
iiv:.i""ti"g "i'?d;its
pi"r".i Knightsbridge Residences in Barangay cama- tn a leEet
Victoria No€I, iDformed the TbclobaD City-government
nsihay,
"- Tacloban CitY", a"t"a eotit 21, ZOlt, that it had requested for soil/slope
protedlon'
rrli" tcfuaedthe construction ofa basketball court for a com- [iot""tiio" Ara.age for the same housing project' the same con-
"f"oofP300,000
oensation
""ffi# ;;t;;; Cunales rbrough Noel who was the authoriz€d
*i;;#;;.
ditions "na oo PBDC
imposed
Y;h"da bousing advocate Andres co indicated that
,""t-.**oti". oi for tlre Knigbtsbridge Project was the all€ged
'He
tf't"
"ompany
also had authorization fiom NHA'
.r.T"# *"t.'i" t-l"Jelay of 6e housing projects
;iUeeafhiring proJects' rcsultrng ln
profit of sub-contractors" itr the housitrg
Th"'i;;;; il;"d; and camuhe agreed to pav Bunales.a
"s b:standard constructiotr work"
share ofPl0,56 million for the complete construction
ol the nouslDg "ijesoi**i-""t tade hry the NHA that no sub-contracting per-
rrnits and covered coutt.
'-ii";;;;;;";;traint Jr"*"a i" iJandi bousiog prolects, documents obtained
said Noel failed topav Bunalesonlime -r""i,'"i" No€l allegedly applted tor rne oe-
From the total olFI0.5b million. they maraged to
pay onry ir')- hv rheir association iDdicated that
and rccelveo
oI P7.06 m illion' vltooment oermit, sig[ed the corstructor's affidavit
million, leaving a balance of the same consm'rction project'
'''"ilr"uf.t
said she requested for a meeting \ith Noel several p.vri*ii"i n*,j"r,ruction

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