2-storey building built in alley demolished

By Aileen P. Refuerzo

BAGUIO CITY -- A two-story structure built in an alley at Lower Pinget barangay was demolished last Oct. 14 by virtue of Demolition Order No. 21 series of 2019.
    Engineer Donald Gas-ib, head of the investigation and demolition division of the City Buildings and Architecture Office (CBAO) said the structure is made of "mixed construction materials with a building footprint of more or less 5.5m x 8m. constructed on a perpetual alley supposed to be serving the interior lots."
    The city demolition team was joined by the Baguio City Police Office as peacekeeping force.  Also present were the barangay officials lead by punong barangay Pablo Pawi and Commission on Human Rights personnel led by director Romel Daguimol, a lawyer who observed the operation.
    "We are glad that the demolition order was implemented smoothly throughout the day without resistance or untoward incident," Gas-ib said. 
    Gas-ib said the CBAO had fully implemented a total of 15 demolition orders since January this year, 11 of which covered safeguarded lots like watersheds and four, private lots.  Each order involved several structures.