After fire razed houses: University of the Philippines to bar use of lot

As if losing their homes to a fire Tuesday night were not enough, more than 250 residents of Barangay Lahug won't be able to rebuild their homes if the property owner makes good its plan to fence off the area.

Lahug Barangay Captain Mary Ann de los Santos received a letter yesterday from the University of the Philippines Visayas Cebu College (UPVCC) seeking the barangay's help in securing its property, upon the recommendation of its committees and in observance of university rules and policies.

The problem, however, is that the property it seeks to secure is within an area that was struck by a fire Tuesday night that left 65 families homeless.

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