PANABO CITY, DAVAO DEL NORTE March 5, 2013-Leonardo Compania worked for years as a security guard of the Floirendo-owned Tagum Agricultural Development Company Inc (Tadeco), one of the biggest banana producer in the Philippines. Like most people, he and his family dreamed of owning a home someday.
In his quest to have more in life, Compania became a member of the Central Tadeco Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Multi-Purpose Cooperative (CTARBEMPCO) sometime in 2005. However, his family’s dream of owning a house vanished when the head of the family died a few years ago.
Unknown to the family, Compania’s membership in the Cooperative would help them realize this dream even if he is no longer here to enjoy it. On February 28, 2013, CTARBEMPCO turned over 25 houses to the member-beneficiaries, including Compania’s family.
“Dako kayo ang pasalamat namo kay Don Antonio Floirendo ug sa iyahang pamilya kay ang damgo namo makabalay natuman na gyud (we are thankful to Don Antonio Floirendo and his family for finally making our dream of owning a house come true),” Annalyn Compania, the member’s daughter said. Annalyn said the house will be turned over to her mother Anacoleta, but it is her brother who will occupy the said house.
The 25 housing units form part of the Phase 1 of the cooperative’s housing project for its member-beneficiaries which occupies a total of 24 hectares with 184 residential lots that amount to P9.515 million.
“Each housing unit will cost the member-beneficiaries P160,000 which they will pay at a monthly rate of P1,400,” CTARBEMPCO Vice Chairman Ben Miguel said. However, he added, the members will get back what they have paid after ten years as the Cooperative will refund it to them in cash.
The members have to pay their monthly dues, he added, since it will be used for further development and other housing projects of the Cooperative.
Tibungol Barangay Captain Fernando Candol said the AO Floirendo Foundation has donated one building at the Tibungol High School where the homeowners can send their children to school.
Engineer Jason dela Torre said the original proposal was for the construction of a shell type housing unit without ceiling and partitions amounting to P160,000. There is however a proposal to mark up the cost and add some features to the units, he added.
“This is an ideal location because there is no flooding or typhoon here,” he said. Each lot measures 150 square meters but the house floor area will only measure 36 square meter each, he added.
Dela Torre said the Cooperative will provide a deep well facility to serve as the housing system of the project. He said the Davao Light and Power Corporation (DLPC) has agreed to provide power in the area already.
Transportation is also not a problem, he said, even if the community is 22 kilometers or 30 to 45 minutes away from Poblacion Panabo.
CTARBEMPCO Chairman Celso R. Cubio, Sr. said they have 759 members including 22 couples. He said the P667 house payment every 15 days is very affordable to the homeowners since they are already receiving a P600 housing allowance from Tadeco.
While the keys of their houses have been officially turned over to the CTARBEMPCO homeowners last week, they still have to wait for the basic utilities to be installed. In the meantime, each homeowner is focused on putting up the final touches to their houses, so they can finally call it home.(RGA/LAC/PIA XI)
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