Fish pen owners in Barangay Banilad, Mandaue City have appealed to the City Government to rethink its decision to demolish their properties believed to have been the cause of flooding in some parts of the city. Saying that the fish pens were their only source of income, Tubigan Banilad Homeowners Association president Oliver Cabahug called on Mandaue City officials to talk to them personally as they were not consulted on the matter. In an interview with SunStar Cebu on Wednesday, Oct. 18, Cabahug said they were surprised when a notice to vacate the area in three days or by Friday, October 20 was handed to them by Housing and Urban Development Office (Hudo) personnel and they were given P28,000 cash assistance.

Cotejo, H. I. (2023, October 21). Mandaue fish pens up for demolition. SunStar Cebu, p. 4.