It’s better to unite than to live in spite.
“The city governments of Caloocan and Malabon recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) yesterday to develop 80 hectares of land that had been the bone of contention between the two cities since 2001,” reports Cecille Suerte Felipe in The Philippine Star.
The report explained that “the land dispute came about when the two barangays, formerly belonging to Caloocan, were declared part of the territory of Malabon under Republic Act 9019, which converted Malabon into a city. “
The property being referred to straddles the boundaries of Caloocan’s Barangay Libis Baesa and Malabon’s Barangay Potrero.
Malabon Mayor Antolin Oreta III said that instead of waiting for the decision of the court, he and Caloocan Mayor Oscar Malapitan decided to “sit down and agree to develop the property that would be beneficial to both residents of Caloocan and Malabon.”
