By Dominic B. dela Cruz Staff reporter Laoag City— The city government here is eyeing to put up at least 50 more core shelters for typhoon “Lando” (Koppu) victims here. To realize this, the Sangguniang Panlungsod passed a resolution authorizing Laoag mayor Chevylle V. Fariñas to represent the city in a memorandum of agreement with the Dept. of Social Work and Development for the core shelter project. The DSWD will be represented by regional director Marcelo Nicomedes Castillo. Laoag councilor Shirley Ong-Sin, main sponsor of the resolution, pointed out that the proposed project will be a partnership between the Laoag government and the DSWD regional field office I. The proposed project is still in line with rehabilitation efforts for the damages caused by “Lando”, which hit the city in October 2015. Mrs. Sin said the proposed project will feature 50 core shelter units. It has a projected cost of P160,000—or P8,000 per unit; and it will be placed on the resettleme
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