Tribal leader Reynaldo Ayuman (right) helps build structures at the De Lara Park, a part of the Misamis Oriental Provincial Capitol grounds along Velez St., Cagayan de Oro, Monday, June 17. The evacuees have been living at the park since last year after they fled their homes due to the fighting between the military and the Communist rebels in Sitio Camansi, Barangay Banglay, Lagonglong town, Misamis Oriental. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
Unfulfilled promises of assistance and clearing of their village of soldiers and insurgents were the reasons displaced villagers Lagonglong town of Misamis Oriental rejected their planned transfer to a new location following the provincial government’s move to remove them from the De Lara Park on Tuesday.