Wednesday, May 07, 2008 (Philippines)

A family leaves Barangay Balacanas in Villanueva town with the skeletal remains of their home. Amid the cacophony of counter-allegations and the withdrawal of South Korean giant Hanjin, affected villagers still continue to leave in droves the large swath of land where the ditched $2 billion shipyard project would have been located. (Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro photo) IN AN age of industrial expansion, even schools and barangays have to move, too. New administrative villages will be carved out of the 35 hectares relocation site for the affected families in the discontinued $2-billion shipyard in Villanueva town, Misamis Oriental, officials said. Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo [full story]