It was sultry that day. Sweat and grime clung stubbornly to the skin. There was the din of traffic and jackhammers. The pungent scent of dust kicked up from the old roads they were drilling, and the smoke from the noxious exhaust of old cars penetrated deep into the lungs. Heat and dryness were in the air, but the land told a different story. For the residents of Barangay Malis, there has never been a day when the land was ever dry, and the situation worsens with the very infrastructure development that once brought the residents to Barangay Malis now being both the cause and the supposed solution to their current plight. Where it began Urban development projects have long been the driving force behind relocation in Guiguinto, Bulacan. In Barangay Tuktukan, nothing is permanent. Over the decades, many residents have been uprooted and continue to be displaced due to the relentless sprawl of what is believed to be progress. The North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) project, the common...
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