Taliptip

Taliptip is one of the 14 barangays of Bulakan, Bulacan in the Philippines. It is noted as the location of the former sitio of Pariahan.

Taliptip
Barangay
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CountryPhilippines
RegionCentral Luzon
ProvinceBulacan
District1st Legislative District of Bulacan
MunicipalityBulakan
Government
 • TypeBarangay
 • Barangay CaptainMichael Ramos
Population
 (2015)
 • Total5,490
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)

A major part of the proposed New Manila International Airport will be located in the barangay.[1][2] The project necessitated the relocation of the residents in six affected sitios of the barangay – Bunotan, Camansi, Capol, Dapdap, Kinse, and Pariahan – with several residents opting to stay in other parts of the province while others choosing to return to their home provinces in different parts of Luzon and Visayas.[3][4]

Former sitios

Pariahan

Sitio Pariahan was an island community of more than a hundred families in Bulakan, Bulacan[5] who depended on fishing activity.[6] Considered as the largest sitio of Barangay Taliptip, it suffered land subsidence due to abusive use of groundwater,[6][7][8] and the resulting flow of the waters of Manila Bay displaced numerous residents.[7]

Permanent inundation was ensured after rains brought forth by Typhoons Mina (internationally Nanmadol) and Ompong (internationally Mangkhut).[5] As of 2018 only 36 families remained living in the submerged sitio, whose official status has not yet revoked, and where remnants of a chapel and a school are still visible protruding out of the floods.[5] Remaining houses are raised on stilts and residents use boats to get around the buildings.[9]

Bulakan municipal disaster risk reduction and management officer Rosario Mariano has expressed the urgency of permanent relocation for the residents of the sitio,[5] which is facing the threat of climate change.[7]

References
  1. "LGUs, Bulacan residents push for Bulacan airport's immediate construction". The Manila Times. March 19, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  2. Mercado, Neil Arwin (December 8, 2020). "Last batch of Taliptip residents move in to new homes ahead of airport construction". Inquirer.Net. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  3. Bello, Raizza (January 27, 2021). "Airport City displaces Bulacan fisherfolk". Rappler. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  4. "Taliptip residents look forward to start a new and better life". The Manila Times. August 23, 2020. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  5. Reyes-Estrope, Carmela (27 October 2018). "Pariahan, a community sent to extinction by climate". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  6. Severino, Howie (30 November 2018). "Ang Islang Walang Lupa". GMA News. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  7. "Sinking feeling: Philippine cities facing 'slow-onset disaster'". Japan Times. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  8. Lopez, Eloisa (2019-11-30). "Rising seas threaten early end for sinking village in Philippines". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  9. "Houses on Stilts, Boats as Transport: What it's Like Living in This Sinking Philippine Town". www.vice.com. Retrieved 2021-03-30.

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