Former president and now Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo speaks to socialized housing beneficiaries at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Barangay Poblacion, Muntinlupa City. Arroyo announced that, together with Rep. Rozzano Rufino Biazon and former Housing secretary Michael Defensor, she would call for an oversight meeting to extend the usufruct in NBP for the benefit of the residents. Arroyo gave a 50-year usufruct to the NBP residents, who used to live on the sides of railway tracks, when she was president. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

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