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The fight to preserve the house in Bi\u00f1an City where Rizal\u2019s mother, Teodora Alonso, once lived has reached a court which was asked to issue an expropriation order to save the historic property (left) from construction work (above) that would turn it into another branch of Jollibee, a popular fast-food chain. \u2014JOHN TUGANO AND CHOLO LEGASPI\/CONTRIBUTORS<\/p><\/div>\n

\"alonsohousetoo\"<\/a>The city government of Bi\u00f1an in Laguna province is offering P3.5 million for a 1,000-square meter parcel of land and whatever remains of the 200-year-old Alberto Mansion where Teodora Alonso, mother of national hero Jose Rizal, once lived.<\/p>\n

Bi\u00f1an Mayor Walfredo Dimaguila Jr. said the city government was ready to write a check today for P535,059, or 15 percent of the total property price, which was P3,567,060 based on fair market value.<\/p>\n

The 15-percent deposit is a requirement by the court before it issues the city government a writ of possession to enter and take over the piece of property.<\/p>\n

The city government on Friday filed an expropriation case in a Bi\u00f1an court for the 1,197-sqm property located in the city proper.<\/p>\n

The property, locally referred to as Alberto Mansion, belongs to the Alberto family, represented by its heir Gerardo M. Alberto.<\/p>\n

Power of the law<\/h5>\n

In a copy of the seven-page case, the city government cited Section 19 of the Local Government Code and the city\u2019s charter that allowed the government to condemn and expropriate private property for public use upon payment of just compensation to its owners.<\/p>\n

It said the city government on Feb. 27 had offered the Alberto family a deal to purchase the property, but the owners turned it down in a letter sent to city officials on March 14.<\/p>\n

The Alberto Mansion is one of Bi\u00f1an\u2019s few remaining Spanish-era houses built in the 1800s. Local historians said Alonso, Rizal\u2019s mother, spent part of her teenage years in the house where she met Rizal\u2019s father, Francisco Mercado.<\/p>\n

Former Bi\u00f1an officials also lived in the house, among them Don Cipriano Alberto, who was mayor in 1790 and 1802; his son Lorenzo, who was mayor in 1844; and grandson Don Jose, who was the Philippines\u2019 representative to the Spanish cortes.<\/p>\n

However, sometime in 2012, heritage advocates called the government\u2019s attention to the abandoned structure after part of its roof collapsed. The city government, through an ordinance, declared the mansion a \u201clocal heritage site.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sold for P500,000<\/h5>\n

At the height of the campaign to preserve the house, officials learned that the mansion, with most of its interior, was sold to Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar, a heritage resort in Bagac, Bataan, \u201cfor a very low price of only P500,000,\u201d Dimaguila said. The house\u2019s facade and most of its roof remain on the Bi\u00f1an site.<\/p>\n

Asked why the expropriation took time, Dimaguila said the owners previously tried to negotiate with the city government.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we learned that it was done in bad faith because it turned out they were also talking with Jollibee (a popular fast-food chain) for a long-term lease (of the property),\u201d he said in a phone interview on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Dimaguila said the city government planned to preserve and restore the house for \u201cposterity\u201d and build a three-story public parking area beside it to address traffic congestion in the town center.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Laguna artists and heritage advocates mounted a public performance in front of the mansion to express their support for the expropriation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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