An ‘eco-disaster’ waiting to happen

Crispin C. Maslog - @inquirerdotnet 08/13/2021

The editorial headline by the Philippine Daily Inquirer on July 22, 2021 said it all. The “monumental eco-disaster” waiting to happen is the P23-billion, 174-hectare reclamation project that the city of Dumaguete plans to build on the…

Dumaguete tricycle drivers raise funds for protests vs reclamation

Karlowe Brier 08/10/2021

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, Philippines — Close to 2,800 tricycle drivers in this city have joined environmentalists, members of the academe, professionals and other residents who are opposed to the city government’s 174-hectare reclamation project for a…

Shipyard companies can continue to operate in Tayud, Consolacion until case is resolved

Mae Fhel Gom-os 07/01/2021

Consolacion Mayor Joannes Alegado. | Mae Fhel Gom-os CEBU CITY, Philippines — The shipyards and shipping companies operating in Barangay Tayud, Consolacion can continue to operate until the case they filed against Mayor Joannes Alegado and the…

100-hectare Minglanilla reclamation project gets PRA nod

Christian Orellano, Doris C. Bongcac 06/14/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — The Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) has already given its go signal for the P20 billion Minglanilla Techno-Business Park or the Ming-Mori reclamation project to proceed. Lawyer Janilo Rubiato, PRA general manager and CEO,…

DENR-7: No clearance given yet for any reclamation project in CV this year

Futch Anthony Inso 08/20/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Visayas (DENR-7) said any ongoing reclamation project in the region is deemed illegal as it has yet to issue any area clearance this year…

Building up Cebu’s land inventory

Victor Anthony Silva 08/04/2017

The increasing demand for office, commercial and residential spaces in Cebu, fueled by its outsourcing and tourism sectors, has brought about the need to develop more land in this tiny island in Central Visayas. But with mainland…

Mandaue’s congressional bid

Editorial 11/02/2016

The Mandaue City Council’s passage of a resolution urging Rep. Jonas Cortes of Cebu’s sixth district to lobby for the passage of a bill creating Mandaue City as a lone congressional district has several obstacles in its…

Online petition calls for halt to Cordova reclamation project

Marian Z. Codilla 05/16/2015

AN online petition has been circulated to mobilize public support against the proposed reclamation project in Cordova town. The project has been described by environmental groups as the biggest reclamation project in the country with a total…

Cordova takes over Shell Island

Melissa Q. Cabahug 04/10/2015

The Cordova municipal government will take over Shell Island despite a claim by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) that they own the island because it is an unclassified forest land. Cordova Mayor Adelino Sitoy…

CPA: Cordova project won’t affect Cebu ports

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/10/2015

So long as the planned reclamation in Cordova town will be done along shallow waters, the project won’t affect the docking and movement of vessels at Cebu’s ports, the Cebu Ports Authority (CPA) said yesterday. CPA asst.…

Language of development

11/26/2014

  Because the landscape has been destroyed. I say it is a result of ignorance.  One is talking one language and the other one in another language and they haven’t come together. They are misinformed. If you…

Boljoon residents’ outcry heard

Marian Z. Codilla 11/22/2014

TOWN’S OUTCRY HEARD DPWH to suspend coastal  reclamation but Ili Rock excavation will go on Fishermen in Boljoon town were relieved yesterday to hear an engineer of the Dept. of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announce that…

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