AFTER topping off its 16-story condominium building in the North Reclamation Area in Mandaue City recently, a homegrown developer, Iron Wood Property Ventures Corp. (IWPVC), is looking forward to its next condominium development venture in the city.…
The Cebu Provincial Reclamation Authority (CPRA) is set to endorse to the Provincial Board (PB) a 100-hectare reclamation project by the Minglanilla municipal government and a private developer. After a closed-door meeting at the Capitol yesterday, the…
It’s a three-ring fight for the mayorship of Cordova town. Aside from the father-son bids of Adelino and Arleigh Sitoy, the 23-year-old vice president of Malayan Integrated Industries Corp. (MIIC) has joined the contest to ensure that…
Cordova resort and Talisay-Carcar ‘new metropolis’ have pros and cons Three large-scale reclamation proposals in Mactan and Cebu mainland are pillar projects of lawyer Winston Garcia if he’s elected governor of Cebu next year. While environment advocates…
CORON, PALAWAN – National scientist Angel Alcala said reclamation projects would only worsen the decline of fish catch and strain the livelihood of municipal fisher folk. “Reclamation is generally bad. When you reclaim an area, you convert…
THE Cordova municipal government will be fined P50,000 for dumping limestone in a fish pond in barangay Ibabao without an Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC). Engr. William Cuñado, regional director of the Environmental and Management Bureau (EMB-7) said…
The Cordova municipal government will be penalized for conducting illegal reclamation for their proposed Cordova slaughter house project located in barangay Ibabao without securing the Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC). Engr. William Cuñado, regional director of the Environmental…
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources wasn’t informed about the approval of the Mactan North Reclamation Development Project by the Office of the President and the Philippine Reclamation Authority. “We submitted all our documents to the…
Like his Toledo City counterpart, Cordova Mayor Adelino Sitoy said he believes that Mactan’s tidal flats facing Cebu City are polluted and that the only way to “clean it up” is through reclamation. He spoke yesterday after…
Teams from the Department of Environment of Natural Resources (DENR) and the Biodiversity Management Bureau Coastal Resource Department recovered the Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structure (ARMS) a year after it was deployed at the Alegria Sanctuary in Cordova,…
Lapu-Lapu, Cordova among 11 Cebu LGUs with reclamation plans At least 10 local governments in Cebu want to embark on land reclamation but so far, no permit has been issued by the Department of Environment and Natural…
For Toledo City Mayor John Henry “Sonny” Osmeña, the sea in barangay Poblacion is heavily polluted with human wastes and has no significant marine life. He said he plans to tap experts in Silliman University to study…
