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RESORTS SUED
TWO establishments in Bantayan Island are facing criminal charges for violating environment law.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Visayas filed charges for the violation of Presidential Decree No. 1067 or the Philippine Water Code against Eden Abarquez, owner of the St. Bernard Beach Resort, and Flemming Hausted and Bernadeth Yagui of Yoonek Beach Resort.
The charges were filed in the Prosecutors’ Office in Cebu City last Sept. 5.
In an affidavit, Richard Abella, provincial Environment and Natural Reosurces officer of Cebu, said last Aug. 25, 2009, Mandaue City Regional Trial Court Judge Marilyn Ligura-Yap of Branch 28 ordered the DENR-7 to remove illegal structures of the two establishments and four others after they were found to be within 20 meters of the easement zone in the shores of Sta. Fe town in Bantayan Island, north Cebu.
Abella said they received reports last March that the St. Bernard and Yoonek beach resorts reconstructed the structures, which were demolished./Reporter Candeze R. Mongaya
CASILI HOUSES FLOODED
RESIDENTS living near Casili Creek complained to the Mandaue City government after their houses were flooded when clogged culverts overflowed.
Nelly Monares, 31, yesterday went to Mandaue City Hall. She said though they lived far from the easement zone in the creek, about 50 houses were flooded.
The houses were in a low-lying area.
Monares said the culverts in the creek were clogged with twigs, branches of trees and garbages.
Engineer Ricardo Mendoza in charge of Solid Waste Management in Mandaue said there is an ongoing cleanup drive in the city and they will be prioritizing Casili Creek.
Today Mendoza said they will be sending cleaners, a backhoe and dump truck to the area./REPORTER JUCELL MARIE P. CUYOS
MARITIME STUDENTS SEEK CASH AID
THE 11 maritime students who walked out of the Seacrest Foundation of Southwestern University to protest exorbitant tuition sought financial assistance from labor groups.
Winnie Badayos, chairperson of the AMA-Sugbo, said the students are staying together in a private residence in Cebu City.
They attended the national conference of the Church People-Worker’s Solidarity last Tuesday.
He said they would discuss how much to give to the students and deliberate of providing legal assistance to them since they plan to file an administrative case against the school management./REPORTER CANDEZE R. MONGAYA
