97 istruktura sa Mt. Apo natural park kahit 6 lang ang may ECC, kinuwestyon sa Senado

7 months ago

Inusisa sa Senado ang ilang istruktura sa protected areas gaya ng Chocolate Hills sa Bohol at Mount Apo Natural Park. Tila nagamit daw ang mga kapitan ng barangay sa ilang proyekto, ayon sa isang senador.

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00:00 Some structures in protected areas like Chocolate Hill in Bohol and Mt. Apo Natural Park were left in the Senate.

00:08 It seems that the barangay leaders used them in their projects.

00:11 According to a senator, Ian Cruz was involved.

00:15 In the construction of structures in Chocolate Hill in Bohol and other protected areas of the country,

00:23 Chairman of the Senate Environment and Natural Resources and Climate Change has a theory.

00:28 We saw here in Chocolate Hill, all the barangay captains approved.

00:34 There's no one else.

00:35 Yes, Madam Chair.

00:37 I think the barangay captains used them to get it approved.

00:41 A decision is also being made on the permit of the Protected Area Management Board or PAMBI.

00:47 It has no executive director, it's now Environment Assistant Secretary Gilbert Gonzalez.

00:52 It's not safe for the senators.

00:54 Even though there's no one to sign, after that, it will be up to him as Regional Executive Director.

01:04 It's not because I was absent at that time.

01:08 I didn't sign this alone.

01:10 This went through the process, it went through the Central, through the PASU,

01:14 it went through the ARD for Technical to review whether this document is valid or qualified.

01:20 In Mt. Apo National Park, senators questioned how the 67 structures

01:26 could be affected even if only 6 have an Environmental Compliance Certificate or ECC.

01:31 It's like a light punishment to the structures in the protected areas even if it's prohibited.

01:37 The penalty of 50,000 shouldn't cure the violation.

01:42 PAMBI and ECC also issued a penalty, so it's glaringly wrong.

01:50 If the system will be like that, this violation will be repeated.

01:57 According to the DNR, the issuance of a permit to more than 200 protected areas across the country

02:04 is now a national office and not a regional office.

02:09 The approval by regional offices of ECC applications for projects within PAS is now suspended until further notice.

02:17 The Masungi Geo Reserve in Tanay, Rizal was also mentioned in the hearing.

02:21 It was only built because of the memorandum of agreement it entered,

02:25 along with the DNR, a few years ago.

02:28 The DNR consulted with the Justice Department.

02:31 We do have an opinion from the DOJ at this moment that actually says that it is unconstitutional.

02:37 We are in the process of cancelling the...

02:41 We've recommended actually the cancellation of the MOA.

02:45 In a post, the Masungi Geo Reserve announced the imminent cancellation of the MOA

02:50 which is a warning and a reminder of their project when it comes to the caretaker of the environment.

02:56 For GMI Integrated News, Ian Cruz, Katutok, 24 Hours.

03:01 (music)

97 istruktura sa Mt. Apo natural park kahit 6 lang ang may ECC, kinuwestyon sa Senado | 24 Oras

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