Some links to accompany the article:
1. A copy of the NIPAS law can be found here.
2. The Supreme Court decision on the land awardees can be found here.
3. The status of the ECC application on the housing project can be found here.
My wife's cousin, Agerico de Villa, who is a UP professor, reacted and said that back in 1997, the DENR has concluded that allowing residents in the area would be a security threat to Metro Manila residents. Terrorists could pose as residents and release dangerous substances to the reservoir and poison the water supply.
Marvin,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info on your article. Very informative just like Punzi's. Read it and understood a little more now on the La Mesa Dam controversy.
Don't mention it Dawin. Writing it was fun.
ReplyDeleteI don't agree with letting people set up private residences in La Mesa Dam's watershed, but actually, one doesn't have to be a resident of the Park to pollute the waters there, or to poison them intentionally in a terrorist attack (which is actually a surprisingly difficult proposition in practice). One must look at ALL intrusions into the park, not just by this particular group, but government, academics, lgus, and even, tourists and treehugging environmentalists!
ReplyDeleteha ha ha!
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