‘Running priest’ sets protest run vs Hanjin's Subic condo project
On top of a looming Senate probe, an activist priest is planning a 135-kilometer run from Manila to Subic to protest the construction of high-rise condominiums right inside the Subic Bay Watershed Forest Reserve.
Radio dzBB's Carlo Mateo reported Wednesday that Fr. Robert Reyes said he is preparing to run from Manila to Subic to protest the environmental impact of the condominiums being constructed by Korean firm Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Ltd.
Reyes, however, has yet to give details on the date and time of his protest run.
Dubbed the "running priest" for using marathon runs to promote his advocacies, Reyes said he wants to make a case for the environment, especially in the pristine Subic Bay Freeport.
Earlier, senators called for a Senate inquiry on the environmental and zoning issues plaguing the P20-million Hanjin condominium units in Subic.
Sen. Pia Juliana Cayetano said a public hearing will be held April 25 to determine if environmental laws and regulations were violated when the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) allowed the South Korean shipbuilder to put up two high-rise buildings for the housing of its staff inside the Subic Bay Watershed Forest Reserve.
The inquiry intends to come up with remedial measures to prevent similar incidents in the future, she added.
"I hope the parties involved would be willing to appear and answer all criticisms being raised about this project at the Senate probe," Cayetano said.
Cayetano said she wants to verify claims that the coverage of the watershed had been vastly reduced from 10,000 hectares (as originally set aside by Proclamation No.926) to only 8,000 hectares, and whether this had a bearing in justifying the construction of the condominiums
inside a so-called "development zone" within the protected watershed.
Among the resource persons to be invited are environment secretary Jose Atienza Jr, SBMA Chair Feliciano Salonga and ecology center chief Amethya dela Llana-Koval; Hanjin president Shim Jong Sup, Bantay Kalikasan managing director Gina Lopez, environmentalist groups and
local communities to be affected by the project. - GMANews.TV
Radio dzBB's Carlo Mateo reported Wednesday that Fr. Robert Reyes said he is preparing to run from Manila to Subic to protest the environmental impact of the condominiums being constructed by Korean firm Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Ltd.
Reyes, however, has yet to give details on the date and time of his protest run.
Dubbed the "running priest" for using marathon runs to promote his advocacies, Reyes said he wants to make a case for the environment, especially in the pristine Subic Bay Freeport.
Earlier, senators called for a Senate inquiry on the environmental and zoning issues plaguing the P20-million Hanjin condominium units in Subic.
Sen. Pia Juliana Cayetano said a public hearing will be held April 25 to determine if environmental laws and regulations were violated when the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) allowed the South Korean shipbuilder to put up two high-rise buildings for the housing of its staff inside the Subic Bay Watershed Forest Reserve.
The inquiry intends to come up with remedial measures to prevent similar incidents in the future, she added.
"I hope the parties involved would be willing to appear and answer all criticisms being raised about this project at the Senate probe," Cayetano said.
Cayetano said she wants to verify claims that the coverage of the watershed had been vastly reduced from 10,000 hectares (as originally set aside by Proclamation No.926) to only 8,000 hectares, and whether this had a bearing in justifying the construction of the condominiums
inside a so-called "development zone" within the protected watershed.
Among the resource persons to be invited are environment secretary Jose Atienza Jr, SBMA Chair Feliciano Salonga and ecology center chief Amethya dela Llana-Koval; Hanjin president Shim Jong Sup, Bantay Kalikasan managing director Gina Lopez, environmentalist groups and
local communities to be affected by the project. - GMANews.TV
Labels: condominium towers, denr, ecology, hanjin, sbma, Subic Bay
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