CJHDevco cut Baguio short
Around P850 million of public funds should have been given to the people Baguio and the Cordilleras, says the BCDA chief
“Mr. Sobrepeña and his friends treat John Hay as their kingdom, they golf and party, they land in Baguio in helicopters and flaunt a life of extravaganza but they continuously fail to meet their obligations to the city of Baguio,” he added.
The BCDA chief cited as an example a tragic incident in August 2011 where at least 3 children died from a landslide in a dumpsite which highlighted Baguio’s decaying urban landscape and need for more public funds for social welfare and infrastructure programs.
“Children like these victims would have been saved from the squalor of poverty if Baguio had gotten more funds from the shares of John Hay,” he added.
| The Irisan dump tragedy |
| September 4, 2011 ALLEN AGPES, Baguio City |
The garbage disaster of Irisan dumpsite that claimed six lives and affected 20 houses, of which eight houses are buried, is considered as manmade. What’s next, a health epidemic is possible that should concern every individual of Irisan. This is a violation of the closure order of DENR to the city sometime in 2003. Five years is an ample time to rehabilitate an open dumpsite. The previous administration has allocated P148 million to finally address our garbage problem in compliance to Republic Act 9003. That is more than enough to fund an engineered sanitary landfill (ESL) that would benefit the city for 30 years, as the ultimate solution to our perennial garbage problem.
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