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Lopezes sued in SC over leaky pipeline By Benjamin B. Pulta 11/16/2010

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

WRIT OF KALIKASAN SOUGHT VS FPIC

Lopezes sued in SC over leaky pipeline

By Benjamin B. Pulta 11/16/2010

Residents of West Tower Condominium in Makati City sought a writ of “kalikasan” from the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday to compel the Lopez family-controlled First Philippine Industrial Corp. (FPIC) to stop its repair operations and instead replace its leaky 40-year-old pipeline which transfers oil products from Batangas to the Pandacan depot of major local oil companies.

In a 35-page petition, the residents comprising around 80 families living in the 22-story building also asked the high court to direct FPIC and its affiliate First Gen Corp. and its respective directors to check the structural integrity of the whole 117-kilometer pipeline and replace it while making periodic reports on their findings with regard to the 117-kilometer pipeline. The petition also sought to bar the firm from opening the pipeline until it has been thoroughly checked and replaced.

FPIC’s board of directors is led by its chief executive officer Federico R. Lopez and president Leonides U. Garde. Lopez is also the CEO of First Gen Corp. The Lopez family patriarch Oscar Lopez sits as chairman emeritus of both companies.

FPIC owned up to the responsibility for the oil leak in its pipeline in Makati City and committed to carry out the clean-up operations and other works to rectify the damage which it maintained could have been caused by “stresses” or too much pressure of vehicles that pass by the affected area..... MORE

SourceThe Daily Tribune

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