Stop reclamation projects in Manila Bay, SC asked By Benjamin B. Pulta 09/02/2011

Stop reclamation projects in Manila Bay, SC asked

By Benjamin B. Pulta 09/02/2011

Militant groups have asked the Supreme Court (SC) to stop reclamation activities along Manila Bay.
In their six-page manifestation with motion for clarification, leaders of Pamalakaya and Anakpawis party-list Rep. Rafael Mariano also asked SC Chief Justice Renato Corona and 14 other SC justices to clarify the scope, coverage, subject and extent of its landmark decision to clean up Manila Bay and issue a definitive ruling on whether reclamation and privatization projects undertaken along its foreshore area are allowable or in consonance with the ruling.

The Anakpawis party-list congressman, along with Anakpawis secretary general Cherry Clemente, Pamalakaya national chairman Fernando Hicap and vice chairman Salvador France, and Pamalakaya-Southern Tagalog chairman Pedro Gonzalez said activities like reclamation and dumping of toxic wastes in Manila Bay should be discontinued to ensure the success of the clean-up, rehabilitation and protection of Manila Bay and so as not render the landmark decision naught and useless..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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