FIRST SUCH ORDER COMPELS CHECK ON ENTIRE STRUCTURE
SC issues Kalikasan writ, bars FPIC pipeline
By Benjamin B. Pulta and Angie M. Rosales 11/20/2010A writ of kalikasan (nature), the first legal order of such kind, was issued by the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday effectively stopping the operations of the entire defective 40-year-old pipeline that transports fuel from Batangas to Manila.
The high court granted a plea by residents of a West Tower Condominium building in Makati who were displaced as a result of leaks in the pipeline being operated by the Lopez-owned First Philippine Industrial Corp. (FPIC).
In the writ with temporary environmental protection order, 46 respondents mostly officials of FPIC and the company’s parent First Gen Corp. were ordered to “cease and desit from operating the pipeline until further orders from the court”.
The writ signed by clerk of court Enrique Vidal was issued through the authority of Chief Justice Renato Corona, the order said.
The respondents were also ordered to make “a verified return” of the writ before the SC within a non-extendible period of ten days..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20101120hed1.html
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