Isabela pushes P6-billion ethanol project
By Ted Boehnert 12/19/2010SANTIAGO CITY — A multimillion-dollar bio-ethanol project in San Mariano, Isabela was pushed through despite the protest of the militants earlier this week.
The estimated cost of the project is P6 billion or $120-million funded by several countries, including the Philippine government.
The oppositors claimed that thousand residents in the area will be displaced by the project and its airable lands will be constricted or become smaller in size which are available for food production.
But according to investors, which include Japanese firms JGC Corp., Itochu Corp., Taiwanese firm GCO and the Philippine Bioethano and Energy, the project will help to improve the living condition of the residents in the region. They also said that the accusation is a lie.
According to Rep. Ana Go, (2nd District, Isabela), she said that none of the affected residents in San Mariano town will be displaced. Aside from this, she said, they will have first crack of the jobs in the said project once it begins by 2012..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20101219nat5.html
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