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News Monitoring 12 19 2019 DATE j2-19 - 19 DAY %urslify tiNT rr Erin INTIENVS Strategic Communication and Initiative Service STRATEGIC I In COMMUNICATION PAGE I BANNER MORIN. CARTOON STORY STORY INITIATIVES At/ PANE SERVICE BusinessMirror Al hr.( irk r mu: PAGE I/ DATE D.E.N.R. BATS FOR LAW AUTHORIZING FOREST RANGERS' USE OF FIREARMS BY JONATHAN L. MAYUGA in various parts of the country. Il- @jonlmayuga legal logging syndicates are usu- ally armed with long firearms and HE Department of Environ- would often target forest protec- ment and Natural Resources tion officers, or forest rangers who T(DENR) is asking lawmakers stand in their way. to pass a law authorizing forest pro- According to Cimatu, the DENR tection officers, or forest rangers, to will continue to pursue the creation bear firearms to protect themselves of an enforcement bureau that will against "armed and dangerous" en- protect the DENR's forest protec- vironmental criminals. tion officers and forest rangers who This, even as the DENR mourns should be hailed as "environmental the killing of four DENR forest rang- heroes" for their sacrifices to protect ers and informants whom Cimatu the environment. said, "bravely put their lives on the In his year-end assessment of line to protect our forests." the agency's performance, Envi- He said despite the killings, ronment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu the DENR remains steadfast in its said the year 2019 was a good year campaign against illegal logging for the DENR as he highlighted the and other environmental crimes effort to rehabilitate Manila Bay, in the forests. which started on January 26 this "It is during these times that year with the launching of "Battle we want you to join us in our call for Manila Bay." to protect our hardworking DENR The historic event, which kicked workers. Help us inform every off withaunitywalkinsupport of the Filipino that the DENR.will not be rehabilitation of the historic bay in cowed," he said in his message read Manila, triggered the start of anon- by DENR Undersecretary Benny D. stop cleaning effortby the DENRand Antiporda during a year-end per- various governmentagencies around forrhance assessment at the confer- the Manila Bay Area. ence hall on Monday. "Our efforts include not only the In Palawan, the DENR in Mi- removal of solid wastes from rivers maropa region had completed the and esteros through our hardwork- necessary training in preparation ing volunteers, estero rangers and for the arming of forest protection partner government and private officers and forest rangers patrol- agencies, but also the resettlement ling the region's thick forests. of illegal settler families along the Arming forest protection offi- rivers and creeks and the closure of cers and forest rangers, hopefully, erring establishments around the will deter illegal logging activities Manila Bay Area," he said. &S.RA STRATEGIC EARNER E0110111M GAPIGON COMMUNICATION PAGE I Holy STORY INITIATIVES PAGE R SERVICE fiX•1111 1 2 - 19-19 Lc DA II NATIONAL SCIENTIST SEES OPENING FOR CRONYISM SCRAPPING WATER DEALS, WAIVING AWARD DANGEROUS, ECONOMIST WARNS By Doris Dumlao-Abadilla rape tomorrow?" he said in the @Philbizwatcher research note, which he emailed to the Inquirer on Wednesday. The Philippines is sliding into a Fabella said the concession- dark path where it may be unable aires, under tremendous duress, to attract new investors—except caved in and offered to waive the for "cronies"—if the government damages assessed in their favor. could easily disregard the sanctity of contracts and get away with it, Winning an arm according to an economist who is "The government has not also a national scientist tuned down on the fire and brim- Raul Fabella, professor stone rhetoric. Why should it? It emeritus at the University of the has won a hand; now it wants an Raul Fabella —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Philippines' School of Econom- arm," he said. ics, also said the offer of water Irked by the arbitral award concessionaires Maynilad Water and recent water supply prob- lapse in 2022. Services Inc. and Manila Water lems, President Duterte has Among the "onerous" con- Co. Inc. to waive about Pu billion threatened to arrest officials of tract provisions cited by the De- in combined arbitral awards per- the concessionaires and charge partment of Justice (DOD were taining to their water tariff dis- them with economic sabotage on those that bar the government pute with the regulator was "no the grounds that the contracts from interfering in setting wa- solution," even if accepted. were onerous and disadvanta- ter rates and allow the conces- It would, in fact, be a dan- geous to the public. sionaires to seek compensation gerous precedent, he said. He has also threatened to in an arbitration court for losses "One cannot blame the con- take over the assets of Maynilad should the government prevent cessionaires for trying to buy and Manila Water. it from raising tariffs. peace—even if it is really cem- On orders from the Presi- Mr. Duterte's rants have etery peace. The problem is that dent, the regulator, Metropoli- caused a massive sell-off of shares the government reneged on its tan Waterworks and Sewerage of Manila Water, Maynilad's key obligation in the contract (the tax System (MWSS), canceled the investors Metro Pacific Invest- holiday and the arbitral court be- 15-year extension of the water ments Corp. and DMCI Holdings, ing integral parts of the contract) concessions that was approved and Manila Water's parent com- and must pay the assessment un- during the term of President Glo- pany Ayala Corp. der the rule of law!" Fabella said. ria Macapagal-Arroyo in 2009. The DOJ and the Department "If the government gets The 25-year water distribu- of Finance recently assured the away with raping a contract tion contracts with Maynilad public that they would not revoke now, what's to prevent a repeat and Manila Water were set to the water concession agreements STRATEGIC .41 PAGE I %AMOR EDITORIAL CARTOON COMMUNICATION STORY STORY L INITIATIVES PAGE LO ImS.......arMIN.111" SERVICE 2-19-19 rAc.r If DATE but only renegotiate for better government pay Piatco (Philip- terms. nese, on bulk-water provision. pine International Air Terminals "The best water distribution Fabella found it ludicrous Co.) P24 billion [as of March network cannot deliver water if that the concession contracts 2016] for unlawful expropria- the dams are empty and long- that had served Metro Manila tion," the economist said. planned impoundment projects well for the last two decades He was referring to the high remain plans," he said. were now "onerous" and "dis- court ruling, which became final "It was the intransigence of advantageous" to Mr. Duterte. and executory in 2016, ordering the water regulator, MWSS, to- the government to pay Piatco ward the repeated offers by the Sanctity of contract at least $531.2 million (P24.5 bil- concessionaires to construct wa- "The sanctity of the contract lion) in just compensation plus ter-security projects (example: is onerous to the government? interest as of this month for the delayed Cardona Water treat- Onerous to violators, yes, and it construction of the controversial ment and the Tayabasan East better be or there is no contract. Ninoy Aquino International Air- Water Source; the aborted Kali- That the New Clark City con- port Terminal 3. wa Low Intake and Kaliwa Long cession contract has no similar "Who will invest long-term if Term Source projects) because it onerous provisions is irrelevant: the govenunent can expropriate (MWSS) entertained the idea that the Metro Manila concession at will? What private banks will it will deliver these projects itself" contracts were signed in 1997 make loans? Only the cronies! Fabella warned that the not in 2014; the concessionaires Marcos cronies, recall, brought country might be heading on made a risky bet in 1997 not in the country to its knees. The eco- the same path as Venezuela, 2014!" Fabella wrote. nomic team's first duty on com- ruled by populist leaders Hugo "So if there is a renegotiation petitiveness is to plug the hole Chavez (1999-2013) and Nicolas and revision, the government not cosmetize it," Fabella said. Madura (2013 to date). must pay the concessionaires for "Autocrats Hugo Chavez their loss and the amount must MWSS to blame and successor Nicolas Madu- be negotiated not imposed!" On the water crisis in ra made life impossible for the Fabella said the government March, he said it was the gov- market players and investors had implicitly accepted the le- ernment itself, through the who promptly packed their bags gitimacy of the Singapore arbi- MWSS, that was to blame. for other climes. This emptied tral court. Had the ruling been Fabella believed that even the supermarket shelves and favorable, the same government the administration was partly brought inflation rate to 53 mil- would have hailed it as fair and to blame, citing its "waffled" lion percent from 2016! Maduro based on the rule of law, it added. stance on public-private part- is waging a war against his own "Lest we forget, our own nerships versus official devel- people. No wonder Venezuelans Supreme Court decided in 2015 opment assistance, as well as ravaged by hunger started for with finality that the Philippine between the Japanese and Chi- the border," he said. INCE 6 STRATEGIC anin .4A piAts Urf PAGE I BANNER EtMoRIAI cAlOGoN COMMUNICATION MUM STORY INITIATIVES AGE IWEN SFRVICE MO 1.14 ,12- 19 -19 OAR COUNTERING ALLEGATIONS MANIA WATER :113B SPENT IN 5 YEARS NOT REIMBURSED BY MWSS Manila Water Co. Inc. on Wednes- collected more than it has spent," five-year rate rebasing period day said it had spent P13 billion the Ayala group subsidiary said that ended in zo18.
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