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01 JUL 2019 DATE. .; DAY I IT NT rrn-F-3 Strategic C0111111 unication and 'Initiative Service 6...,n• ah S'EllATEGIC [7( ED ED [n] ONLIAIIINICATION PER PAGE I BANNER EDITORIAL CAEIOON waistsisakSal INITIATIVES STORY STORY RAGE IslimieLadi". SERVICE WEYER NEASE011619 • usioessWorld 0 1 6JAyE TINE: PAGE I/ t_ 2019 #1,0001t.ataglanet. " e;( • . - I , s •••.' , ' CORDILI:ERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION: BAGUIO CITY I. 7-yean after closure Order • THE 52-hectare Irisen open dumpsite In Baguio City has been confirmed to be still , operating despite iclosure.order issued by the. National Solid Waste Management , Comnilsgion in 2012: During a visit to the site list week, Department of Environment .and Natural Resources (DEN) Undersecretary for Solid Waite ilariageMent and Local Government Unit Concerns Benny D. Antiporda (right photo) directed the Environ: .inental Managenkent Bureau In the Cordillera Administrative Region to immediately , issue icease and desist order (CDO) to the Baguio CitibOvemment. Mc Antloorda 4. „„ ' • * OEM r said the COO Will be Issued pending explanation of non-compliance to theaclostire order and the submiisionof a Site ClOsure ; and Relikilltation Plan aireOulred under Reptiblic Act No. 900j, the Ecological Solid Waste Management Ad of 2000. ; . Ilk ST IlA I ITGIC I I Lk. CONIII ii INICA I ION TANNER EDITORIAL CARTOON A3 STORY STORY INI I IA I IVES PAGE lOWER '1"."."........"' SIT.1 IVII • It - 01 JUL 2019 TINE: DATE Rehab of Baguio's Balili River sought mental Management Bureau in the By Rio N. Araja Cordillera Administrative Region showed that the river's fecal coli- HE Department of Environment and Natural form level was at 1.6 trillion most Resources is eyeing the rehabilitation of Balili probable number per 100 milliliters River in Baguio City, which it said was worse (mpn/100m1). T "This is far worse than Manila Bay than Manila Bay. which holds a record of 35 million mpn/100mL" Antiporda said. :- Ordered the Underseicietary for .SOfiilWir&ie Mani-rplant as Tait'cif thd2praiiiied iliaiiTitàtT -Fattier, the- DENR temporary closure of Irisan dump, agement and Local Government Unit tion of the country's summer capital. Concerns Benny Antiporda said the riv- Antiporda said he was alarmed af- also in Baguio City, after finding out er has a high coliform level that is even ter finding out that the Balili River, to during a surprise inspection it was operating as an open dump, which is worse than that of the Manila Bay. which the treated waters of the sewer- He, along with the other officials age treatment plant drains, has severely a violation of Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Manage- from, the central office, inspected the deteriorated. city's 33-year-old sewerage treatment Data from the DENR's Environ- ment Act of 2000. • STRNI ECU UPPER PAGE I BANNER EDITORIAL COMMUNICATION CARTOON STORY STORY I NI rucrivES L -1 PAGE LOWER WWWWIT SERVIC roar 01 JUL 2019 TITLE PAGE I/ DATE ,Baguio . Balili River rehab isusunod ng BEN ' MAtAPOS ang•pagpaPasara :rehabilitation sa Itinirturing na syunal Kering 1986 at cf nesenyo sa bison dumpsite, Idnokon- summer capital rig bansa. para mag-treat nw8,500 critic alders nflepartment of En- Naalarma ang grupo ni M- meters (cam) per day. So kasa- vironnient and Natural Re- tiporda matapos malita ang Ba- lukuyan ang pasifidad ay nag- sources ang rehabllitasyon lili River na ang SW na nagldi- lilinis rig 6,500 cbm/day at um- as Baguio City's Balla River nis sana rig tublg sa IN ay 9°1)- abot pa sa 12,000 cu.mfday sa na ang label ng colifomi ay ra fang krma. panahon ng tag-ulan.. mas masahol pa an Manila Ayon sa data mula sa DENA Nitong nakalipas na Oldub- Bay. Environmental Management re 2018 ang DENR ay inapruba- ltinuon rig DENR ang Icon- Bureau sa Cordillera Adminis- han ang compliance action plan yang atensyon sa Balili River trews Region ay nagpapakita para sa SIP pursuant sa DAC matapos mag-inspeksyon ang na ang fecal coliform level ng 2016-08. Mg CAP ay nirebisa mge 01)1sval ng 013414 sa Pair ilog ay nasa 1.6 trillion na lina- at inapnbahan nitcog nakalipas nguna ni Undersecretary for tayang ang number per 100 na Abel at may validity hang- Solid Waste Management and. milliliters , (mpn/100m1). gang Disyembre 2022. LGU Concerns Behny b. Anti- • "This is far worse than Ma- Nauna rito, iniutos rig DENR porda sa may 33- aong Sewe- nila Bay which holds a record of ang pansamantalang pagpa- rage Treatment Plant ng km igiud 35 million mpril100m1," aril pa ni pasara sa ldsan dumpsite mata- bilang b,ahagi ng 'sinagawang Antiporda. pos makita sa isinagawang son. Nabafid pa sa teat na base presang inspeksyon na isina- sa DENR Administrative Order gawa ng grupo ni Usec. Anti- 2016-08 ang tanggap na fecal porta na nag-ooperate ito Wang coliform level para sa Class A open dumpsite 'na mahigpit na rivers gaya ng Balili River ay ipinagbabawal sa ilalim rig Re- dapat lang ay 4 mpn/100m1; pubic Act 9003 o ang Ecologi- Ayon pa sa DENA ang STP cal Solid Waste Management ._ay nagsimulang — maging _ opera- Sl'ITAII(TIC THE PHILIPPINE PAGE I BANNER CONINIIINICATION UPPER EDITORIAL CARTOON Li STOTT,. STORY elk I NITTA TINTS PAGE LOWER 'NEWITITI. SERVICE _ . B11111.11111111111s 0 1 JUL 2019 TITLE: PAGE I/ DATE We have the r-ight-to do what we want and we will CTALK die here." Twenty five years later it took a hard line CITO BELTRAN President to cleanup the mess and now he has to sort out who are the legal owners, dummy owners and dummy corporations that have turn "Paradise" into a center of commerce on white sand! Baguio: An urban Lazarus While writing this column,! tried to figure out how a "low lander" like Mayor Magalong could possibly illions of Filipinos who handle the proud people of Baguio and for some Jove Baguio City for- strange reason the memory of another tough cop and merly known as the City former Baguio Councilor came to mind. He is none M other than the former police chief and former coun- of Pines have long mourned the slow decay or death of the coun- cilor Bobby "Builgo" Ortega and his nom de guerre try's "Summer Capital." They "Markang Bungo" refers to his legendary reputation of ten say "Sayang" or "What of being the angel of death for hard core criminals a loss" referring to one of the who use to reap terror and mayhem in the streets of country's top tourist attractions. , Baguio and nearby vicinities. The true residents of .There was a time when Baguio City's biggest prob Baguio come from a proud race of warriors and they lem was having too many tourists. But,today, that is honor men and women with noble intent, who pos- hardly the case. What Baguio City has too much of sess wisdom, who bring visions and solutions to the are: air polluting PUVs, too many houses, top much table with respect and more importantly one who is construction that violate building code, too much resolute in the presence of "warriors". garbage, and too much conflict of interest of vested Having spent many summers and evenings with interest at the expense of this once beautiful .and "local relations", I have learned that in Baguio City, historic city. Compared to the city you walked in the things get done through "the tribe and their Elders" '60s to '70s most who dare to visit Baguio now limit whether it is clans, bararigays or business groups and their activities to the Camp John Hay premiseg;, the especially churches. Many lowlanders don't notice Loakan area because the over commercialization and it and folks in Baguio tend to take it for granted, but "illegal" urbanization of Baguio City has rendered it Baguio City probably has one of the biggest number practically dead. of Christian churches in the country, they have many But beginning today, there is hope that Baguio radio programs on radio daily, and their members City might just be able to become the equivalent of form a large population of Baguio city. As Mayor, an Urban Lazarus that could rise from the grave or Benjie Magalong may now be the Chief among all grave state that it's in. A new mayor steps into City chiefs, but he must sit down with each chief, give hall today namely Mayor Benjamin "Benjie" Mag- him the honor to lead on a specific project and let all along who made a name for himself in the Philippine of Baguio know that Chief so and so and his tribe is National Police as head of the Criminal Investigation in charge of the project or the problem. By so doing and Detection Group (CIDG) as well as the lead in- the honor is given, the reputation is on the line and vestigator on the Mamasapano Massacre where 44 the challenge is made public. uniformed men of the Special Action Force (SAF-44) If the good Mayor would allow me, just one more were massacred in Mindanao. Weeks after winning suggestion, on the matter, he should move heaven the election, many business people and residents of and earth to organize, consolidate and incorporate as Baguio City have responded positively to the entry of many women of Baguio to be directly involved in the Magalong. People I know have said that they are go- many redemption projects for the City. As a "Baguio ing to volunteer their help and resources to Magalong Boy" Bey* Magalong would know that in Baguio, because Baguio is in desperate need of resuscitation the men talk but the women lead, the women push, after years of neglect.