I have good news and bad news today. First, the good news: A total of 486 huge acacia trees lining the MacArthur Highway in Pampanga were saved from the chainsaws of the Department of Public Works and Highways when Judge Ma. Angelica Paras-Quiambao of Regional Trial Court Branch 59 extended a temporary restraining order issued earlier by another judge.
Environment Secretary Ramon Paje said last week that the government should not be too hasty in selling government land to private developers. Once the land becomes private property, the owner can do anything with it, including cutting of trees, he said. Wrong. There is a law that requires a private landowner to secure the permission [...]
SM is quickly earning a reputation as a bully. Nowhere is this more evident than in the case of hundreds of pine trees it wants to cut or ball in its property in Baguio. SM wants to put a parking lot in the place where the pine trees are. Baguio residents and environmentalists everywhere are [...]
