ENVIRONMENTAL WATCH

Please check on this INEXCUSABLE ILLEGAL QUARRYING BY THE BEACH OF NEW WASHINGTON, AKLAN

This is an obvious corruption right in front of your backyard.

Why the community is so quiet on this very obvious destruction 

of our environment. 

What to you is an honorable man?  

A public office is a public trust.  Redeem yourself for the last term. 

Leave a legacy, for the last term of your office and stop this negligence 

and ignorant of the law. 

Please refer to Republic Act No. 7942, Chapter VIII, Quarry Resources, Section 43 to 50.

http://www.psdn.org.ph/chmbio/ra7942.html

PICTURES SPEAKS A THOUSAND WORDS! 

But, to be fair, we challenge the neighborhood of this LGU to please

 do your own investigation. We challenged the DILG, DENR/PENRO,

AKLAN GOVERNMENT, environment advocates and the 

PEOPLE OF NEW WASHINGTON.

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RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION

August 1, 2013 at 9:35 am as per investigation of EEDD/MGDS personnel, headed by Engr. Valentin Teodosio, Evy Yap and Mark Balanag with Mr. Heherson Alvarez, EMS II of Environmental Management Bureau (EMB).

(Please refer to the original letter from Gov. Florencion Miraflores to DILG dated October 2, 2013 and to the proponent/complainant (Koolearth) dated October 14, 2013, with copy furnished Hon. Pelagio S.Apostol, Deputy Ombudsman for the Visayas,Regional Office No. VI,Iloilo CIty for a long narrative report and pictures attached for their investigation.)

Directives to DILG to conduct investigation is per Memorandum No. 2013-058 issued by Gov. Florencio T. Miraflores, Province of Aklan.

Based on the above circumstances, Engr. Bernardo O. Rodriguez, Jr., Project Development Officer IV, Section Head, DENR, that MAYOR EDGAR PERALTA, LGU New Washington, violated Batas Pambansa Bilang 265, "An Act Prohibiting The Extraction of Gravel and Sand from Beaches and Providing Penalties Thereof".

Please check on 

http://www.lawcenter.ph/law-library/laws/batas-pambansa/an-act-prohibiting-the-extraction-of-gravel-and-sand-from-beaches-and-providing-penalties-therefor/

The above action according to Gov. Miraflores' covering letter was referred and directed to the Project Development Officer of the province's Mines and Geosciences Development Service, the results of which was submitted to DILG Aklan.

If you wish to get a copy of the documents, please give email and or call us.

Thank you.