They
said...
Dolora N. Nepomuceno,
LLDA assistant general manager
"According
to our records, we have not received any application
from them," LLDA assistant general manager Dolora
N. Nepomuceno >>>
We say...No application means, no permit, no permit
means illegal. You don't have to be a rocket scientist
to know the difference between legal and illegal.
“I
want to inform the mayor that based on records, the
city government has not applied for a clearance and
permits,” Nepomuceno said. >>>
We say...Again, No clearance...illegal...No permits...illegal.
“The result of water testing will show the imminent
danger posed by the dump on the river and the water
supply of residents in the area. The leachate from
the dump has big impact on the river and the water
supply,” Nepomuceno explained.
Letter
to Mr. Wayne Lauzon
Albert Magalang, NSWMC executive director
"is
not suitable for garbage disposal."
Esther Perez de Tagle
"I
thought he was joking...it's simply stupid, really
crazy," said Esther Perez de Tagle,
founder of the Concerned Citizens Against Pollution.
This was how environmental groups described Metro
Manila Development Authority chairman Bayani Fernando's
suggestion to flush down the toilet biodegradable
wastes.
"Why
is Bayani Fernando insisting on violating the law?..."It's
mandated by law that there should be a materials recovery
facility (MRF) in every barangay. If (Bayani is) going
to go ahead with (the waste facility project), we
will have to file a suit."
She
also criticized Fernando for saying that the residents'
fears are unfounded.
"It's
not unfounded," Perez de Tagle
said. "There are information and pictures on
the Internet (of how unsanitary garbage facilities
can be). There's even one website of a Marikina dumpsite."
>>>
We say...This is the website.
Von
Hernandez, Greenpeace Philippines
"There's
no reason why the illegal dumpsite should not be closed,"
Hernandez said.
Anita
Paway
"The
operation of the dumpsite is illegal because of the
LLDA order and the expansion of the site," Anita
Paway, Samahan Kapatiran ng Doña Petra >>>
We say...Closure order and expansion of the dumpsite.
QC homeowners
"Hindi
ko nga akalain na may dump diyan... only this year,
until we started to smell the stench kasi ang lakas
talaga ng amoy," lawyer Jose Sison
"Malinis nga ang paligid nila (Marikina) pero
napeperwisyo naman ang mga nearby cities," Sison
said. >>> We say...Kitams,
pati ang amoy umaabot sa kabilang bayan.
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