00:00Kinasuhan na ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources
00:02ang developer na nagtayo ng subdivision sa tuktok ng bundok
00:06na naging sanhi umano ng malawaking pagbahas sa Cebu.
00:09Si Vel Custodio sa report.
00:15Naghainan na criminal case ang Department of Environment and Natural Resources
00:19laban sa developer na Monterazas de Cebu
00:21na isa sa itinuturong sanhi ng matinding pagbahas sa Cebu noong nakaraang buwan
00:26matapos manalasa ang Bagyong Tino.
00:28For the Monterazas case, we already filed a criminal case on December 3, 2025
00:37for violation of Section 77 of Presidential Decree No. 705
00:42or the Revised Forestry Code against the corporation.
00:47Ayon sa ahensya, handa silang ilatag ang mga ebedensya
00:50kabilang ang satellite imagery at inventory.
00:53If I'm not mistaken, there was an intention to apply for something
00:57because an inventory was conducted in 2022
01:01which identified 745 trees.
01:05And last we checked, I mean when we checked recently,
01:10there were only 11 trees left.
01:14So, sa kaso na yan, siyempre maglalabanan ng ebedensya.
01:21They have their claim and we have our...
01:22Before this case was filed, of course, we studied whatever we had in the regional level.
01:27Mahaharap ang developers sa dalawa hanggang tatlong taong pagkakakulong
01:31na may isa hanggang sampung dibong pisong multa.
01:34Kukumpis kahindi ng kanilang mga gamit at otomatikong kakansilahi ng permit o lisensya.
01:40At tuloy naman ang pagkikipag-ugnay ng DENR sa Local Government Unit
01:44patungkol sa nangyaring anomalya.
01:46Samantala, dahil sa lumulubhang problema sa baha,
01:50nakikipag-ugnay na ang DENR sa iba't ibang ahensya ng pamahalaan
01:55para sa flood mitigation at implementasyon ng National Flood Master Plan.
01:59Flood mitigation, as the President has constantly stressed,
02:05must begin at the headwaters with forests, wetlands, and watersheds
02:11not nearly at the point where this water overflows.
02:17So we have worked closely with the team of Secretary Vince Disson
02:22in order to make sure that infrastructure projects,
02:28especially for flood control, are aligned with the river basin plans
02:35as well as with the nature-based solutions.
02:44Makikipagtulungan din ang DENR sa National Irrigation Administration
02:47para sa pagkukuna ng tubig tuwing tagtuyot.
02:50Kaugnay nito, nauna ng inilunsa ni Pangulong Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
02:55ang Oplan kontrabaha noong nakaraambuan,
02:58kung saan kasama dito ang mga lalawigang madalas na binabaha,
03:01kabilang ang Cebu, Bacolod, Rojas City at Bulacan.
03:05Vel Custodio para sa Pambansang TV sa Bagong Pilipinas.
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