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What we can do is take steps to alleviate the floods. At the moment, the people are doing many things to aggravate the problem. We have many squatters who reside in known flood-prone areas. Worst is that in many places the floods have worsened because the people there don’t know how to dispose of their garbage properly. They dump them in estuaries where they clog the flow of water.


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This comes even as the MMDA has filed a petition with the Supreme Court en banc  for a clarification and review of the High Scourt’s Third Division’s ruling in favor of JEC.


The MMDA argued that the JEC contract was too costly for the government and has negative implications on the environment.


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Acosta said that when the Supreme Court’s third division upheld the validity of the build-operate-transfer (BOT) contract between Jancom and the government, this paved the way for the illegal construction of an incinerator at the now closed San Mateo dumpsite.


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We can’t avoid floods but we can minimize them

By ROSES AND THORNS | By Alejandro R. Roces | August 28, 2004 - 12:00am

We will always have floods during the rainy season. We can’t stop them for the simple reason that we cannot stop the rains. As a matter of fact, we need the rains. What we can do is take steps to alleviate...

Opinion

Compromise on Jancom case sought

March 8, 2002 - 12:00am

Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chairman Benjamin Abalos Sr. admitted yesterday that he is negotiating with Jancom Environmental Corporation (JEC) for a possible compromise agreement on the P390 billion...

Metro

Acosta hits Supreme Court on Jancom case

February 28, 2002 - 12:00am

Bukidnon Rep. Nereus Acosta accused the Supreme Court yesterday of duping and forcing President Arroyo to sign a P390-billion "illegal" garbage contract in favor of Jancom Environmental Corporation. Acosta...

Metro

Trash contractor sues Aventajado, Binay

December 31, 2000 - 12:00am

A consortium of foreign firms filed yesterday a petition to declare Flagship Programs and Projects Secretary Robert Aventajado and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority chairman Jejomar Binay in contempt of court...

Metro