A conflicted custodian of our environment

Yulo King Ranch stands accused of land grabbing 40,000 hectares of forests and ancestral domains in Palawan’s Coron and Busuanga towns.

The Yulo family allegedly came to own the land in 1976. That contradicted Proclamation 1387. Government sequestrations and ill-gotten wealth cases ensued starting 1986. YKR’s cattle ranch was branded “the largest agrarian anomaly.” Verdicts have been complex and inconsistent. A 2009 summary judgment in favor of PABC was reversed in 2014. Still, the court separated PABC’s case from the ill-gotten wealth issue against YKR. Given YKR’s contentious legal status, Yulo-Loyzaga walks the tightrope.

This conflict of interest has outraged farmers and environmentalists. Twice in 2016 congressmen demanded probes of Yulo-Loyzaga’s predicament. An ombudsman complaint was filed in 2023 for ethical breaches. Yulo-Loyzaga’s handling of the recent Chocolate Hills picnic-resort controversy highlights her quandary. She defended the resort owners’ “prior rights” in the protected area, despite lack of DENR clearances. That shows disturbing prioritizing of private interests over environment protection. The stance mirrors her own in YKR, where her family’s land claim trumps the area’s protected status.

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