Senator Raffy Tulfo on Thursday called for a legislative inquiry on the implementation of the Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System Act over an alleged conflict of interest of the chief of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources .
He cited in his resolution a newspaper column by Jarius Bondocalleging that Loyzaga’s conflict of interest involved her family’s40,000 hectares of land in the towns of Coron and Busuanga in Palawan called Yulo King Ranch . In his resolution, Tulfo cited as example the Captain’s Peak Garden and Resort which drew flak and public uproar, being nestled at the Chocolate Hills in Bohol, declared as a protected area on July 1, 1997.
In November last year, it was discovered that a wind farm project was being developed by the Rizal Wind Energy Corp. owned by Vena Energy, on top of the Masungi Rock Formation, a natural heritage. Loyzaga recently issued a statement saying the DENR does not intend to close down resorts built within the protected areas like in Mt. Apo and will look instead look for common ground, considering the workers’ welfare.
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