DILG task force probes Chocolate Hills resort

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MANILA, Philippines: Six members of the Bohol Task Force are in the province to investigate and identify those behind the construction of a resort within the famous Chocolate Hills, Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. said on Tuesday.

'Our six-member task force is now in Bohol to investigate,' said Abalos who formed the task force composed of legal and technical personnel from the Department of the Interior and Local Government to investigate 'thoroughly' how the Captain's Peak Resort in Sagbayan, Bohol was built in the middle of the famed tourist attraction.He added that they will be looking for all pertinent documents relative to the construction.

He said he has instructed the local government units to cooperate in the process.Abalos said that the task force would implement the DILG mandate and ensure that all parties would be identified and brought to justice.'I am telling the LGUs, if you did not do anything wrong, there is no problem, but our mandate is to determine if there is someone who should be held accountable. And I can only promise one thing, those who must be held accountable will be held accountable,' he stressed.

 

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