THE Supreme Court thumbed down an P11-billion dam project in Iloilo in the wake of a petition for a writ of kalikasan sought by former-lawmaker Augusto Syjuco Jr. of Iloilo who opposed the project which may displace thousands of residents and starve hundreds of poor and marginalized Ilongos.

Acting Chief Justice Presbitero Velasco Jr. issued the writ.

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