OSG wants Iloilo ‘kalikasan’ case junked

THE Office of Solicitor General (OSG) has sought the dismissal of the motion for a Temporary Environmental Protection Order (TEPO) seeking to stop the controversial Jalaur River Multipurpose Project Phase II (JRMP II) in Iloilo, which involves the construction of a dam.

In a four-page resolution penned by Associate Justice Rosmari Carandang and concurred by Associate Justices Marlene Gonzales-Sison and Socorro Inting, the Court of Appeals Special Former Fifth Division cancelled the hearing on the TEPO for failure of petitioner Augusto Syjuco and his counsel, as well as the witness, to appear.