Writ of Kalikasan for Mt. Sto. Tomas-Mt. Cabugao, Benguet

IF ever a Writ of Kalikasan is urgently needed, it is now for the Mt. Sto. Tomas-Mt. Cabugao area of Benguet.

Ironically, there is an existing Writ of Kalikasan which has been issued by the Court of Appeals but with the proviso that a compromise be reached between the contending parties -- concerned citizens of Baguio including Bishop Carlito F. Zenson, various environmental NGOs against the sitting Congressman Nicasio Aliping, Jr. -- on the matter of Aliping’s road construction, felling of hundreds of trees, massive soil erosion caused by the activity, contamination of water supply to Baguio and Tuba from the soil erosion.