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No
less than eight resorts and bars have violated the 20-meter
salvage zone and as a consequence were not issued their business
permits by the office of the Panglao mayor.
Mayor
Benedicto Alcala said that these establishments have not demolished
structures which have violated the basic requirement of a
20-meter distance from the shorelines.
He identified these establishments as Oops Bar, Bohol Divers
Resort, Genesis/Hayahay Resort, Trudis Place, Jasz Alonaville
Bar & Resto, Alona Seaside Restaurant, Casanove Gift Shoppe
& Resto and Dominguez Beach resort.
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During
a meeting called with officials of the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) last week,
Mayor Alcala issued his "final appeal" to
resort/bar operators to voluntarily demolish their structures.
The
local government has the police power to demolish structures
within the 20-meter salvage zone, according to PENRO
Edgardo Inting.
Observers
noted that not included in the list of the 20-meter
zone violators was Dumaluan Beach Resort owned by former
Mayor Doloreich Dumaluan, of which closure indicated
a high profile in media since police authorities from
the region implemented the order for closure of the
resort last year. However, the resort reopened after
it paid penalties on its violations cited in the closure
order.
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Asked
to comment on this, Mayor Alcala said he could not get a categorical
stand of the DENR regarding the three-storey building at the
Dumaluan Beach Resort which was earlier questioned by authorities.
On other violations of said resort, Mayor Alcala said the
resort owner has paid the LGU some P100,000 as penalties (duly
receipted by the municipal government). Alcala could not issue
a categorical statement on whether the former mayor violated
the 20-meter salvage zone or the height limitation of buildings
constructed at the beachfront.
The
DENR has scheduled another meeting with resort owners after
last week's meeting failed to reach an agreement since most
of those who attended were representatives of the owners and
not the property owners themselves.
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