Kaban ni D_BystandeR: NAGLANOGLANOG ANG TINGOG NI MAYOR ESGANA SA PAGPROTEHER SA KABAYBAYONAN

I read the news in its entirety and reading it between the lines, I know that Santa Fe Mayor Jose Esgana is only voicing out a valid argument about how true sea erosion is and how destructive it can be if nothing is done to prevent it from happening. I personally know  it because my parents' house during my early teens  was located in one of the coastal towns near Pagadian City. And without the efforts exerted by the foreshore lease owner, his property will surely suffer sea erosion and will soon be out of sight and he will not be able to enjoy the 25-year-period of the lease if he will just simply fold up his hands and do nothing to prevent it from happening. The impractical adherence of DENR to  cling to its outdated policy has recently been the subject of a legal controversy in Argao, Cebu where the town Mayor Galeos acceded to the earnest request of his  constituents from a mountain barangay to make a  mountain trail traversing a forested area which the DENR strongly protested. And this came to a point where even  Cebu Governor Jun Davide has to give his views to advise and propose a deal to make the conflict be resolvedin a friendly settlement and reconciliation by saying that DENR has to somehow rationalize its policy in view of the recent developments and realities coming out which clearly runs counter to the relevant needs of the people in that community.

Footnote: This comment came out in connection with a Cebu Daily News headline, "Santa Fe mayor defends Marlin's Resort against DENR demolition threat; German owner says new beach deck is only 'temporary'."