Friday, January 18, 2008 Bineng MRF lot for checking By Jane Cadalig
THE approval of a contract for the establishment of a solid waste management facility in a barangay in La Trinidad is put on hold as members of the municipal council deferred its ratification.
This as the proposed site in Bineng is still to be validated.
Councilor Francis Lee said, "We have to check the site first, as this may be the same area which was questioned by the barangay officials before," he said.
Lee said the lot, which is about 900 square meters, has been the subject of controversy last year, when the former barangay captain negotiated the sale without passing through legal processes.
We have to call the barangay officials of Bineng to clarify if this problem is already solved," Lee said.
The project, which costs more than P426,000 will be shouldered by every barangay as mandated by Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Law.
Funds for the proposed projects were allocated from La Trinidad's 20 percent municipal development fund from the 2005 and 2007 budget.
