Thursday, May 29, 2008 (Philippines)

Alvin Santillana (center) of the Cebu City Disaster Coordinating Council is escorted by Special Weapons and Tactics members as he serves a cease order on construction work at a site in Barangay Mabini, Cebu City. Work on the property of Teodorico Adarna Sr. has been blamed for a landslide last Monday. (Sun.star photo/Allan Cuizon) A MOTEL chain owner was ordered to stop the development on his 40-hectare property in Barangay Mabini, Cebu City after construction work there caused a landslide last Monday, destroying a portion of the mountain barangay’s main road. Mayor Tomas Osmeña also ordered businessman Teodorico Adarna Sr. to remove any obstruction from the City Government-owned and maintained road, including the steel gate he put up near his property. In the cease and desist order Osmeña signed yesterday, the mayor told Adarna and his representatives to stop any construction work in their property in Sitio Luton until they can secure permits from City Hall. [full story]