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Thursday, April 21, 2005
Alko issue finally over
MANAOAG -- The controversy over an ethyl plant here ended after majority of the Municipal Council members decided to dump an appeal of Alko Distillers Inc. because the issue had been the center of discussion by the body for the past five months.
Councilor Jeremy Agerico Rosario, chairman of the committees on land use and on health and sanitation, said Mayor Napoleon Sales issued on March 7 a cease and desist order (CDO) against the plant.
The mayor made the move based on a resolution seeking the issuance of the order.
"A week after, appeals came from the employees and the company," he said.
Citing that there were several reasons mentioned in their appeal for the re-opening of the plant, Rosario said one disturbing reason cited was they had been treated unfairly by the local media.
He said although their concern has been the health of the residents being affected by the pollution, the employees cited in their appeal that there should be a good basis in determining that Alko is not a threat to the people's health.
"But our contention, like me who is a doctor and the mayor who is also a doctor, is that the employees are still at the peak of having a healthy body as compared to the children and elders who have weak body resistance," the alderman said.
Rosario said when the council held a session last April 18, Alko had again become the issue discussed.
In pointing out that they took pity on the complainants and the workers who had been attending the session, he said the concerned committees made their respective reports, after which a motion was made to end the issue and to divide the house. (FPM)
(April 21, 2005 issue)
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