WHILE environment advocates said that they are positive about the approval of Shrine Hills as Urban Ecological Enhancement Sub-Zone (UEESZ) on its second reading, landowners said that the decision was "unfair."

Once it passed the third and final reading, landowners may only use 25 percent of their land for commercial, residential, or other uses.

The landowners of Shrine Hills said it was unfair for them to use only 25 percent of their total land area.

"Gusto lang ko og fair justice (We just want fair justice)... No person shall be denied the equal protection of the law," Florante Portillo, vice president of Shrine Hills Landowners Association (SHLA), said during a phone interview on Wednesday, September 19, adding that it is mandated in the constitution that the government should respect their rights as landowners.

"Dili porket gobyerno ka, ikaw na ang masunod. The government should study the ordinance well tungod kay natamakan ang among katungod (Not because you are the government, you will always be followed. The government should study the ordinance well because our rights are being stepped on)," he said.

"[The] approval of the second reading of the proposed amendments in zoning ordinance of Shrine Hills and all other UEESZs is a historic exercise of political will to protect public welfare and the environment," Chinkee Gollee, Executive Director of the Interface Development Interventions (IDIS) Inc., said in her social media post.

"Kadaugan ni not just for the environment advocates, but to all as a whole (This is a victory not only for environment advocates, but to everybody)," she said in a separate interview with Suntar Davao.