Atty. Petierre assures full payment
BACOLOD CITY -- The City Government of Bacolod will pay the Dynasty Agricultural Development Corporation of the balance of P3.8 million following the demand letter from the said corporation in relation to the purchase of the dumpsite worth P23.8 million.
Atty. Sonny Petierre, Acting City Legal Officer, said the Office Mayor Evelio R. Leonardia received a letter from Ester A. Lopez, President of the Dynasty Agricultural Development Corporation, formally demanding that the remaining balance of P3.8 million should be paid by the city within the span of one year.
The Deed of Conditional Sale was executed and perfected on July 8, 2008 between the City Government of Bacolod and Dynasty Agricultural Development Corporation.
The Sangguniang Panlungsod has ratified the Deed of Conditional Sale.
Atty. Petierre said the city will comply with the payment, provided that all conditions in the contract should also be complied by the vendor like the transfer of titles to the city and the payment of the necessary taxes.
The city bought the dumpsite from the said corporation after it also demanded payment out of the use of the city of its property.
With all the many controversies hounding the said purchase, the city has pursued the purchase and it was materialized with the advance payment of P20 million and the balance of P3.8 million to be paid within one year.
This property now is being converted into a sanitary landfill in compliance with Republic Act 9003.
The continued use of the property as dumpsite was also marred with severe oppositions from residents and some key officials of the barangay led by its Village Chief Perigrino Aspan and Kagawad Ma. Fe Tresfuentes and some of her colleagues along with the residents.
Moreover, Milagros Casilagan of the Alyansa Kontra sa Basura (Alkoba) believes that the present dumpsite is unsuitable for a sanitary landfill as per declaration by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau of the DENR.
It is also deplorable that the Global Legal Action on Climate Change (GLACC) also believed that the city is a model city on waste management, Alkoba contends.
“We urge GLACC to make further investigations whether the city has indeed complied with the provisions of RA 9003. We are willing to sit down with GLACC to present documentary evidence to prove that the City of Bacolod is merely talking over its hat in its alleged intention and determination to fully implement the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000,” Alkoba stressed.