MANILA, Philippines — Former Rep. Fernando Hicap (Anakpawis party-list) on Tuesday asked House Speaker Allan Peter Cayetano to conduct a congressional inquiry on San Miguel Corp.’s P700 billion Bulacan airport project, which it said had adverse environmental and socio-economic impacts. “We demand House Speaker Cayetano to look into the loopholes of Mr. Ramon Ang’s international airport project in Manila Bay that would threaten its biodiversity and... the socioeconomic rights of thousands of its coastal population,” Hicap said. The New Manila International Airport will stand on the "Bulacan Aerotropolis," a sprawling 2,500-hectare reclamation project to be constructed in the coastal town of Bulakan, Bulacan. Pamalakaya cited hazard and vulnerability maps by the Bulacan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, as well as studies from other experts. DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade and SMC President and COO Ramon Ang formally signed in September the concession agreement for the NMIA project.

Source: Philippine Star October 08, 2019 06:11 UTC