BOLINAO, PANGASINAN — The management of a beach resort here voluntarily dismantled a concrete gazebo that it illegally built on top of a rock formation following a warning it received from local environment officials. Angelo Reyes, pollution control officer of Treasures of Bolinao Beach Resort at Barangay Patar here, said they had taken down the structure to comply with the notice of violation issued to them last year. ADVERTISEMENTThe Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in the Ilocos region said the resort’s gazebo and “floating” bridge on top of a rock formation were illegal structures. Resort workers took down the gazebo hours before Carlito Tuballa, DENR regional director, and his team arrived to start the dismantling. ADVERTISEMENTThe beach resort was one of those that pioneered tourism in this town and the bridge was once the “landmark of Bolinao tourism,” he said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 15, 2019 21:11 UTC