“Save Our Sorsogon (SOS) Bay” Campaign Endorsed to Department of Tourism as the EDC Contacts Bobby Reyes |
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Written by Bobby M. Reyes | |||
Monday, 27 June 2011 20:16 | |||
Campaign by Overseas Sorsoganons in Helping Save Sorsogon Bay Now Elevated to Higher Level and Coverage in Court of Public Opinion Expanded to Avail of the Doctrine “The More, the Merrier” By Lolo Bobby M. Reyes of Part X of a Series on “Saving Our Sorsogon ( P ursuant to our strategy of making the alleged ecological rape of As the adage goes, “The more, the merrier.” The more people and government agencies become aware of the alleged pollution of On June 24, 2011, 11:20:51 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, Tourism Director for the Bicol Region Maria (Nini) O. Ravanilla replied to a query sent by this writer on June 21, 2011. Here is the reply of Director Ravanilla: QUOTE. Hi Bob, Thank you so much for your continued support. As always, being a Sorsoganon and a Bicolano, we can always count on you to push Bicol tourism forward in the I will try to secure a copy of the Environmental Impact Assessment from the EDC or from the LGU of Sorsogon. Or the last recourse is to request the DENR to provide one thru Secretary Paje, who is a Bicolano himself. Best efforts will be done, Bob. Kindest regards! Nini UNQUOTE.
The Honorable MARIA O. RAVANILLA Regional Director Department of Tourism-Region 5 (BICOL) CC: As Addressed in the CC Box and to The Honorable DOT Secretary Alberto A. Lim (Through the Hon. Annie Cuevas-Lim, DOT Office, Dear Director Nini Ravanilla: Thank you for your e-mail of During your past visits to Apparently, the EDC has not submitted any revised Environmental-Impact Study (EIS) to the City Council of Sorsogon and to the Provincial Government of Sorsogon but nevertheless it was granted approval and a Mayor's Permit for its expansion program that will double its generating capacity. We have written a special series of articles called "Saving Our Sorsogon ( We want to ask your help and the assistance of the Sorsogon Province Tourism Council (SPTC) in securing from the EDC a copy of the said EIS, which you may probably be able to bring for presentation to interested Sorsoganons living in We will furnish the Honorable Secretary Alberto A. Lim with a hard copy of this correspondence during his visit to As we say in Sorsogon, "Salamatonon" for your attention and assistance in saving our Very respectfully yours, Bobby M. Reyes Editor and Founder, Media Breakfast Club of and a Legal Resident of ================================================= Here are links to the articles in the "Save Our Sorsogon ( The “Save Our Sorsogon (SOS) Bay” Initiative (Part I) URL: http://www.mabuhayradio.com/ecology-and-the-environment/the-save-our-sorsogon-sos-bay-initiative Sorsogon Bay: “So Near, Yet So FBAR.” The “Red Tide” Ban by the BFAR Must Be Lifted (Part II) “Back to BacMan,” Tracing to the Geothermal Plant an Apparent Cause of Pollution in Sorsogon Bay (Part Sorsoganons Got Guts and Know How to Face Death Honorably (Part V) More On the “Save Our Sorsogon (SOS) Bay” Advocacy: “Arin si Brockovich?” (Part VI) Sorsogon Public Officials Don’t Know How to Google for Geothermal Energy’s Environmental Issues (Part The EDC Finally Contacts this Investigative Reporter L ast Tuesday night, This writer asked to be furnished by e-mail the official response of the EDC in regard to the operations of the Bac-Man Geothermal Plant, including a copy of any environmental-impact study. To date, no e-mail has been received. A full report of the telephone conversation will be published, if needed, as soon as the e-mail and its attachments are received by this writer from the EDC. We promised that we would publish the EDC letter and materials in their entirety without any censorship or correction, as we are an equal-opportunity publication. (To be continued . . .)
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Of course, they will do anything to cover up, as it is their bread and butter. We had also received from EDC here before a response to our complaint letter, and they even promised us that we can visit their Plant ANYTIME but up to this very moment, we were never accomodated. Anyway, we are thankful enough that the RED TIDE is gone. Just really hoping, no contamination ever