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The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) will not entertain any proposal to put up another coalfired power plant in the free port zone, according to the agency''s top official.
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The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) will not entertain any proposal to put up another coalfired power plant in the free port zone, according to the agency''s top official.
Redondo to start Subic coal plant posted February 04, 2015 at 11:35 pm by Alena Mae S. Flores Redondo Peninsula Energy Inc., a company led by Manila Electric Co., said Wednesday it will proceed with the construction of the 600megawatt coalfired power plant at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone this year, following a favorable ruling from the Supreme ...
OLONGAPO CITY, Philippines Local government units and residents in and around the Subic Freeport Zone will continue to oppose a coal plant project despite the apparent support of top Subic Bay...
The people of the Subic Bay area, of Olongapo City, Zambales province and neighboring places will suffer if the Redondo Peninsula Energy Inc''s project to build a coalfired power plant in a barangay within the territory governed by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority pushes through. Not only the people of the present generation living in [.]
Jan 24, 2018· A fresh round of protests was launched on Tuesday to stop the construction of a 600megawatt coalfired power plant in the Subic Bay Freeport.
Business groups and residents opposed to a coalfired power plant for Subic have urged President Aquino to invest instead in alternative energy for the freeport.. Former Environment Undersecretary Gregorio Magdaraog, coconvenor of the Subic Anticoal Coalition, said the Aquino administration may use Subic to promote its alternative energy policies to avoid destroying the freeport''s tourism ...
Aug 26, 2011· Constructing a coalfired power plant in Subic Bay poses a multitude of clear threats to the environment, health, local economy and the resident''s wellbeing in general. The coal plant also poses risks to farm animals which may ingest harmful particles emitted by the power plant.
WHEREAS, the Province of Zambales, the Municipality of Subic and the Barangay of Cawag will be denied of a direct benefit from the project in form of an annual income from Real Property Tax and Special Education Fund Tax of about Five Hundred Million (P500,000,) because the project is exempted from such taxes since the project site is ...
Constructing a coalfired power plant in Subic Bay poses a multitude of clear threats to the environment, health, local economy and the resident''s wellbeing in general. The coal plant also poses risks to farm animals which may ingest harmful particles emitted by the power plant.
Jan 23, 2018· In its 38page petition, the group Subic Bay Freeport Chamber for Health and Environment Conservation (SBFCHC) as well as the No to Coal Stakeholders Coalition of Subic Bay said the Civil Aviation ...
Akbayan partylist congressman Walden Bello (center) displays ''dirtied hands'' during the launch of the ''Ayaw namin sa Coal'' campaign in Quezon City, northeast of Manila, where the group expressed their opposition against the planned construction of a 600megawatt coalfired power plant in Subic, Zambales, around 110kilometers north of Manila.
Residents, green groups, local businesses and officials have already passed several resolutions objecting to the building of the P56 billion coalfired power plant. These objections include the Olongapo Sangunniang Panglungsod Resolution No. 131 issued in August 2008 and the Olongapo Liga ng mga Barangay Resolution No. 12 issued in August 2011.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT: It''s all systems go for the US billion 600 megawatts (MW) coalfired power plant project here with construction to commence in the next few months, the project proponent said. An official of Redondo Peninsula Energy, Inc. (RPE) said. In a press briefing held at the Subic Park Hotel here, Redondo Peninsula Energy, Inc. (RPE) Vice President and Head of External Affairs ...
Jan 24, 2018· By Rey G. Panaligan. Two groups of residents and environmentalists have asked the Court of Appeals (CA) to stop the construction of a coal plant in Subic, Zambales, that would cause aviation hazards and environment damage.
Anticoal activists from Subic, along with the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice and three members of the Aeta tribes from Mampweng, Iram and Tralala, troop to the Court of Appeals on Tuesday, January 23, 2018, to file a case against the construction and operation of Redondo Peninsula Energy Inc. coal plant (RPEI) in Subic.
The proposed P56 billion ( billion) coalfired power plant will be built at Mt. Redondo in Subic, Zambales. In 2010, a Lease Development Agreement for 40 hectares was signed between the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority(SBMA and Redondo Peninsula Energy (RPI).
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Groups opposing the construction of a coalfired power plant in this free port are not losing hope and have turned to President Benigno Aquino for help to stop the project, which is being pushed by one of Mr. Aquino''s best buddies, Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras.
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SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—The provincial board of Zambales opposed the construction of a coalfired power plant in this free port even as the Aquino administration supported the project recently.
DEMOCRATIC SPACE. Opposition to Coal Plant Construction In Subic Bay. BY SAVE SUBIC Posted by Bulatlat. Opposition is growing to the construction of a 300 megawatt coal power plant on the pristine beaches of Subic Bay, one of the Philippines'' top tourist destinations located in Olongapo, Zambales (126 kms. from Manila).
Oct 29, 2012· MAY 15, 2012, SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The planned coalfired thermal plant here faces rough sailing as oppositors mass up to file a Writ of Kalikasan. Alex Hermoso, lead convener of the ZambalesOlongapo Civil Society Network, said in a media forum Kapihan sa Dayrit''s that a case is being finalized to stop the project.
Anticoal advocates have asked the Court of Appeals to stop the construction of a coal power plant in Subic, Zambales, which they feared would harm the environment and pose an aviation hazard. The 38page petition was filed by groups Subic Bay Freeport Chamber for Health and Environment Conservation (SBFCHC) and No to Coal Stakeholders Coalition of Subic Bay. They said the Civil Aviation ...
Potential mercury contamination of Subic''s precious bay is a serious risk that policymakers must carefully consider. The bay''s pollution will also deal a heavy blow to tourism, one of Subic''s most prized industries today. OUR CALL: NO TO COAL PLANT IN SUBIC BAY! Northern Zambales was already a victim of the 600MW Masinloc CoalFired Power ...
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT —Residents, businessmen and officials of communities surrounding this economic zone have spoken, and the message is clear—no to a coalfired power plant in Subic.
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