Monday, November 26, 2007

12 ANXIOUS QUESTIONS

1.How might landslides and run-off from Ma-a - Shrine Hill, affect our homes and lives?
2.Could basic services such as electric power and water be interrupted?
3.Could rain water run-off flood parts of Spring and other Villages, damaging our homes, clogging canals and over-flooding sewers and drainage?
4.How much Liability Insurance or Bonding does DMC Urban Property Developers, Inc. carry to repay avalanche / landslide damage and loss of life? Will assets be left in the company to pay potential claims? How Much?
5.Are sandy soils with chunks of ancient corals prone to sliding and avalanche after heavy rains?
6.What if a Level Six intensity earthquake occurred during several days of heavy rain?
7.What should be done about Engineer Diana Velasco’s statement that Matina Hills sides are weak and prone to landslide? (Sun Star –November 6, 2006)
8.Should risk to life and damage to property be put upon homeowners and the public at large for the profit of the Developer?
9.Remember the Cherry Hills Subdivision tragedy in Antipolo, Rizal wherein 57 people perished and hundreds of millions of pesos worth of investments and property became water and mud because of avalanches?. Is the landslide risk to Spring Village and other subdivisions any less than Baguio, Leyte, Compostela Valley and hundreds of other hill side development landslides?
10.With possible destruction of life and property, should the people at risk be able to say “No!”?
11.Should such a for-profit risk transfer to the Public involving potential loss of life and certain damage be allowed?
12.Should the scenic beauty and natural wonder of Ma-a Shrine Hill be erased?
- Mr. Jaime Olegario, President, St. Michael Village, has made complaint against the DMC Urban Property Developers, Inc., September 13, 2007, concerning landslide and other hazard exposures from the hillside development. Damages have already occurred.

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