Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 7) — The plan to relocate the Bureau of Corrections’ (BuCor) headquarters to the Masungi Georeserve is placed on hold, according to Acting Director-General Gregorio Catapang.
During a Senate hearing on Monday, Catapang bared that the plan to build its headquarters in 270 of the 300 hectares of the georeserve is “held in abeyance pending further studies to be undertaken, taking into consideration the impact on the environment with the construction of BuCor facilities in the area.
The Masungi Georeserve Foundation welcomed this, while still holding out hope that the project will be scrapped entirely.
Knowing the potential environmental impacts of the plan, we are hopeful that the project will be scrapped altogether,” it said in a statement Thursday.
The organization also urged Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Toni Yulo-Loyzaga to convene the Masungi Geopark Project’s Oversight Committee to resolve conflicts within the project site and prevent future ones.
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