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Gwen ‘lifts’ closure order of waterfalls
You can swim again in the three-level Kawasan waterfalls but tourists can no longer spend the night in lodging houses next to it. The waterfalls in Badian town was declared open again for visitors yesterday, six months after Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia ordered the nature spot off limits to tourists in order to demolish picnic […]
Kawasan Falls to open in November
October 16, 2012
CEBU Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia and some owners of illegal structures in the Kawasan Falls will sign a memorandum of agreement on October 24 setting conditions for the complete clearing of illegal structures in the falls in Badian town. They have agreed to complete the demolition of illegal structures in all the three levels of the […]
DENR: Buildings within easement zone
July 26, 2012
THREE structures owned by a resort owner were found to be located within the 20-meter easement zone of the Matutinao river near the Kawasan Falls in Badian town, northern Cebu. This was the result of the ground relocation survey done by personnel of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Visayas (DENR-7) […]
WILL THE KAWASAN LODGES STAY?
May 22, 2012
Kiosks, metal rails and picnic tables near the Kawasan Falls have been torn down and removed. But more than a month after Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia began the demolition of “illegal” structures near the tourist spot, two-story buildings used as overnight lodging houses beside the Matutinao River still stand. The buildings are operated by local residents […]
Kawasan Falls still off limits to tourists, says Gov. Gwen
May 18, 2012
GOV. Gwendolyn Garcia will not be lifting soon her closure order of Kawasan Falls in Badian town, southern Cebu. As the demolition of “illegal” structures within a 20-meter easement of the river banks continues by Capitol workers, Garcia vowed not to allow any more overnight lodging in the nature spot. “If we allow the rooms […]
Capitol ‘Revoke Kawasan resort ECC’
May 3, 2012
THE Capitol is seeking the suspension of the Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) of one of several resorts in Kawasan Falls that it ordered closed last month. In a letter to Environment Management Board (EMB-7) Regional Director Fernando Quililan, Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia said the Small Cottage and Picnic Sheds Project owned by Wilhelmino Saldua is […]
Lawyer TRO for Kawasan Falls structures moot and academic
April 25, 2012
AFTER challenging Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia last week during the removal of the illegal structures surrounding the Kawasan Falls in Badian town, south Cebu, businessman Willy Saldua asked the court to issue a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against the demolition of his structures in the Kawasan Falls. The hearing for the TRO was scheduled yesterday […]
October 24, 2012
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