Lot buyers will be aware of the deadly landslide at Little Kibungan, but they may not be aware that there are also many more landslides on the other side of the hill from Bato towards Tamawan.
Landslides have occurred within the Benguet Green Meadows area – not surprising given the steep slopes of soil that were loosened when the illegal earth moving was started by Judge Abraham Borreta and Lovely Ladignon de Vera back in early 2002 and again in 2004.
Many of the existing slopes were simply covered with bulldozed loose soil without any proper civil engineering ground stabilization methods being employed. Given that there is also a geohazard earthquake fault line running through the middle of the project area, there is a potential landslide disaster in the making if high density housing is ever allowed on this site. HLURB-CAR has already issued demand letters requiring BBGMFI and Mandapat to refund several complainant buyers. Other Government housing agencies such as NHA, SHFC, HGC must also now demand that all lot buyers be fully refunded. Government agencies cannot be seen to support a scam Community Mortgage Porgram project in a geohazard area that has involved further destabilization of existing steep slopes. Any future landslide disaster would destroy all credibility for those agencies.
There are slides and damage at Mount Carmel Retreat, Velasco’s water station and damage to houses at Tamawan.
What we all want to know is why this crooked judge Borreta is once again being recommended to Malacanang for promotion to the Court of Appeals. CJ Puno who sits on the JBC and knows all about his deception at Benguet Green Meadows has a lot of explaining to do. The Moral Reform Movement needs to start by morally reforming Puno himself. Can ajudge who sold lots without permits that he knows is a geohazard area be promoted to the Court of Appeals after people at Little Kibungan died because of a similar situation. We say not.
Complaining lot buyers who want to object to Borreta’s proposed promotion should urgently file a complaint to PGMA at Malacanang
