Court denies amparo petition of Cordova fisherfolk
Cebu Daily News

March 20, 2012

THE court was not convinced that lives of Cordova fisherfolk who filed a case to stop the town’s reclamation project were in danger.

Acting Executive Judge Teresita Abarquez-Galanida of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) in Mandaue denied a petition for issuance of a Temporary Protection Order filed by three fisherfolk .

The three asked for a writ of amparo, alleging that they were “harassed” and their freedom and security were at stake after they filed a graft case against Cordova Mayor Adelino Sitoy and six other government officials who approved the Cordova Reclamation Project.

Meanwhile, work at the Cordova Reclamation Project has temporarily stopped.
Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia said the contractor who hauls filling materials to the site gave up because of the truck ban in Lapu-Lapu City.

“They’ve given up especially with the truck ban, but I’m not blaming the local government unit,” she said.
Garcia said the province, which is executing a 10-hectare reclamation, is looking for another contractor and exploring the use of barges to transport dredging materials to fill up the foreshore land.

Fisherfolk Cirilo Pagobo, Eduardo Quijano and Alejandro Baguio filed the petition for a writ of amparowere among the petitioners in the case.

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