10:18 PM
JAMES EGO
SETTING POLITICS aside, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has to do what ought to be done.
Showing rare political will, the president asks Vice President Noli de Castro to prepare a draft for the revocation of the proclamation establishing the settlement called Lupang Arenda, even if it would mean displacing multitude of residents.
Lupand Arenda was established when former President Fidel Ramos issued Proclamation 704 and opened some 200 hectares of public lands in protected wetlands to accommodate the growing number of illegal settlers in Metro Manila.
The settlement lies at the shorelines of Laguna de Bay and lies along the natural lake water egress to Manila Bay along the Napindan Channel.
The opened wetlands, separate sources say remain water logged for the rest of the six months...
