House urged to probe dumpsite on Aeta ancestral land in Subic
Philippine lawmakers are calling for a congressional investigation into an illegal dumpsite operated by the Subic government on Aeta ancestral land. The inquiry aims to determine accountability for the environmental damage and potential violations of indigenous rights.
Why it matters
It highlights the ongoing struggle for indigenous land rights and environmental justice against government-sanctioned land misuse.
MANILA, Philippines - Lawmakers are urging Congress to open a probe into an illegal open dumpsite that operated for seven years inside the ancestral domain of an Aeta community in Subic, Zambales.
Rep. Leila de Lima (Mamamayang Liberal) filed House Resolution 1250 on Thursday, July 30.
It directs the House Committee on Natural Resources, sitting jointly with the Committee on Indigenous Cultural Communities and Indigenous Peoples, to determine which agency allowed the dumpsite in Sitio Tibag, Barangay Naugsol, to be established and kept in operation.
The resolution also asks the committees to assess the site's closure and rehabilitation plan, and to examine whether the P78 million the Subic government has requested would remove the waste from the ancestral domain or seal it in place.
READ : 'This is a crime': Subic LGU criticized for turning Aeta ancestral land into dumpsite
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