Kaninang umaga, sa Ternate, Cavite, kasama ang ilang estudyante at guro ng DLSU-D sa kilos-protesta laban sa pinaplanong Ternate Landfill. Ayon sa Inquirer.net, 2000 tao daw ang sumama at nakiisa sa pagkilos:
At least 2,000 protesters, in white and green, marched around Ternate town in Cavite starting 7 a.m. Thursday to express opposition to the town council's resolution approving a sanitary landfill project within a portion of a protected area and buffer zone.
The protesters included residents, students, teachers, parents and nongovernment organizations.
Fr. Cedric Mendez and members of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente joined the protest.
Ochie Tolentino, coordinator of the Cavite Green Coalition, said in a phone interview that majority of Ternate residents opposed the project that would be located inside the Mt. Palay-Palay/Mataas na Gulod National Park.
It will cover 10 hectares in the village of Sapang within the province's biggest protected area, which is teeming with unique biodiversity and wildlife.
Mt. Palay-Palay has been declared as a protected area by virtue of Proclamation 1594 in October 1976.
According to the Ecowaste Coalition, the park hosts at least 123 species of wildlife, 31 percent of which are endangered or threatened--including the Luzon Bleeding Heart, Philippine Falcon, Blue Naped Parrot and Philippine Woodland Frog.
Tolentino said the approval of the project violated Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000, the law prohibiting the setting up of landfills on an aquifer or watershed area.
She said the project, which got an environmental compliance certificate on September 26, 2007, would deprive the residents of Ternate and nearby towns of clean source of water.
Para sa mga nagsusulong ng proyektong ito, hindi lang 2000 ang tutol sa Ternate Landfill at hindi pa ito ang huling pagkilos ng mga maka-kalikasang Kabitenyo para tutulan ang proyektong ito.
