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Bohol Capitol exec to DENR: Look into titled island off Panglao

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    TAGBILARAN CITY – Provincial Administrator Alfonso R. Damalerio II expressed concern over the controversy arising from the titled island called Pontod, off Panglao town, and urged the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to look into it.
    Answering media queries during the weekly press conference dubbed “Kita ug ang gobernador” yesterday where the said issue was raised, the provincial administrator said the fact that the island is titled DENR should look into it and why it was titled.
    A big billboard is posted on the island’s shoreline with bold markings that the island is titled with OCT No. 47376 December 20, 1982 and owned by Ramon E. Rodriguez and Digna Cloribel Rodriguez.
    It will be recalled that Pontod island with “movable” tidal flats that form the white sandbar, depending on the sea currents in a particular season, has been fenced with wire materials with concrete posts around the island.
    The move of the owner appeared barring visitors and swimmers to set foot on the island. Bouys also placed in part of the sandbar as if preventing vendors from selling their merchandise to the tourists who frequented here.
    Some residents of barangay Doljo affected by the “development” of the island have petitioned before the Sangguniang Barangay against the entry ban of the island. The petition has been forwarded to the municipal council.
    Island owner’s close relative said that fencing of the island and putting of buoys are measures to “control” the incursion of visitors considering that the island is a titled lot. Besides, the owner is now giving attention to the environmental protection of the island.

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