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Selling of fuel in retail form illegal: DTI
ILOILO City - Vendors who
continue to sell liquid petroleum some gasoline station owners sought consuming public to fire, security, Cadena pointed out that the ©File Photo
products in unsafe containers can his help earlier this month complaining health, and environmental risks. circular can be used by the Bureau of
be held liable under the law, warned that their sales and operations were Fire Protection, Philippine National circular, the Fire Code and build upon
Provincial Director Diosdado Cadena already affected. It also denies the public the proper Police, and local government unit in such authorities if they really want to
Jr. of the Department of Trade and quality and quantity of the liquid preventing the proliferation of “bote- prevent the proliferation of bote-bote
Industry (DTI). “Their business is threatened since petroleum they purchase, and deprive bote” petroleum retailing in their petroleum retailing. BFP can always
drivers will prefer those in soda bottles legitimate retail outlets of additional locality. be counted for the support,” he said. n
Cadena confirmed that the sale because these are much cheaper sales volume.
of liquid petroleum products in soda compared to theirs,” Defensor said, “The circular can be used…It may Philippines News Agency / February 23, 2016 / 12:08 pm
bottles, plastic containers, jugs, and suspecting that the supply of liquid The government will likewise be reinforced by a local ordinance
other similar portable containers is petroleum products sold by erring be denied of revenue derived from enacted by the local council and the
considered illegal under Department vendors came from illegal activities licensing fees, local business taxes, same can still be enforced by BFP, PNP,
of Energy (DOE) Department Circular like fuel pilferage or smuggling. and pump calibration charges, among and the LGU combined or individually,”
No. 2003-11-010. others if the malpractice continues. he said.
Under the circular, Cadena
Governor Arthur Defensor Sr. asked explained that illegal retail of liquid Section 5 of the circular provides DOE has no implementing arm
Cadena to shed light on the issue after petroleum products must not be the proper handling, transfer, and/ in the locality. What the LGU can do
patronized because it can expose the or dispensing of liquid petroleum is to “expound on the tenets of the
products.
Maynilad connects National Bilibid Prison to waterworks network
MANILA - West Zone waterworks water daily from NBP’s deep wells. the Department of Environment and
Maynilad President and CEO Ramoncito Fernandez (left) and Bureau of Corrections Director General concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, The agreement also paved the way Natural Resources (DENR) as an area
Rainier Cruz sign the Memorandum of Agreement connecting NBP to Maynilad’s water network. Inc. (Maynilad) formally signed a in danger of land subsidence due to
Memorandum of Agreement with for the laying of a 10-kilometer pipeline the over-extraction of groundwater.
the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor), a that brought potable water to Maynilad’s
constituent unit of the Department of expansion areas further south of Maynilad President and CEO
Justice located in Poblacion, Muntinlupa Muntinlupa. Ramoncito S. Fernandez thanked
City, to connect the National Bilibid the local government and NBP for
Prison (NBP) to its water network. This enabled the company to reach an facilitating the expansion project that
additional 50,000 customers in the city, enabled it to bring surface water to
Some 20,000 individuals living in the particularly those from NHA-Southville 3 these areas of Muntinlupa. “Thank
NBP Compound – which holds the prison and Victoria Homes. you for sharing our concern for the
facilities and the residential community environment,” he said during the
of BuCor employees – now have 24-hour For years, these areas in Muntinlupa contract-signing held at the NBP
supply of clean, safe water from Maynilad. relied solely on water supply from deep grounds. n InterAksyon.com / February 23,
They used to have only four hours of wells, which have already become over-
extracted and, thus, produce low yield. 2016 / 5:08 pm
Muntinlupa has been identified by
