UNITED ANTIQUEÑOS
A MANIFESTATION OF OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT OF A GARBAGE DUMPING SITE IN SEMIRARA ISLAND, CALUYA, ANTIQUE.
United Antiqueños wishes to convey its vehement opposition to the establishment of a dumping site at Semirara Island, Caluya, Antique based on the following reasons:
1. We believe that Semirara Island, specifically the coal mining site is not an ideal garbage dumping or landfill site.
2. We believe that any sanitary landfill site or garbage dump is always detrimental to the populace.
3. We believe that the project proponents are not reliable.
4. We resent the way we are treated in the conduct of consultation, public hearings and other methods to obtain a legal contract in operating the project in Antique.
5. We believe in the preservation of our cultural pride, distinct identity with a sense of dignity as Antiqueños having a rural environment, simple culture, clean and peaceful environment all of which will simply be lost by the social stigma of being identified as the “Garbage Capital of the Philippines”.
We, therefore, fervently appeal to the government not to pursue the establishment of a dumping site in the Island of Semirara, Caluya, Antique.
UNITED ANTIQUEÑOS
