The apparent damage was shown in two photographs sent yesterday by a “concerned citizen” who asked that he be identifi ed only as “The Real MacCoy.” The same source sent the earlier photograph which became the subject of a Punto editorial which said: “Motorists noticed the cracks after the deep drillings – and the vibrations they caused – at the Capilion site. Which likewise shook hotels and other buildings in the immediate area, as well as at SM City Clark on the opposite side.”
Continued the editorial: “To recall, it was (Arthur) Tugade, as CDC president-CEO, that effected Capilion locating right at the very gate of the Freeport even as a number of groups and citizens, including the Angeles City Council, “vehemently opposed” the move, citing, primarily the traffic hell it would cause.
“Now, we are starting to reap Tugade’s legacy of sabotage at the freeport and its environs.”
It asked: “So, who will pay for this? Mayor Ed Pamintuan, your move.”
No action was apparently undertaken by Pamintuan and the city government who exercise jurisdiction on the road.
Calls to his office remained unreturned at presstime.
Sangil calls for stoppage
Independent city councilor Jesus “Jay” Sangil on Thursday urged the city engineering department to “immediately inspect and make corrective measures on the damaged road along the perimeter fence just at the back of the Capilion project.”
This, even as he called on the Clark Development Corp. “to order the stoppage of the project if it will cause damage to our city roads, other infra projects, most especially businesses along that area.”
Sangil said he would also fi le a resolution with the city council “for the immediate stoppage of the Capilion project to avoid heavy damage on city infra which is a vital road leading to and from Clark and the business district.”
“The digging operation also endangers nearby business establishments, including hotels and the Iglesia ni Cristo church,” said Sangil in a statement.
