ANGELES CITY – “Enough is enough. Don’t give permit to the big piggery in Barangay Cutcut for the public’s sake.”
Thus said Councilor Edgardo “Edu” Pamintuan as he led a surprise inspection of poultry and pig farms in the said barangay here on Sunday. He is the chairman of the committee on health and environment of the Angeles City council.
Pamintuan invited Councilor Jay Sangil to join him as they and other residents here and nearby Porac town experienced “extremely foul smell coming from the hog farms in the area.”
“I was traveling last Saturday at the boundary of Porac and Cutcut when foul odor disturbed me and my wife despite being inside a closed car. I told myself we really have to close some erring piggeries which fail to meet environmental standards set by the government,” said Pamintuan referring to the Kennon Farm which can handle as much as 8,000 hogs.
Pamintuan and Sangil inspected Kennon which is operated by Charlie Chan. They said “it lacked the appropriate water treatment and gasifier to handle the waste of some 7,200 hogs at the farm.” The farm is a few meters away from the posh Carmenville Subdivision and Holy Mary Memorial Park.
“Flies and worms abound at Kennon. You don’t have to be a scientist to realize that it needs facilities to handle such huge load of pigs,” said Sangil.
Pamintuan, for his part, said “the sufferings of the people must stop and we must act now.”
As a practice, local government units (LGU) issue business permits to private firms at the start of the year. It can refuse to grant a permit if it determines that a business violates the law and provisions set by local ordinances and laws.
Pamintuan was set to submit his committee report at their regular session yesterday (Tuesday).
“One thing is certain in my report, I will recommend to the mayor the closure of the huge Kennon farm,” said Pamintuan who is the son of the City Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan.
Nepo’s farms
Pamintuan and Sangil recently joined Councilor Bryan Nepomuceno in the inspection of the two poultries in Cutcut owned by the family of former Cutcut Barangay Captain Robin Nepomuceno and his brother, former Mayor Francis Nepomuceno. The first-term councilor is the son of Robin.
Pamintuan and Sangil said Paradise Farm and Golden Acres “looked okey for now.”
“There is not much flies around. It doesn’t smell bad. But we urge them to follow environmental laws,” said Pamintuan.
Councilor Nepomuceno, for his part, said “they are open to inspection at any time of the day.” He added that they “had asked those who lease the farms to follow the laws.”
He said they will just finish the contract with the private firm which leased their farms.
“In one to two years, we are closing the farms as the area in Cutcut is now developed. Business sense dictates we have to add to the development of the area into residential and trade areas,” said Nepomuceno, who was joined by Anthony Yap, Paradise and Golden Acres farm manager.
Yap, for his part, said they had “extremely improved the handling of chickens in their farms.”
But he told Punto that he had apologized to Pinoy Gumising Ka Movement (PGKM) Chairman Ruperto “Perto” Cruz last March when flies and foul smell abound in the area which is beside the Royal Gold and Country Club (RGCC). Cruz owned the RGCC.
“There were some old and wrong materials used then causing the flies to roam around. Now we have addressed that problem,” said Yap.
Thus said Councilor Edgardo “Edu” Pamintuan as he led a surprise inspection of poultry and pig farms in the said barangay here on Sunday. He is the chairman of the committee on health and environment of the Angeles City council.
Pamintuan invited Councilor Jay Sangil to join him as they and other residents here and nearby Porac town experienced “extremely foul smell coming from the hog farms in the area.”
“I was traveling last Saturday at the boundary of Porac and Cutcut when foul odor disturbed me and my wife despite being inside a closed car. I told myself we really have to close some erring piggeries which fail to meet environmental standards set by the government,” said Pamintuan referring to the Kennon Farm which can handle as much as 8,000 hogs.
Pamintuan and Sangil inspected Kennon which is operated by Charlie Chan. They said “it lacked the appropriate water treatment and gasifier to handle the waste of some 7,200 hogs at the farm.” The farm is a few meters away from the posh Carmenville Subdivision and Holy Mary Memorial Park.
“Flies and worms abound at Kennon. You don’t have to be a scientist to realize that it needs facilities to handle such huge load of pigs,” said Sangil.
Pamintuan, for his part, said “the sufferings of the people must stop and we must act now.”
As a practice, local government units (LGU) issue business permits to private firms at the start of the year. It can refuse to grant a permit if it determines that a business violates the law and provisions set by local ordinances and laws.
Pamintuan was set to submit his committee report at their regular session yesterday (Tuesday).
“One thing is certain in my report, I will recommend to the mayor the closure of the huge Kennon farm,” said Pamintuan who is the son of the City Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan.
Nepo’s farms
Pamintuan and Sangil recently joined Councilor Bryan Nepomuceno in the inspection of the two poultries in Cutcut owned by the family of former Cutcut Barangay Captain Robin Nepomuceno and his brother, former Mayor Francis Nepomuceno. The first-term councilor is the son of Robin.
Pamintuan and Sangil said Paradise Farm and Golden Acres “looked okey for now.”
“There is not much flies around. It doesn’t smell bad. But we urge them to follow environmental laws,” said Pamintuan.
Councilor Nepomuceno, for his part, said “they are open to inspection at any time of the day.” He added that they “had asked those who lease the farms to follow the laws.”
He said they will just finish the contract with the private firm which leased their farms.
“In one to two years, we are closing the farms as the area in Cutcut is now developed. Business sense dictates we have to add to the development of the area into residential and trade areas,” said Nepomuceno, who was joined by Anthony Yap, Paradise and Golden Acres farm manager.
Yap, for his part, said they had “extremely improved the handling of chickens in their farms.”
But he told Punto that he had apologized to Pinoy Gumising Ka Movement (PGKM) Chairman Ruperto “Perto” Cruz last March when flies and foul smell abound in the area which is beside the Royal Gold and Country Club (RGCC). Cruz owned the RGCC.
“There were some old and wrong materials used then causing the flies to roam around. Now we have addressed that problem,” said Yap.
