The House committees of Ecology, Local Government, and Good Governance & Public Accountability will start Tuesday the investigation on the more than 6,000 metric tons of garbage from South Korea that accumulated at the Phividec Industrial Estate in Misamis Oriental.
The hearing onthe shipment and other solid waste consigned to Verde Soko Philippines will be at 1:00 p.m. at the Speaker Nograles Hall, SWA Building, House of Representatives in Quezon City.
Rep. Juliette T. Uy, author of House Resolution 2317 which called for the probe, said about 5,000 metric tons of garbage are still at Phividec.
“Only the second delivery of 51 ship containers were shipped back to South Korea last month. We have yet to ascertain how that shipment was able to slip into the country,” the Misamis Oriental congresswoman said.
“The trail of the 5,176.91 metric tons of solid waste, also from South Korea and still in Misamis Oriental with Verde Soko in the Phividec Industrial Estate, has yet to be determined as well. That first shipment remains at the Phividec,” Uy said.
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After the Bureau of Customs discovered the garbage shipment, the National Bureau of Investigation conducted its own probe and filed criminal cases with Justice Department prosecutors against Verde Soko officials.
Uy said the probe has the support of the House leadership because “several laws may have been violated and it is incumbent upon the House to determine whether there are enough legal safeguards in place and whether the concerned national agencies and local government units comply with those laws.”
