A resort owner blamed for the flooding in four Parañaque subdivisions on Friday dared the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to show the public its survey of Baloc-Baloc Creek that is the cause of the flooding.

"Why doesn't the DENR want to release the survey they conducted?" said businessman Selwyn Lao, who owns Wing-An Garden Resort inside Multinational Village in Barangay Moonwalk, in a phone interview.

"Be it a relocation survey, structural survey, or verification survey, it's the same. They should bring it out because it is their duty. They cannot tell me that they cannot release it without the approval of their higher-ups. That's impossible. If you're right, even if there's no signature, the people will believe it," Lao said.

Lao has accused the DENR of illegally titling houses built on the waterway.

"But if you are involved in illegal titling, even if you hide it, the people will believe you are really involved. Not only at Baloc-Baloc Creek, it also happens in other parts of our country," he said.

Lao said the DENR had warned him on the creek issue even if he didn't violate anything.

"They warned me, but the people who titled the lots along the creek and then sold it were not warned," he added.

Lao, who owns a construction firm based in Pasig City, also scored the Department of the Interior and Local Government for not taking immediate action to resolve the decades-old flooding problem.

Developers had allegedly diverted Baloc-Baloc Creek, reclaiming its original course and building houses on it. This has caused flooding in Barangay Moonwalk, Multinational Village, Camella Classic Homes, and Bliss subdivision.

"I had written letters to several DILG secretaries, but they didn't take any action. I hope they will resolve this issue," he said. "I just want the DENR and the DILG to do the right thing."

Meanwhile, Lao said he is open to offering a solution to the Villars if given a chance.

"Of course, in my current situation, I have no choice but to settle this problem. But I want to know their position first," he added.

 The real estate company of former Senate president Manny Villar and his wife, current Senator  Cynthia Villar, is the developer of one of the subdivisions through which the creek passes.