Cebu City tears down parts of 2 popular resto, hotel

CEBU CITY—Amid the revelries here to celebrate the twin Feast of the Señor Santo Niño and the Sinulog Festival, former Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu, the city’s anti-flood task force head,

went on to demolish parts of two popular establishments along General Maxilom Avenue that have built structures over a river.

According to Cimatu, the two establishments violated Presidential Decree No. 1067, or the Water Code of the Philippines, which prohibits infrastructures within the three-meter easement zone along the river. After the clearing operation, Cimatu said the recovered portion of the river had to be rehabilitated through dredging and widening projects.

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