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House Deputy Majority Leader Erwin Tulfo said he found numerous loopholes or deficiencies in the law that allowed the government to be circumvented, resulting in the construction of a resort in the famous and “protected” area of Chocolate Hills in Sagbayan, Bohol.
The resolution also cited the protection of Chocolate Hills provided by the National Integrated Protected Areas System , which prohibited “mutilating, defacing, or destroying objects of natural beauty, or objects of interest to cultural communities” as well as “constructing of maintaining any kind of structure, fence or enclosures, conducting any business enterprise without a permit.”
Through Proclamation 1037 during the time of former President Fidel Ramos, Tulfo recalled Chocolate Hills was declared a “natural monument” to protect it and prohibit any structures in the area. However, during the time of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, this was amended by Proclamation 333, which only prohibited the construction of structures on Chocolate Hills and within 20 meters from the baseline of each hill.
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