Gomez urges DENR to act on massive pollution in Ormoc Bay

LEYTE Rep. Richard I. Gomez wants an update from the Department of Natural Resources (DENR) o address the massive pollution of water, soil, and air resources in Palompon, Leyte caused by the discharge of chicken solid wastes into the waters of the AlbueraTinag-an stream system that drains into Ormoc Bay.

Gomez has earlier urged the House Committee on Environment and

Natural Resources to recommend the filing of criminal and administrative charges before the Office of the Ombudsman against Palompon Mayor Ramon Oñate and his wife Lourdes for gross violation of the country’s land and environmental laws.

He has likewise recommended that the House committee “come up with a report and a conclusion” that the Oñate couple, along with complicit employees