Cebu town reclamation project gets green light from DENR

CEBU CITY – The 100-hectare reclamation project in Minglanilla town, 15-kilometers south of here, is finally pushing through after obtaining an Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Project developer Cebu the test of public hearings and In 2016, a memorandum Landmasters Inc. (CLI) announced DENR’S stringent review process,” of understanding was the ECC was issued Jose Soberano III, CLI signed between the PRA and on July 22 following a comprehensive chairman, and CEO said. the municipal government two-year review. Mayor Elanito Peña of with Ming-mori as its private

Dubbed as Ming-mori Minglanilla said: “The grant consortium partner. Techno Business Park, the of the ECC has brought us Soberano said that in addition project is a joint venture between closer to the materialization to housing light industrial the local government of the reclamation project facilities, the future mixeduse of Minglanilla and private which will propel the municipality township will also bring consortium partners Mingmori of Minglanilla to higher residential and commercial Development Corp. heights and cements its role properties. “The Covid-19 pandemic (MMDC), an affiliate of publicly as a major economic player has shown us that wellplanned listed CLI. in the province of Cebu.” communities that offer

The project envisions a “The development project growth prospects alongside world-class estate that will will not just modernize safety and security for employees generate over 75,000 jobs in the landscape of Minglanilla and residents are the way the municipality. but will also create immeasurable to go. This township’s residents

This new development socio-economic opportunities will have access to those benefits will now be subject to the to all people, not and more,” he explained. approval process of the Philippine just for the Minglanillahanons,” The Ming-mori Techno Reclamation Authority Peña added. Business Park will be CLI’S third (PRA) after the issuance Following a memorandum estate project. Land development of the ECC, one of the major of agreement between of the 22-hectare Davao prerequisites and milestones the municipality of Minglanilla Global township is on-going of a reclamation project. and MMDC in 2013, CLI while its planned township in

“We hope to achieve the was appointed in 2015 to tap Cagayan de Oro is undergoing best balance among economic, a roster of consultants with a approvals. CLI said more township social, and sustainability track record in similar projects projects are underway in goals and are pleased that to create detailed design and the cities of Mandaue, Tagbilaran, our plans, which have been engineering plans, feasibility Cagayan de Oro, and Bacolod aligned to that ideal, passed and environmental studies. City. (Carlo Lorenciana)

A flat aerial model plan shows the 100-hectare Ming-mori Minglanilla Reclamation Project in Cebu. In a stock exchange disclosure, Cebu Landmasters Inc. (CLI) announced that the DENR issued on July 22 an Environmental Compliance Certificate in favor of the project. (CLI)