MANILA: The Court of Appeals (CA) has affirmed its earlier ruling dismissing the petition of Senator Cynthia Villar seeking to stop a Manila Bay reclamation project that covers the coastlines of Las Piñas and Parañaque cities.
In a decision released Friday, the CA’s third division denied the lawmaker’s motion for reconsideration.
“After a careful assessment of the foregoing, we find the same to be a mere rehash of the issues and arguments raised in the petition and which have already been passed upon in our decision. Villar failed to raise new matters of substance in her motion which may warrant either modification or a reversal of the decision,” read the four-page resolution penned by Associate Justice Apolinario Bruselas.
Associate Justices Rebecca De Guia-Salvador and Samuel Gaerlan concurred in this ruling.
The CA reiterated that the threat of massive flooding “had been scientifically examined and determined to be non-existent to negligible at worst.” The Philippine star
