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An environmental group has demanded for more proof from the Department of Tourism (DOT) as to the latter’s claim that the construction plan for the mega vaccination center at the Nayong Pilipino Foundation's (NPF) property in Parañaque City doesn't involve the cutting of trees. (Photo from De
Published May 12, 2021, 5:03 PM International Container Terminal Services Inc. and Alliance Global Group Inc. denied that there is any dispute between the two groups over the planned construction of a mega vaccination center on land owned by Nayong Pilipino at the Entertainment City. Allegations against the project include claims that it will cut down trees and that a casino will be built on the property. Both AGI and ICTSI’s Razon group own casino businesses. The ICTSI Foundation submitted an unsolicited proposal to the government last March to build a temporary mega vaccination ce...
The Palafox group’s design of the mega vaccination site. (Photo from the Department of Tourism) The DOT issued on Wednesday, May 12, a lengthy statement “to correct the claims” of NPF’s former executive director Lucille Karen Malilong-Isberto on the planned vaccination facility at the foundation’s property in Parañaque City. The NPF, an attached agency of the DOT, has yet to sign the memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 to begin construction works on its property despite the plan’s approval a month ago. Isberto cited “environmental, ...