Republic of the Philippines

PROVINCE OF BUKIDNON
Provincial Capitol 8700

OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR

Bukidnon Environment and Natural Resources Office

May 16, 2017

MEMORANDUM :

DATE : May 9, 2017

FOR : MS. CECILLE M. EGNAR

Officer In-charge, BENRO

FROM : MR. DENNIS G. DAGOOC

EMS-I, BENRO

MR. JOEMARIE P. LICAWAN

CDA-I, BENRO

SUBJECT : ALLEGED ILLEGAL EXTRACTION OF SAND AND GRAVEL

AGGREGATES LOCATED IN MARIDUGAO RIVER, BRGY. MALIPAYON,
PANGANTUCAN, BUKIDNON.

PRELIMINARIES:

The BENRO personnel was requested through a letter of complaint by a

certain Daniel Lamayo, resident of Bancud, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon to conduct
inspection and investigation dated May 9, 2017, regarding the alleged illegal
extraction of sand and gravel aggregates located in Maridugao River, Brgy.
Malipayon, Panguntacan, Bukidnon.

FINDINGS AND OBSERVATIONS:

 The BENRO personnel composed of by Mr. Joemarie P. Licawan, Mr. Roger

Salubo and Mr. Dennis G. Dagooc upon the receipt of the letter complaint by
a certain Mr. Daniel Lamayo;
 The BENRO personnel went to the office of the barangay chairman of Brgy.
Malipayon to make a courtesy call with the barangay chairman and to address
the complaint properly;
 Upon the arrival of the team in the barangay the team spoke immediately to
the barangay chairman Mr. Felipe S. Soloveres and address the complaint of
Mr. Daniel Lamayo;
 according to Mr. Soloveres, the complaint of Mr. Lamayo was already been
discussed with the barangay and was resolved accordingly, contrary to
statement stated in the complaint;

 The BENRO personnnel ask the barangay chairman, who owns the
equipment operating within Maridugao River, it was then said by the latter that
it was owned and operated by Mr. Butner Geron, resident of Brgy. Bangahan,
Pangantucan, in which the said area is adjacent to lot owned by Mr. Wilfredo
Reston;
 It was then further discussed by the BENRO personnel that the said operation
of Mr. Geron was without permit even on whatever purpose they may use the
aggregates for the reason that there was no COMMERCIAL SAND AND
GRAVEL PERMIT (CSAG) was issued in favor of the latter;

 A Barangay Clearance was issued to Mr. Geron, Certifying for non-objection

of CSAG application;

 It was then contended by the Brgy. Chairman that they do not have any idea
on what to do regarding the quarry operation matter;

 The team explained to the Brgy. Chairman that they must not tolerate such
illegal operation until such CSAG permit is available and existing under the
name of Mr. Butner Geron, and the barangay’s responsibility to report such
illegal operation to the office of BENRO;

 After the BENRO investigating team spoke to the Brgy. Chairman, the
BENRO personnel searched the residence of a certain Mr. Jose Lamayo,
father of Mr. Daniel Lamayo, resident of Brgy. Malipayon, to conduct a
separate interview and investigation on the complainant’s statement;

 The team was not able to locate Mr. Jose Lamayo, but fortunate to spoke with
the siblings of Mr. Daniel Lamayo, namely Maricel Lamayo and Ramil
Lamayo, both residing in Brgy. Malipayon, Pangantucan; they stated that
portion of their titled land was illegally operated by Mr. Geron, in which they
feared that the said operation will damage their land including their crops; the
team was able to secure a contact number of Mr. Daniel Lamayo for
reference;

 The BENRO personnel tried to locate Mr. Butner Geron, but unfortunately the
was out of town;

 Upon coming to the station, the BENRO team called Mr. Daniel Lamayo, for
an interview and investigation regarding the basis of his complaint; the team
 have found out that there is an existing title of the alleged lot registered under
the name of Mr. Jose Lamayo. After the conduct of the investigation, the
BENRO personnel went back to station;

RECOMMENDATION:

The BENRO investigating team has come up with the following

recommendations based on the findings and Observation:

1. That the compalinant Mr. Daniel Lamayo; the Brgy. Chairman, Mr. Felipe
Soloveros; and the respondent, Mr. Butner Geron for a scheduled dialog in
the office of Bukidnon Environment and Natural Resources.

Photos during the investigation are attached hereto for reference.

JOEMARIE P. LICAWAN
CDA-I, BENRO

DENNIS G. DAGOOC
EMS-I, BENRO
Photos taken during the conduct of investigation in Brgy. Malipayon,
Pangantucan, Bukidnon, dated May 09, 2017.