Smokey Mountain

Smokey Mountain

Smokey Mountain is a large landfill in Manila. It is famous for rotting at such a high temperature that parts of it caught on fire, and collapsed, thus killing many people (hence the name). Smokey Mountain was officially shut down in 1995, but there are still ill effects from that landfill that continue to the present day. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4245422.stm] , news.bbc.co.uk ] [ [http://www.dailyherald.com/special/philippines/part1.asp] , www.dailyherald.com]

On August 15, 2007, the Supreme Court (of the Philippines) declared valid the 1993 joint venture agreement between the National Housing Authority (NHA) and R-II Builders Incorporated (RBI) to build a low-cost housing project at the former Smokey Mountain dumpsite in Manila. RBI is owned by Reghis Romero II, a businessman who was among those abducted by Abu Sayyaf bandits at the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan in May 2001. [ [http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/topofthehour.aspx?StoryId=88586] , GMA NEWS.TV, SC upholds Smokey Mountain housing project] .

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