How could a completely foreign owned company destroy the land around Sagada and give NO benefit to the people, except for the politicians.

By this logic we should bring in Shangri-La hotels and renew discussions to build a dam on the Chico river. It’s obvious the politicians are only after money and would gladly sell out their town.

This country already has its own share of issues of where do really our taxes go. They should at least present a concrete plan on how these shares will be put to use and how the community can really benefit from it. But if it is something that can disrupt the ecology of the place, it is surely NOT A WIN-WIN situation between man and nature, we will all just have to wait for its adverse effects in the long-run and regret what we have done.

I’m sorry but it somehow sounds dodgy to me. It comes across as more of a money generating scheme instead of advocating the use of renewable energy for protecting the environment, especially when they said that Mt. Province consumes only 5-6 MW of electricity, and that the excess power the windmills will generate will be sold to the Luzon grid. Sometimes green business with all its vision of minimizing man’s carbon footprint on earth can be actually be detrimental to nature, especially when nature is displaced for man’s benefits.

Lastly, they say it will become another tourist attraction in Sagada and Besao, are we in need of another one to attract tourists? I don’t think so.

On the other hand, I believe that demanding for an increase in rental is not an enough reason for shutting it down, without first informing the public about it. Second, no specific detailed schedule of the the shutdown was laid out, subcribers were left in a limbo, waiting for it when it will be back. Third, for us postpaid cellphone and internet subscribers, who pay a specific amount monthly, we will still pay for these three days with no connection. And fourth, livelihoods which benefit from the connection are also affected.

I hope that the Smart and the parties involve will come up with a resolution regarding this issue since it is not just Smart and the people asking for a rental increase who are affected by this conundrum.