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Actor Albie Casiño

Josh Mercado

<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1763018367575image1.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/>Albie Casiño to Slater Young: ‘As a man, say something!’ Josh Mercado</div>\Actor Albie Casiño recently went viral for his series of Instagram stories calling out civil engineer Slater Young, who is one of the developers behind the controversial Monterrazas de Cebu project.<br style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"/><br style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"/>The project began as a hillside development in Barangay Guadalupe and quickly became <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/11/7/denr-forms-team-to-investigate-monterrazas-de-cebu-2254">the subject of heated arguments, investigations, and public outrage</a>, with netizens pointing to it as one of the alleged reasons of the deadly floods and landslides.<br style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"/>In order to evaluate the Monterrazas de Cebu Project&#x27;s compliance with environmental regulations and detect potential hazards, like as landslides and flooding, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) even initiated a collaborative investigation into the project.<br style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"/><br style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"/>Meanwhile, in an interview with ABS-CBN News on Thursday, Casiño expressed frustration at Young&#x27;s silence over the controversial project.<br style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"/><br style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"/>“Nung nagsisimula ‘yung project, sinasabi niya na hindi raw mangyayari (harmful impacts). ‘Yung sinasabi nilang hindi mangyayari ay nangyari. So, I just wanna know,” he shared with ABS-CBN News.<br style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"/><br style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"/>“‘Di ba? Parang walang masyadong usapan about it nung nagsisimula. But, ‘di ba? I guess that&#x27;s selective outrage,” he added. “And even if I did know them personally, I don&#x27;t think I&#x27;d stop from talking about it.”<br style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"/><br style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"/>When asked if Young reached out to him after he called him out, Casino told ABS-CBN News, “No.”<br style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"/><br style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"/>Casiño, who has previously been vocal about political issues, went on: “I don&#x27;t know if you guys remember, but in the pandemic, I was kind of a trend for calling out the former president. And after that, I promised my parents na hindi na. I promised na ‘di na ako magsasalita about anything about politics.”<br style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"/><br style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"/>He added, “I have a son, so I guess I&#x27;m more political now because, dati naman, wala naman akong paki kung anong nangyayari sa iba, &#x27;di ba? But now that I have a son, I want to leave a better future for him.”<br style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"/><br style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"/>The actor also told ABS-CBN News about his position on the ongoing corruption issues in the country, saying, “It&#x27;s just sad about the state of what&#x27;s going on now. I guess when I had a son, I became more empathetic to other people. Like, ‘yung mga videos lang na lumalabas, like the video of them on the roof, ‘yung bata na sabi, ‘Mommy, we lost everything.’ It breaks my heart. Like, we&#x27;ve already had our revolution. We’ve had two, ‘di ba? And then, it&#x27;s still the same. So, hindi ko na alam kung anong mangyayari.”<br style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"/><br style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"/>He then encouraged netizens to call out everyone implicated in the corruption, expressing, “Let’s hold them accountable.”<br style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"/><br style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"/>Regarding his message to Young, he told ABS-CBN News, “As a man, maybe speak up. Say something. &#x27;Condolences to the families, to the people who lost loved ones.&#x27; Kahit ‘yun man lang.”

Actor Albie Casiño recently went viral for his series of Instagram stories calling out civil engineer Slater Young, who is behind the controversial Monterrazas de Cebu Project.

Actor Albie Casiño recently went viral for his series of Instagram stories calling out civil engineer Slater Young, who is behind the controversial Monterrazas de Cebu Project.

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Albie Casiño calls on Slater Young to break silence over Monterrazas project

Josh Mercado

Published Nov 13, 2025 03:27 PM PHT

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Updated Nov 22, 2025 09:24 AM PHT

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