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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1763090843375cropped-Screen Shot 2025-11-14 at 11.24.56 AM.png" style="width:960px;display:block" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Monterazzas de Cebu, Facebook</span></span></span></div><p>CEBU CITY (<strong>UPDATED</strong>) — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Region 7 said that the controversial Monterrazas de Cebu has several violations.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/11/10/cebu-city-launches-own-probe-at-monterrazas-to-adhere-to-denr-recommendation-1401">READ: Cebu City launches own probe of Monterrazas, to adhere to DENR recommendation</a></div><p>DENR 7 Assistant Regional Director Eddie Llamedo in an interview with Radyo Pilipinas&#x27; Front and Center Program said that they conducted a survey in the area.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>MISSING TREES, OTHER ISSUES</strong></div><p>After a tree inventory in October 2022, they found 745 trees within the property. However, only 11 are accounted for as of present.</p><p>&quot;This is a violation of section 77 of the Presidential Decree 705 or the Forestry Code of the Philippines,&quot; said Llamedo.</p><p>Aside from the missing trees, there were also 33 conditions stated in the project&#x27;s Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC). Out of that, they found 10 conditions violated.</p><p>Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region VII Executive Director Laudemir Salac confirmed this during the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee during its hearing on anomalous flood control projects on Friday. </p><p>The Monterrazas de Cebu project started in 2006 and was given an ECC in 2007, according to Salac. However, he added that an ECC is not equivalent to a permit. </p><p>Llamedo said that the Environmental Management Bureau issued a notice of violation with a stoppage order on November 10.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/celebrities/2025/11/13/albie-casi-o-calls-on-slater-young-to-break-silence-over-monterrazas-project-1527">READ: Albie Casiño calls on Slater Young to break silence over Monterrazas project</a></div><p>The project also violated Presidential Decree 1586 or the Philippine Environmental Impact Statement Law and the Clean Water Act.</p><p>&quot;Each violation has a penalty of P50,000,&quot; added Llamedo.</p><p>Their inspectors found that in the 17 detention ponds of the project, there is significant sedimentation due to the uncontained surface run off from the development. There was also damage.</p><p>&quot;It affected the downslope, doon sa baba,&quot; Llamedo further said.</p><p>DENR, at present, is building a case against the developer for the violations as well as looking into other upland development projects.</p><p>Monterrazas de Cebu, co-developed by celebrity engineer Slater Young, has not commented on the issue.</p><p>According to Salac, they have ordered the stoppage of Monterrazas&#x27; operation as of Wednesday.</p><p>The company will also need to replace the trees at its own expense. -- <strong>with a report from Victoria Tulad, ABS-CBN News</strong></p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PXUv5UTzKzw?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>After a tree inventory in October 2022, they found 745 trees within the property. However, only 11 are accounted for as of present.</p>

After a tree inventory in October 2022, they found 745 trees within the property. However, only 11 are accounted for as of present.

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DENR cites violations in controversial Monterrazas project in Cebu City

Annie Perez,

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Published November 14, 2025 11:29 AM PHT

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Updated November 14, 2025 11:11 PM PHT

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