SHOW a title or be demolished.

This was the gist of the warning issued by the City Engineer’s Office on November 9 to owners of five new resorts and hotels built over the last few months along the beach in Barangay Bonuan Binloc, Dagupan.

City Engineer Virginia Rosario said the establishments were built on public land in a prime location using “rights” that the supposed owners, mostly not from Dagupan, paid to persons whom they refused to name.

Rosario made an ocular inspection of the area and later issued the notices after members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) led by Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez called her attention on the matter.

Residents of Bonuan Binloc raised the issue to the SP when the council held an outside session in the barangay.

Rosario said the resorts that are now operating, were built on public domain and within the salvage zone of the Lingayen Gulf.

OWNERS

Two of the establishments are owned by couple identified as Roberto and Loida Dimla from Nueva Ecija, and another couple, Joseph and Jacinta Diaz, reportedly from Baguio City.

Rosario said so far only Roberto Dimla has responded to the notice, explaining that they built their resort after paying someone he declined to name for a supposed “right” to the land.

“We will keep on issuing notices but after three notices, we will proceed in demolishing these establishments,” Rosario said, noting that they have previously demolished a duplex structure in the area.

Dimla said they are willing to vacate the area provided all other establishments that are now located there will also be demolished.

Rosario also raised the question on how these owners were able to obtain an electrical connection from the Dagupan Electric Corporation (Decorp) without an appropriate building permit.

She learned that Decorp provided service based on a guarantee issued by a top city official.

None of the five resorts and hotels has a building permit nor an Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), which are required for constructing such establishments.

Rosario also called on the barangay chairman of Bonuan Binloc, Pedro Gonzales, to help the city government enforce the law and undertake the demolition.

Gonzales was re-elected as barangay chairman in October 2010 after a three-year hiatus, replacing the former chairman Ronaldo Torio.

The structures were built after Gonzales returned to his old post.

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