Jeremias Andrade Carrera
29 May 2010

Pigpens:

Dear Mr. De Vera:

The issue about pigpens entirely depends on the municipal or city zoning and sanitation code and if the government will enforce it. So Mr. Casilang is correct that in most rural municipalities, because the zoning law sometimes do not exist or not enforced, the pigpens appears to be “cultural practice” and anyone can not just demand that the neighbors with the pigpens comply with the wishes of someone.

One must be aware of who was first, and who came later and if there was a rezoning done for the area in question. One cannot expect same protection from the zoning laws of most jurisdictions in the US and its territories to be applied in the Philippines.

Even in the US, if a property is zoned as agricultural that allows piggery or poultry operation, a person who decided to build his/her house next to it cannot demand that the piggery operation comply with a residential zone environmental requirements.

Indeed, in the rural areas in the Philippines ever since, the pigpen underneath the pole houses is common because to put the pigpen away from the house is not safe from being taken by robbers and that sometimes includes their cows and carabaos.

So if anyone wants to stop such practice or nuisance from a poor neighbor, they better be prepared to convince the barangay captain, municipal council, and the mayor to have such zoning ordinance enacted, and then “enforced”. Will the particular mayor be gullible enough to offend his constituents and sacrifice their votes in the name of progress?

My friend who went back to the Philippines and established a housing development firm in 1987 told me that 16,000,000 million pesos was the amount for their tuition fees.

You know what is meant by TUITION FEE or SOP, don’t you?

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