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Manila Water Company, Inc. vs. The Secretary of the Department of Environment [SEPARATE CONCURRING OPINION, LEONEN, J.]

MANILA WATER COMPANY, INC., PETITIONER, VS. THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES (DENR), THE REGIONAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT BUREAU-NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION (EMB-NCR), THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT BUREAU-REGION III (EMB­-REGION III), THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT BUREAU-REGION IV ("EMB-REGION IV-A"), AND THE POLLUTION ADJUDICATION BOARD (PAB), RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 207969] METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM, PETITIONER, VS. THE POLLUTION ADJUDICATION BOARD AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT BUREAU, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 202897 | 2019-08-06

SEPARATE CONCURRING OPINION

LEONEN, J.:

"Where is the ground that knows only the love of water? Where are the passageways to your heart?"
Chingbot Cruz @conchitinabot Twitter, August 29, 2019

"How ashamed water is to be what you have made it."
 
Chingbot Cruz @conchitinabot Twitter, August 28, 2019
 
I concur in the result in the first major En Banc ponencia of my esteemed colleague, Associate Justice Ramon Paul L. Hernando. Petitioners should be held liable for violating Section 8 of Republic Act No. 9275, or the Philippine Clean Water Act.

I qualify my concurrence with my views on substantive due process, and the...