DENR asked to set talks with Masungi, Blue Star

Photo taken on March 7, 2025, shows the facade of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources central office on Visayas Avenue, Quezon City.

Philstar.com / Dominique Nicole Flores

MANILA, Philippines —The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has been asked to propose a date, no later than May 2, for preliminary talks with the Masungi Georeserve Foundation and developer Blue Star Construction and Development Corp.

The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, chaired by Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, directed the parties in an April 11 hearing to form a technical working group to review all documents related to Blue Star’s agreements with the DENR.

The committee’s motu proprio inquiry focuses on a 2002 supplemental agreement tied to a 1997 joint venture for a housing project, which the DENR terminated on March 7.

This cancellation has sparked a back-and-forth debate between the Masungi Georeserve and the DENR o