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For the billboard lovers you can see my series about those huge structures here.
The day before Milenyo struck on Sept. 28, owners pulled down the canvasses containing advertising art
work, but that did not stop the typhoon from toppling around 40 of
them, leaving one dead and several injured, damaging property, causing
massive traffic jams and sparking a public outcry that they be torn
down.
Administrative Order No. 160, which was released soon after the typhoon, directed
the tearing down of billboards that posed imminent danger or threat to
life, health, safety and property of the public; that violate
applicable rules; that were constructed without permits; and that were
set up along thoroughfares.
Public Works Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane was directed to inspect
billboards and pinpoint those that were hazardous and posed imminent
danger. He was also tasked to investigate and file appropriate charges
against their owners.
Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez said that corporate advertisers on
giant billboards -- a P2-billion industry -- should also be made
accountable for damage caused by their outdoor ads. “Of course, they
are liable under the Civil Code,” Gonzalez said.
Also yesterday, Emmanuel Cuntapay, a director of the Department of
Public Works and Highways, said after a tour of the capital that about
97 percent of 2,800 billboards examined did not comply with the
National Building Code and would have to be dismantled or altered.
As for billboards of the President and those announcing government
projects, he said these would be allowed because these contain
information about where the taxes are spent and because these are not
big and do not distract people.
(Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer )
