E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly 4 of 40 http://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/65160 Construction of SM City Baguio, located within the SM Pines Resort complex, was completed in November 2003. A few years later, SM City Baguio undertook to expand its existing mall on Luneta Hill (the Expansion Project) to increase parking and commercial spaces.[6] On December 29, 2010,[7] SM Investments Corporation submitted an Environmental Performance Report and Management Plan to the Environmental Management Bureau-Cordillera Administrative Region as part of its application to amend its Environmental Compliance Certificate. On April 5, 2011,[8] the Environmental Management Bureau-Cordillera Administrative Region requested that additional information on the inventory of the affected trees, among others, be included in the Environmental Performance Report and Management Plan. On April 25, 2011,[9] SM Investments Corporation submitted the revised Environmental Performance Report and Management Plan.[10] On September 22, 2011,[11] the Department of Environment and Natural Resources granted SM Investments Corporation's request for the amendment of its Environmental Compliance Certificate. On October 27, 2011,[12] the Department of Environment and Natural ResourcesCordillera Administrative Region, with clearance[13] from then Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Ramon J.P. Paje (Secretary Paje), granted SM Investments Corporation's request for a permit to cut and earth-ball the Benguet pine, Alnus trees, and saplings that would be affected by the Expansion Project. However, the permit's issuance was subject to several conditions, including the conduct of public consultations with stakeholders and the procurement of an environmental compliance certificate.[14] On December 19, 2011,[15] the City Planning and Development Office of Baguio City granted locational clearance for the Expansion Project. On February 27, 2012, Cordillera Global Network filed a Complaint[16] (first environmental case) against SM Investments Corporation, Secretary Paje, Atty. Juan Miguel Cuna, the director of the Environmental Management Bureau, and Secretary Rogelio L. Singson of the Department of Public Works and Highways. Docketed as Civil Case No. 7595-R,[17] the first environmental case prayed, among others, that a temporary environmental protection order be immediately issued to enjoin SM Investments Corporation from cutting and/or earth-balling the 182 Benguet pine and Alnus trees on Luneta Hill.[18] 4/23/2020, 10:52 AM