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THIS OLD AMERICAN saying that say "good fences make good neighbors" made an Indian national wondered aloud why in heaven's name is he not a beneficiary to this time tested dictum.

The predicament of Satish Nair, an Indian national who is still euphronic of the opening of the family-owned Grand Luis Lodge in Dauis, broke into the open after he can't take it anymore the threats and harassment of his neighbor, Dr. Doloriech Dumaluan.

Seeking the help of Mayor Benedecto Alcala he asked the town executive "what is the way forward" to solve this problem. 

Nair said his problem with Dr. Dumaluan started when he fenced his property located beside Dumaluan Beach Resort. 

On two occasions Friday, a reporter was sent to the area to get the side of the former mayor only to be told that he was in Manila.

Just as he thought that fencing the property he will end up to be a good neighbor, Nair wake up one morning seeing the fenced beach-front lot tied with three man bitting dogs.

According to his recollection, it was Dumaluan's men allegedly constructed a shed inside his property to shelter dogs which the Indian national described as ferocious.

the property which his wife Jacenta has inherited from his father, the late Luis Lorejo, was claimed by Dumaluan as his explaining his behavior towards the lot. The former major expressed interest to buy the property or swap to another lot he owns but the lady wa adamant.

The Nairs who is out of the country this time, was planning to develop the beach front area into a budget hotel but the plan went kaput when Dumaluan put a shed in it along with the three dogs as if guarding against "intruders". 

In his SOS to Mayor Alcala, Nair said his ordeal with his neighbor started when the former major started the construction of his beach resort.

Even if he hanged a "No Trespassing" sign on the property, still his neighbor used the property as dumping ground of construction materials. The sign was tored to pieces.

Nair said when he confronted the doctor, he was reportedly threatened.

Having realized it was useless to fight Dumaluan who was the Panglao Mayor at that time, he just charged it to experience, hired laborer to to clean up the rubbish.

It is only when we lose a thing of true value that we know its worth.

We hope tha tthe state of neglect ofauthorities and top agencies tasked to protect our marine tourism jewels in Panglao and Baclayon, namely, the Balicasag Diving Area (One of the Top 3 diving spots in the world according to the Japan Travel Inventory) and the Pamilacan seas (dolphin habitat), will not help us come to that realization.

Thanks to the grievous sin of omission, these two precious tour gems will soon slip our hands into figurative extinction.

President GMA dove into the depths of Balicasag last week to figure out what the Japs are ravingover - and confirmed with amazement the marine wonders that whe sae.  Two prominent Manila broadsheets carried the glorious spectacle in colored print on their front pages that brought huge advertising mileage.

But wait a second.  The President's escort, a diving enthusiast by the name of Rep. Roberto Antonino (Nueva Ecija) deplored the extend of the damage done to corals and the presence of suffocating, non-biodegradable plastic items in the otherwise wondrous diving spots.  He lamented the lack of collection fees for tourists using the area.