White sand and other deceptions of visibility
Just why are public officials so obsessed with superficial beautification than, say, making spaces more inclusive?
Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Gina Lopez (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com file photo)
CA rejects Gina Lopez as DENR Secretary
At times close to tears, and with passion in her voice, former Environment and Natural Resources secretary designate Regina Paz Lopez maintained that the Commission on Appeals rejected her appointment based on business interests.
LOGS, EVERYWHERE. Thousands of logs are stored in Baganga town’s port area where the lumber company Baganga Plywood Corporation is also located. Edgar Ladjao, a local of Davao Oriental, said logging has not stopped in the province despite the total log ban ordered by President Noynoy Aquino in February 2011. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)
Logging rampant in Davao Oriental a year after Pablo
“Based on the study of Dr. Rodel Lasco and Dr. Florencia Pulhin, government’s reforestation only delivered 30% survival rate even though more than US $ 570 million has been spent on reforestation since 1970s until today,” Juland Suazo (of Panalipdan Southern Mindanao) said. “It is more of a failure than a success that the government never learned.”
DRONES VS. ILLEGAL LOGGING
DRONES VS. ILLEGAL LOGGING Department of Environment and National Resources regional director Joselin Marcus Fragada announces that the region will be the first to use drones or remote-controlled surveillance planes…