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DATE : 02 22 20 DAY : golwr-1-41 in rpm Nmws Strategic Communication and Initiative Service .. STRATEGIC 141.1:91 I —I F-1 6A PAGE 1 DANNER ENNORIAl CARTOON COMMUNit/m0N 'Intl STORY INITIATIVES „„,„gesseir SERVICE -...ar TIN Battle for Manila Bay heightens in Quezon City and drains By CORY into the Manila Bay at Cen- MARTINEZ tennial Park in Navotas City, is one of the dirtiest THE Battle for Manila Bay waterways emptying into is further heightened with the historic bay which has the start of the dredging been undergoing rehabili- operations of the 36.4-ion tation since January last T'ullahan-Tinajeros river year. system. The dredging project is Department of Environ- covered by the memoran- Chnatu ment and Natural Resourc- dum of agreement entered Cimatu said that dredg- es (DENR). Secretary Roy into by the DENR with food ing will be done within the Cimatu said that all sys- and beverage giant San 5.25-km part of the river tems go for the dredging Miguel Corp. (SMC) last system, covering the stretch project of said river sys- year. located in Barangay Cat- tem, which will start on The agreement formal- mon in Malabort City to Feb. 24, Monday. ized SMC's participation Baransay Bagumbayan Cimatu stressed that the in the Adopt-an-Estero South m Navotas Tullahan-Tinajeros dredg- program, a priority initia- He added that dredging ing operation is an impor- tive of the DIIsTR and a key is necessary to remove the tant part of the Manila Bay strategy to address the con- sediments that are affect- rehabilitation program, tinuing mandamus of the ing the water quality of the The river system, which Supreme Court to clean up river. starts from La Mesa Darn Manila Bay. "Dredging strips away the accumulated debris, which could help reduce the risk of flooding and improve its water quality," Cimatu pointed out The SMC had earlier pledged PI billion for the dredging and cleanup of the nver system, including the purchase of badchoes, cranes with claw, dump trucks, barges and fuel. era STRATEGIC BANNER EDITORIAL CARTOON COMMUNICATION STORY INITIATIVES •••••• SERVICE 02 22 20 Dredging ng Tullahan- Tinajeros River para sa Battle of Manila Bay INANUNSY0 ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources na sisimulan na sa darating na Pebrero 24 ang dredging operations sa kahabaan ng Tullahan-Tina- jeros River System. "Ifs all systems go for the Tullahan-Tinajeros dredging project which is an important part of the Manila Bay rehabirita- lion program," ayon kay DENR Secretary Roy A. Cimatu. Ang 36.4-km river system na nagsisimula sa La Mesa Dam sa Quezon City at nagtatapos sa Manila Bay sa Centen- nial Park, Navotas City ay isa sa pinakamaruming waterways na dumadaloy patungo sa makasaysayang baybayin na si- nimulang linisin noong Enero ng nakalipas na taon. Nakapaloob ang dredging project na ito sa memorandum of agreement na nilagdaan ng DENR at ng food and beverage giant na San Miguel Corp. noong isang taon. Bukod sa mga kinatawan ng DENR at SMC ay inaasahan din sa gaganaping dredging ang pagdalo ng mga ldnatawan ng local govemment ng Navotas at Malabon cities, lalaviigan ng Bulacan, Department of Public Works and Highways, Depart- ment of the Interior and Local Government at Metropolitan Ma- nila Development Authority. JAY REYES STRATEGIC Fl 6.41A lirrrn d. RANK! EMIORIAI GAM ON COMMUNICATION STORY ( I -I PAGE I NENATIVIIS PAGE tovVEE 11•11111100..1". e AmmoNMI/ Sritvicr 51 Nanila ttmc 02 22 20' DATE !ME . 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SERI/WT. 4tIFIattila litittf o2 22 2° l'AGF I/ DENR rehabilitates rescued serpent eagle in Isabela CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela: The Community Provincial Environment and Natu- Protection Act," Acob said a person Environment and Natural Resources ral Resources Office, caught in possession of vulnerable Office (Cenro) here now has in its "We will keep in the meantime species can be jailed for one day to six custody a young serpent eagle, also the eagle for its rehabilitation be- months and be meted a fine ranging known as "Iawin," which was rescued fore releasing it back to its natural from P10,000 to P200,000. by a concerned citizen. habitat" Acob said, urging the public He added that under the law no Forester Nelson Acob of Cenro for greater public vigilance to watch person or entity is allowed posses- Cauayan, said the serpent eagle vending, collecting and gathering of sion of wildlife unless they can prove was brought by the rescuer to the wildlife species, financial and technical capability and local radio station DZNC Bombo Citing Republic Act 9147 or the facility to maintain it. Radyo, which the referred it to the "Wildlife Resources Conservation and I LEANDER C. DOMINGO IN This photo shows a young serpent eagle rescued by a concerned citizen and turned over the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office in Cauayan, Isabela for rehabilitation. BY LEANDER C DOMINGO :SHIA I RCN I I //rue sworn MAORI& CARTOON CORTRN INIH'A [l(N PAGE 1 SUM RAM ............. S[nvIrv lino Lill 02 22 20 rAtu 1/ DATE KALIKASAN PATROL APP Bantay Gubat (forest warden) volunteers in Infanta, Quezon gather data on forest and species threats using the Ka-Patrol mobile app as part of Haribon's citizen-initiated monitoring system for key biodiversity areas. This initiative is part of a larger campaign aimed at strengthening communities in forest management under the Forest Governance Project by Haribon and BirdLife International, with financial support from the European Union. PHOTO BY KATH ZAMBAS I L__7 nth. riAnr. I Miff Pri (.1/I11111111gitA I II IN wrIgy /III ill! I IA I I III I VII I I: I 02 22 20 DAR House panel okays fly Zelda 13 locations as del Os protected areas Reyes A HOUSE panel has approved at least six bills "We have to protect, regrow and preserve them for declaring 13 sites, found in eight provinces, as pro- the benefit, enjoyment and appreciation of future gen- tected areas. erations of Filipinos. For instance, watersheds, hills and The House Committee on Natural Resources, chaired mountains are among ourprimary sources of water," he by Cavite Rep. Elpiffio Barzaga Jr., stressed that if these said. bills are enacted into law the sites will be closed to Barzaga added that the new protected sites cover a I commercial and large-scale exploitation. combined area of 332,456 hectares. The 13 sites will be added to a longlist of watersheds, Deputy speaker and Pampartga Rep. Aurelio Gonza- hills, mountains, parks, forest lands, and natural land- les Jr. welcomed the inclusion of Mt. Arayat saying the scapes declared protected under Republic Act No. mountain "is currently facing environmental challenges 11038, or the Expanded National Integrated Areas like illegal logging." System (ENIPAS) Act of 2018. "If no action is taken, it is only a matter of time before These are Mt. Arayatin Pampanga; nine watersheds Arayat degrades into an unrecoverable husk of land- in Mindoro Occidental and Mindoro Oriental,a group of mass devoid of life. It could also become a natural small islands in the town of Cartes in Iloilo, the Tugbo hazard to people living within its periphery," he said. watershed in the city of Masbate and the town of Mobo A protected area management office headed by a in Masbate, the I-linakpan mystical hills in Guihulangan, protected area superintendent would be created to see Negros Oriental, and the Tirad Pass landscape in Gre- to it that the sites are no longer subjected to destructive gorio del Pilar in Quirino and the towns of Sigay, human practices. I Cervantes and Suyo in Ilocos Sur. Funding for the management an. d protection of Barzaga pointed °Out that most of these areas have these areas would be included in the annual budget of been subjected to commercial use for decades and are the Department of Environment and Natural Resourc- now overexploited. es. STRATEGIC THE PHILIPPINE O 11E1E11.frj BANNER EDITORIAL CARTOON COMMUNICATION 1)- PAGE I SIORY ea INITIATIVES PAGE TOWER SERVICE TM/ TIM %Hal IL PERICV410111- 02 22 20 TIRE PAGE I/ DATE QC to ban single-use plastic in July Quezon City hotels and res- will give them ample time to taurants have been given until comply" Belmonte said yes- July 1 to fully comply with an terday. "After that, it will be all ordinance banning single-use systems go for the implemen- plastics for dine-in purposes. tation of the ordinance." Mayor Joy Belmonte ap- Belmonte has signed the proved the recommendation ordinance, which prohibits the of the city's Environmental distribution and utilization of Protection and Waste Manage- single-use plastics in hotels ment Department to defer the and restaurants. Feb. 15 implementation of the Covered by the ban are measure to allow a transition throw-away plates, spoons, plan for establishments. forks, cups and other plastic "We understand the con- and paper disposables. cerns of businesses so we — Janvic Mateo Iria_tI I I II .1 1111111 11111111111 Silopint CARTOON LI .(14.:ZZI1;11 ;C A 110 El 4-; %MEV SPORT IN MINH "US .1 VI isji POWER WISIgurialW SIMV1111 Standard 02 22 20 • ---- -UAW 'Recycle, not ban single-use plastic' Villar appeals to public By Macon Ramos-Araneta Villar said she is yet to hear any re- "Maybe if they can recycle their placement for single-use plastic. packaging, that's okay. But if they can- AS THE Philippines remained to be the The senator, however, said a possible not, then technology should be tapped third largest producer of plastic waste remedy is to recycle single-use plastic, to invent something that can replace that made its way to our oceans, Sena- "unless an opinion for its replacement single-use plastic," Villar said.
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