DATE 01-11-9,20 rrau, issaci-vv-s Strategic Commtinicalion and litilialive Service • alk STRATEGIC UPPER PAGE I RAN ER EDITORIAL CARTOON COMMUNICATION (3 lb STORY STORY INITIATIVES PAGE TOWER IIIIIIIISS eiNIIIIII SERVICE Business-World 01 - 1 1 - 20 TIRE: PAGE I/ DATE Baguio City rehab jus the start DoT By Aktveln Quitasol a sustainable tourism. She said that the previous commitment of the DoT of a BAGUIO CITY — Planned P400 million funding for Burnham Park rehabilitation efforts in this city is is a beginning of more commitments just the start of further initiatives to to the city. rejuvenate one of the major tourist Department of the Interior and destinations in the country Tourism Local Government chief Eduardo Arlo Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat reiterated the clarification that the said Friday. rehabilitation of Baguio will not be In meeting on Baguio City like what happened in Boracay. He Development Updates at The Mansion, said the situation in Baguio is much Romulo-Puyat said the participation of more different and that the present the Department of Tourism (Doi) in administration of the Baguio City the rehabilitation works is also a part Government has visible efforts in of the thrust of the government towards redevelopment of the city. Park tour Baguio City mayor Benjamin Magalong tours Tourism Secretary Berne Romulo-Puyat and Interior Secretary Eduardo Ano at the Baguio Burnham Park during the sharing of the Baguio City development efforts. ALDWIN QUFTASOL STRATEGIC El El UPPER PAGE I BANNER EDITORIAL CARTOON COMMUNICATION STORY STORY INITIATIVES ta PAGE LOWER SERVICE bante UNA SA SAWA Ow- 01 -1 1 -20 PAGE I/ DATE 6io kumusta na? Ininsp Icsyon ng Department of Tourism, kasama ang Depart- ment of Environment and Natural Resources at ang Department of the Interior and Local Government ang Baguio City para sa reha- bilitasyon. Sa ilalim ng inigyaribo, sisilipin ni Tourism Secretary Bernadette Ro- mulo-Puyat ang Burnham Park, Wright Parlc, Mines View Park, planta 11* sewage treatment ng Baguio, Balili Rive; at ang sanitary landfill sa Insan. Sa isang inter-agency meeting ng pamahalaan ng Baguio City itinalcda upang tala- lcayin ang inga umi- iral na mga problema kasarna ang pa- ngunahing lugar ng turista tulad ng over- tourism. Sa panahon ng in- spelcsyon, tatalalcayin ng tatlong ahensya ng gobyemo at mga stakeholder ang mga posibleng proyek- tong rehabilitasyon ng imprastraktura sa kapasidad ng pagdala ng bayan ng Baguio, La Trinidad, Itogon, Sablan, riliba at Tublay (BLISTP) at iba pang mga piano upang muling mabuo at ma-decongest ang UNESCO Creative City A.ng pangako aniya sa kanilang mandato na ibenta at protektahan ang mga likas na atral5syon ay nananatiling pinakamahalagang layunin. Ito ay isang ibinahaging responsibilidad, gayunpaman, sa gobyemo at ang mga mamamayan ay dapat maging re_sponsableng tagapangasiwa ng mga ito, sabi ng kalihim. (Minaikquino) 171 I l'A Iii I I I s, 11.ffil II f r.r I nnwir” 1-1111..1111,1 ARInntl Commiwit •A I I UN 1 . I ,-.THVYtO elk INIl IA I IVIIN MEP bier SE It 01 1 20 Niiisso."Sr OA MAYOR HEEDS CLAMOR OF ENVIRONMENTALISTS DPWH SUSPENDS CUTTING OF 259 TREES IN ANGELES CITY American servicemen. A stretch widening without killing these he was duty-bound to listen ANGELES CITY—Heeding the of this road is now called Kore- appeal of protesters, Mayor trees." to protesters. "We will need to discuss STC did not call off the pro- an Town. Carmelo Lazatin Jr. asked the Salac said the DPWH had this matter further," Tolentino test-vigil on Thursday night. It Department of Public Works planned to ask the court to is- complied with the require- and Highways (DPWH) to stop told the Inquirer by telephone. sue a temporary environment ments of a memorandum issued 259 trees along But for the meantime, he the cutting of protection order (Tepo) against by Environment Secretary Roy a road being widened to ease said the DPWH had suspended the tree cutting. Cimatu to guide the processing traffic at Clark Freeport. the tree cutting. and issuance of permits on the Laudemir Saiac, officer Roseller Tolentino, DPWH trees saved . removal and relocation of trees director in Central Luzon, in charge of the Department 2,000 In 2012, the group got a on roads, bridges, flood-control said Lazatin's request to the of Environment and Natural works and other infrastructure Resources in Pampanga, con- Tepo to save 2,000 trees from agency's Pampanga third being cut. These trees involved projects. engineering district cited firmed the suspension. those lining the road from Che- The DPWH cited the need the "vehement opposition" valier School in Angeles City to to widen the road to Clark Free- of Save the Trees Coalition Online petition port to ease heavy traffic to and The STC started an online Mabiga in Mabalacat City. (STC). The Inquirer learned The DPWH's network de- from Clark -International Air- trees had al- petition asking the Angeles that around 50 velopment program on Friend- port inside the free port. ready been cut. City government to intervene Salac said he required by earthballing the trees. ship Circumferential Road had Lazatin asked for time to obtained two tree-cutting per- the DPWH to replace every "look into possible alterna- More than 4,000 people had ,lat.. The road used felled tree with too seedlings. tives that would satisfy the signed the petition as of it mits from c to host hobby stores catering to —TONETTE OREJAS IND need to clear the area for road p.m. on Friday. Lazatin said ROAD-WIDENING CASUALTY This tree in Angeles City is among thpse that had already been cut as part of the govern- ment's infrastructure project to ease traffic at Clark Freeport. —DINA ZULUETA/CONTRIBUTOR S I It/11111,W LC/ lip r, I I T1 Li lir:4 CARII)(1/1 CUMMUNICA'111)N , I'm:v:1 eik 90-MY ,..........•••••••• [NI IA II VI ,S „piers.' VICI; )1llartilii ttine rruIr Photo shows a team of employees from the Energy Development Corp. and volunteers who planted more than 100 native tree seedlings as part of the company's efforts to reforest Mount Talinis and its surrounding areas in Negros Oriental. EDC PHOTO EDC vows sustained reforestation of Mt. Talinis MIMAWETE CITY: Geothermal power remaining old-growth forests in abundance through its Binhi for- range during the celebration of leader Energy Development Negros Oriental, is one of EDC's est restoration program: Earth Day in 2018, followed by last Corp. (EDC) has vowed to con- tree-growing sites, she said. "Our team of climbers from year's planting activity. tinue reforesting Mount Talinis She added that more than 30 our CSR and other departments Bautista stressed that lush for- in Negros Oriental as part of EDC employee-volunteers recently bond together with other residents ests will help geothermal energy its massive greening efforts on climbed Mount Talinis to plant of our partner communities in recharge its reservoir, as trees will Negros Island. more than 100 native trees. Valencia, Negros Oriental as we hold and release water deep into Last year, EDC personnel Allan Barcena, EDC assistant plant and grow native trees hi the earth. planted native trees in the Mount vice president and head of Corpo- Mount Talinis even if we do not "Otherwise, geothermal steam Talinis range and hopes to con- rate Social Responsibility-Public have any operation in the area," fields will dry up and will not be tinue the activity in 2020, said Relations and Bautista headed the Bautista said. able to produce enough steam to Norreen Bautista, head of DC's group, with assistance from the "Each tree growing activity rim its power plants," she said. corporate social responsibil- Valencia Eco-Guide Association brings out the participants' baya- EDC has been planting and ity (CSR) in Negros Island and and other partner groups. nihan (community cooperation) maintaining forests in Negros Mpunt Apo in Mindanao. The team planted flaw) (pala- spirit," she added. Oriental where it has been op- ,Mount Talinis, which is known quium luzoniense) seedlings, The EDC team first planted erating clean, renewable and as the highest peak in Cuernos one of the 96 native tree species some 100 premium endangered reliable geothermal facilities for ft Negros and has one of the few that EDC "aims to bring back to native trees in the Mount Talinis over 36 years. PN STRATEGIC Abeaste PAGE I BANNER EDITORIAL CARTOON COMMUNICATION STORY STORY ell INITIATIVES saw al - 1 1 miassair aftlIVICE onnwE - 20, MAIM'S Si 0 ALITA Poo— UNE : PAGE II DATE Mt. Talinis ref orestration isusulong Tiniyak ng Energy De- luntaryo na umakyat sa Mt. Ta- velopment Corporation linis para magtanim ng may 100 tions na lcatuwang nila sa na ipagpapatuloy nila ang native trees. pagtatanim ang Valencia isinasagawang reforesta- Sinabi ni Atty. Allan V Bar- Eco-Guide Association at don sa Mt. Talinis sa Ne- cena, EDC assistant vice presi- ,ibang partner groups. gros Oriental bilang bahagi dent at head ng Corporate So- Ayon kay Bautista ang ng malawalcang greening cial Responsibility-Public Rela- kagubatan ay makakatu- program sa Negros Island. long sa geothermal ener- Ayon kay Norreen gy na ma-recharge ang Ica- Bautista, head ng EDC nilang reservoir. Corporate Social Respon- Sinabi ng EDC na sibility sa Negros Island at minimintina nila ang Mt. Apo sa Mindanao na mga kagubatan sa Negros noong nakalipas na taon, Oriental kung saan dito ang EDC personnel ay t lcinukuha ang pangangai- nagtanim ng katutubongl langan ng geothermal fa- puno sa Mt.Talinis at Ito cilities. (Juliet de Loza- ay ipagpapatuloy nila nga- Cudia) yong taon.