DATE • .71,14 • , S.1(1. figs%: Wpdail 4 DAY tiNT rrn-F, Nusws Strategic Communication and Initiative Service &salSTRATEGIC LII BANNER EDITORIAL CARTOON COMMUNICATION STORY ILTI I MOO A ••••a*Ramy AIRVI( I sa ::i3 Cimatu resumes Pasig River cleanup Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu affirmed his objective to rehabil- itate the Pasig River as the new chair of its rehabilitation commission during his first visit to the office on Tuesday. "We have to clean up and maintain the 3-meter easements. This is what we will do in all esteros in Metro Manila," Cimatu said. 7JHESSETO.ENANO STRATEGIC LI UPPER PAGE I BANNER EDITORIAL CARTOON COMMUNICATION ttc- STORY STORY ea INITIATIVES PAGE LOWER SERVICE 13 SEP 2019 DATE /INF PAGE 1/ TRIMMING GONE WRONG? POWER CO-OP FACES RAPS OVER 'KILLING' OF 125 TREES IN PAMPANGA By Tonette Orejas coordinated with the DENR for ettorejasINQ two months and that two DENR personnel were also at the site CITY OF SAN FERNANDO— during the activity. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Public safety Wednesday filed criminal cases "We trimmed out of con- against five officials and person- cern for public safety," he nel of the Pampanga Electric Co- added. operative (Pelco) i for cutting 123 Citing the account of an area trees in two towns last month. manager, Allas said it was not true Laudemir Salac, the DENR that Pelco i felled 78 trees in Mag- officer in Pampanga, said the alang. "Someone cut the trees," he cases were filed in the provin- said, adding that the culprit was cial prosecutor's office. being identified at this time. Pelco i is accused of cutting Photos circulating on social 47 trees by the roadsides in the media showed that several villages of San Pedro and San TREE MASSACRE At least 47 trees, mostly acacia, are cut by trees lost their branches and Juan in Sta. Ana town and 78 an electric cooperative in Sta. Ana town, Pampanga province. their trunks standing at not trees at Barangay San Ildefonso The cooperative's officials, however, say they only "trimmed" more than 2 meters. in Magalang town on Aug. 30. the trees due to public safety concerns, -CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Salac said he had recom- mended the revocation of the Trimmed, not cut MOA signed by then regional These were mostly acacia the Pelco 1 officials were sued would answer the complaints DENR director, Gregorio Nis- and narra trees. Those in Maga- for violating Presidential De- but insisted in an earlier inter- peros. tang were planted under the cree No. 703 (Forestry Reform view that the trees were only He also asked local officials government's National Green- Code of the Philippines). trimmed and these were cov- to cancel the permits of chain- ing Program. Included in the complaint ered by a memorandum of saws owned by Pelco 1 and or- "These are cases of trim- were Pelco i general manager agreement (MOA) with a for- dered the cooperative to plant ming and pruning gone Loliano Alias and five officials. mer DENR official in 439. Ito trees for each of the 47 wrong," Salac said, adding that Allas on Thursday said they He said the trimming was trees cut. INQ UPPER PAGE I BANNER EDITORIAI CARTOON Al ION coMMIINK SPORT STORY I IA IVI PAGE LOWER Tirwwwww"si."° NITITV1( I Standard 13 TIRE PAGE I/ Illegally cut lumber seized in Cagayan By Brenda Jocson PAMPLONA, Cagayan—More than 2,491 board feet of illegally cut lum- bers worth P62,265 were confiscated by police operatives in this town, as the municipal government intensifies its campaign against rampant illegal logging in the area. The Police Regional Office 2 said the lumber, which were loaded in a motor- ized boat, were intercepted by the Pam- plona police while conducting a patrol in Barangay Tabba, in collaboration with the local government unit here and a team from the Department of Environ- ment and Natural Resources. Police Brig. Gen. Jose Mario Espino, PRO2 director, identified the suspect transporting the lumber in assorted siz- es as Silvester Aquitana, 45, a resident of Barangay Cabbagan in Pamplona. Espino said a case is being prepared against Aquitana for violation of Pres- idential Decree 705 or the Revised Forestry Code of the Philippines. The confiscated lumber were tem- porarily placed under the custody of village officials in Tabba, Pamplona, who will hand over the products to the DENR for proper disposition. RATEGIC BANNER EDITORIAL CARTOON COMMUNICATION PAGE 1 STORY STORY Lowrie/MM. INITIATIVES ./OP SILIEVICE 13 SEC' ..--13 ARAW-ARAWTUMATAAS iNvoNc ANC ANTAS NC TUBIG NCKOD SA ANGAT DAM NOONG ika-1 ng Setyembre, sa susunod na linggo, ang 2019, ibinalik na ng Natio- alokasyon na 40cms para sa nal Water Resources Board MWSS ay mananatili pa rin (NWRB) ang kanilang alo- hanggang katapusan ng Set- lahat, sana, tuloy-tuloy ang Ang mungkahi at desis- kasyon para sa Metropolitan yembre. pag-ulan labo na sa bahagi o yon ng NWRB na dahan-da- Waterworks and Sewerage Base sa ulat ibinigay sa sa paligid ng Norzagaray Bu- han ang pagtaas ng pagla- System (MWSS) at dalawang inyong lingkod, ang antas ng lacan. Gumamit man tayo ng laan ng tubig para sa domes- konsesyunaryo, Manila Wa- tubig sa Angat Dam ay nasa tubig, hindi natin mararamda- tic consumption ay hindi na ter Company, Inc at Maynilad 184.96 metro kahapon (Sep- man ang pagbaba ng antas makakaapekto sa pag-supply Water Services Inc, mula sa tember 11, 2019, 8:00am). ng tubig. para sa Metro Manila. 36cms ifinaas sa 40CMS. Mapapansin sa mga dates, Makakaipon pa tayo pa- Ang hakbang na ito ay Ang alokasyon para sa iri- araw-araw tumataas ang an- ra may magamit hanggang isang estratehiko upang gasyon ay nananatili sa tas ng tubig. Dahil sa madalas sa katapusan ng 2019, kai- makafipid ng tubig at maba- 36cms metro kubiko bawat na ang pag-ulan at tumataas langan din siguraduhing ng wasan ang pagbagsak ng segundo hanggang sa kata- nang bahagya ang label ng NWRB na may nakalaan para antas ng tubig sa Angat reser- pusan ng buwan. tubig araw-araw. sa panahon ng tag-init sa su- voir hanggang umabotsayear Ayon kay Dr. Sevillo Da- Ang panalanging nafing sunod na taon 2020. end taiga vid, Jr. Executive Director ng NWRB, sa ngayon, ang label ANGAT DAM IPO DAM LA MESA DAM ng tubig sa Angat Dam ay September 9, 2019 183.72m 101.00m 77.32m mahigit na sa minimum ope- rating level na 180 meters, September 10, 2019 184.64m 101.01m 77.37m ngunit, mababa pa rin kung September 11,2019 184.96m 101.10m 77.37m ikukumpara sa normal high water level (NHWL) na 210 meters, malayo pa rin sa end of the year target na 212 meters. Ayon pa rin kay David, kung patuloy ang pag-ulan sa susunod na araw hanggang STRATEGIC LII %kw UPPER PAGE 1 BANNER EDITORIAL CARTOON COMMUNICATION 4-1 STORY STORY INITIATIVES PAGE LOWE 11.1101.11111S SERVICE Business Insight DATE VILE: PAGE I / Aboitiz to rehabilitate Buhisan watershed Aside from contributing to the ef- CEBU CITY — Aboitiz business rehabilitating, and developing protected of agreement for year one of the areas to become eco-tounsm hubs all project, which will cost P3.2 million, forts to protect the Buhisan watershed, units in Cebu, together with the Visayan Electric's Perdices said that the Aboitiz Foundation and the Philip- over the country in the presence of representatives The Cebu A-Park project is en- from the four barangays covered by project will promote love for nature pine Business for Social Progress and eco-tourism as the electric utility visioned to span five years and will the watershed area — Buhisan, Toong, (PBSP)recently marked the begin- will spearhead the establishment of a ' ning of a multi-million rehabilitation cost over P20 million. It will include Sapangdaku and Pamutan. reforestation of the 150-hectare "This project is only the begin- butterfly sanctuary in the area. project that covers 150 hectares of "This area is really a beautiful : the Buhisan Watershed. adopted area, as well as disaster risk ning With all of us starting on the same page, having the same destina- place to bring your children to, so . Dubbed the Cebu A-Park, the reduction management training and livelihood 'raining for the people's tion and story ending, and agreeing they are aware of the need to plant project is an integrated corporate trees to protect and save the environ- organizations there. to be measured in the same way, we social responsibility (iCSR) initiative ment, and to think this is just within of the Aboitiz business units that are Aboitiz Foundation first vice presi- will achieve more," said Marasigan dent and chief operating officer of the united efforts of the Aboitiz the city," Perdices added. operating in Cebu. Also included in the Eve-year The group has established different (C00) Matibeth Marnsigan, Visayan business units for the project. She added thatprojects that ad- project are • the establishment of A-Parlcs across the country, a nationwide Electric Cu COO Anton Man Pad- ices and PBSP director for Operations vance business and communities are hiking trails, watch towers for bird effort to establish sustainable environ- watching and natural fish spas. ment programs through adopting, Elvin Uy signed the memorandum among the top priorities of the group. STRATEGIC - .1 1. PK-211;-S UPPER PAGE? LEITORti, 14RTOON COMMUNICATION S ea& 7 STORY •••11•11/01MIIMO INITIATIVES PAGE LOWER 1.111111 ...gmar SERVICE. TREE : AGE 1/ DATE 'I IIISEP 7.4:13 MC-riding men kill DENR asset Killed was Gaudencio ing on the way home along the victim was instrumen- By STEVE A.