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| Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines | Friday, April 11, 2008 |
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Atienza authorizes Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Jose Atienza Jr. yesterday confirmed having authorized the DENR regional director for Western Visayas to process the application of the Philippine National Oil Co.-Energy Development Corp. for a Special Tree Cutting Permit in the 169-hectare buffer zone of the Mt. Kanlaon Natural Park in Bago City. Atienza, in a memorandum dated Feb. 20, directed the regional director Lormelyn Claudio to process the Special Tree Cutting Permit of PNOC-EDC. He cited the merit of the request in terms of the production of significant geothermal energy that is considered as a better alternative to fossil fuel based power source, and pursuant to existing forestry and environmental regulations. Atienza, however, told the DAILY STAR in a telephone interview that this will be subject to certain terms and conditions. |
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Answer gov’t center raps,
officials ordered BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO The Office of the Ombudsman Visayas has ordered 17 city officials and two others to file their counter-affidavit and other controverting evidence to the criminal and administrative cases filed against them by a retired policeman involving the construction of the Bacolod City Government Center. The cases were filed by Victor Eduardo in January 2008 against the respondents for violation of Section 3(c) of R.A. 3019 and P.D. 1445 and for dishonesty, grave abuse of authority, grave misconduct and acts prejudicial to public service. The respondents are Mayor Evelio Leonardia, Vice Mayor Jude Thaddeus Sayson, Councilors Greg Gasataya, Homer Bais, Jocelle Batapa-Sigue, Dindo Ramos, Wilson Gamboa Jr., Al Victor Espino, Catalino Alisbo, Roberto Rojas, Alex Paglumotan, and Reynold Iledan, and former Councilors Arturo Parreño and Marx Louie de la Rosa, |
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| Army chief dismisses
Maestrecampo pardon BY GILBERT BAYORAN Army chief Lt. Gen. Alexander Yano yesterday dismissed as mere “speculations” talk that Negrense Army Capt. Milo Maestrecampo and eight others convicted for a failed coup by a Makati City court, may avail of pardon. Yano who is expected to replace Gen. Hermogenes Esperon as Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff next month, said, “If there are such thinking (sic), it’s a speculation…nothing as facts as of now”. “That is a political issue… it is not for us to decide,” he said. |
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