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| President Rodrigo Duterte and his cabinets, photo from Facebook |
Ayon kay Sec. Piñol, ang galit na Pangulong Duterte ay nag-utos sa Environment Secretary na si Roy Cimatu na agad na mag-isyu ng isang order sa pagsasara sa mga logging operations ng SODACO Agricultural Corporation sa Zamboanga Peninsula.
Sinabi ng Kalihim ng Agrikultura na ang SODACO ay mayroong 60,000 ektarya na konsesyon sa ilalim ng Integrated Social Forestry (ISF) ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) at sinisisi ang mga flash floods at mudslides na pinatay ang dose-dosenang mga tao at nasira na mga lupang pang-agrikultura sa apat na bayan ng Zamboanga del Norte noong Disyembre 22 sa hagupit ng Typhoon Vinta.
Bukod sa pag-order ng pagsasara ng SODACO na pag-aari ng Pamilyang Consunji, ipinangako din ng Pangulo ang tulong para sa mga pamilya ng mga mangingisda sa Barangay Anubgan, Sibuco kung saan ang mga tahanan ay inanud sa dagat nang ang mga pagbaha ay nagdulot ng mga logs rampaged sa nakahiwalay na coastal community.
Narito ang kumpletong ulat ni Manny Piñol:
PRES. DUTERTE ORDERS DENR
STOP ZAMBO NORTE LOGGING
By Manny Piñol
An angry President Rody Duterte tonight directed Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu to immediately issue a closure order on the logging operations of the SODACO Agricultural Corp. in the Zamboanga Peninsula.
SODACO holds a 60,000-hectare concession under the Integrated Social Forestry (ISF) of the Dept. Of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and is blamed for the flash floods and mudslides which killed dozens of people and damaged agricultural lands in four towns of Zamboanga del Norte Dec. 22 at the height of Typhoon Vinta.
Pres. Duterte issued the order to Sec. Cimatu following a report I made during the Cabinet meeting today which stretched from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m.
After watching a 5-minute video of the deforested portion of the Zamboanga mountain range, President Duterte immediately directed Sec. Cimatu to implement the Closure Order.
“Roy, ipasara mo yan. Hindi naman maghihirap yan si Consunji kasi Oligarch na yan,” the President told the DENR Secretary.
Pres. Duterte directed Sec. Cimatu to proceed to the area to enforce his directive.
The President also promised assistance for fisher folk families in Barangay Anubgan, Sibuco town whose homes were swept to the sea when flash floods brought down logs rampaged through the isolated coastal community.
Forty people were swept to the sea but only 10 bodies were recovered by relatives.
A young woman from the village was swept to the sea and rescued by a fishing boat in the Sulu Sea.
She was brought to Antique where she is now recuperating from injuries.
On Friday Jan. 4, I led the team from the Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources which reached the village by helicopters and boats to deliver assistance.
During the forum, local leaders and residents sought my help in asking Pres. Duterte to order a stoppage to the cutting of trees in the mountains which resulted in flashfloods and mudslides.
#Changeishere! #PresRodyCares! #DuterteDelivers!
Source: Sec. Manny Piñol FB page
