from gmanews.tv:
After three years of detention at the Manila City Jail on charges in connection with the May 2005 killing of newspaper publisher Philip Agustin, former Dinagalan town mayor Jaime Ylarde is now a free man.
Ylarde was released on Monday after Agustin’s daughter Rosebelle Agustin-Cruz withdrew her complaint against the former mayor.
Updated November 4:
Aurora eco-zone officials bullish on investments. From Northern Philippine Times by Luis Jose.
Officials of the newly created Aurora Special Economic Zone Authority are bullish over the prospects of business in northeastern Luzon with start of operations of the Aurora Ecozone which is expected to generate investments and jobs for this province, considered one of the 200 poorest provinces.
Reds torch Globe tower in Aurora. from abs-cbnnews.com by Jess Malabanan.
Suspected New People’s Army guerrillas torched a relay and transmission tower of Globe Telecoms in Casiguran, Aurora last Saturday, police said. Sketchy police reports said the rebels stormed the cellsite past 9 p.m., Saturday and disarmed the security guard on duty before setting the entire place on fire.
Explosives, High Power Guns Seized from NPA (via).
Government forces successfully preempted acts of terrorism by a ragtag group of NPA in Sitio Sablang, Barangay Diteki, San Luis, Aurora last Thursday (30 0ct).
Initiating RP’s Pacific Gateway. From inquirer.net by Charles E. Buban.
The planned Aurora Special Economic Zone (of which Palafox will help design) will establish the province as the gateway to the Pacific, and could even unlock the resources of its rich and fertile neighboring provinces like Isabela, Quirino and Nueva Vizcaya
Soldiers seize hot lumber in Aurora. from abs-cbnnews.com
Soldiers seized some 5,000 board feet of illegally cut good lumber after a firefight with suspected New People’s Army guerrilas in San Luis, Aurora province Thursday.
From inquirer.net by Tonette Orejas:
The Church-led environmental group Task Force Sierra Madre has asked Environment Secretary Joselito Atienza to create an independent investigation committee to look into illegal logging in Dingalan, a town in Aurora where landslides killed some 700 people in 2004.
In a July 28 letter, Gary Lumbo, TFSM Dingalan chapter president, and Fr. Pete Montallana, TFSM chair, also asked Atienza to remove Joselito Blanco as community environment and natural resources officer (Cenro) in the town due to his alleged inaction.
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Nung February pa pinagmamalaki ni Bongga ang bagong extreme sports na ito sa kanilang bayan ng Dingalan. MGa foreigner daw ang unang sumubok at simula nuon ay sunod-sunod na. Ito na ang isa sa mga highlight ng tourism program ng Dingalan. Parang nagiging extreme-sports destination na ang Aurora. Mapapakinabangan na ang mga nakalbong bundok sa Dingalan.
May bagyu na namang papunta sa Baler. Si Frank. Makulimlim na ditu ngayun. Mag-ingat at maghanda at posible daw na tumama ito sa Baler. Kahit na medyo sablay ang record ng PAGASA pag dating sa Baler ay maigi na yung handa. Itu yung satellite picture galing sa PAGASA:
Itu naman yung balita mula sa inquirer.net
Samantala, may mga tiga Dingalan na namatay sa isang aksidente sa Bulacan. Dalawang truck daw ang nagbanggaan sa San Ildefonso at ilan sa mga namatay sila Jimmy Rosete, Benedict Rosete and Ronnie Mandas, mga tiga Dingalan, Aurora. Nandito ang balita mula sa Inquirer.net.
From Manila Bulletin by Ariel Avendaño:
DINGALAN, Aurora – Aurora Gov. Bellaflor Angara-Castillo urged village folk here who are dependent on illegal logging and charcoal-making activities to refrain from their old ways and shift instead to planting of high-value variety of pepper which is now gaining a big demand in the domestic market.
The Mahogany Upland Farmers Association (MUFA) chaired by Engineer Romeo Callanta has introduced the production of hybrid Taiwan pepper, noting the huge requirement in the local market.
I almost missed this one. This news adds a new twist to the illegal logging situation in Aurora. from journal online by Mamer Bañez.
Four non-government organizations and people’s organizations urged Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Lito Atienza to reinstate a former community environment and natural resources officer in southern Aurora who was sacked due to alleged “rampant illegal logging” in the town.
The Ugnayan ng Mamamayan sa Lungsod at Nayon, Inc., the Catholic Association of Ibona composed of 525 families, the Dingalan chapter of Task Force Sierra Madre and the Multi-Sectoral Forest Protection Committee called on Atienza to reconsider his earlier decision relieving former CENRO Meliton Vicente, Jr., citing his efforts to protect the natural resources in southern Aurora. They also denied reports that illegal logging is rampant in the town.
Read the last sentence and decide. The full news is here.
Flowery shirts aside, i’m beginning to like Lito Atienza.
from gmanews.tv:
Environment Secretary Lito Atienza on Monday ordered the immediate relief of an environment officer in Aurora province following reports of revived illegal logging operation in Dingalan town.
Sacked from post as Community Environment and Natural Resources Officer (Cenro) was Meliton Vicente. He will be replaced by Joselito Blanco, former Cenro for Cabanatuan City in Nueva Ecija province.
Atienza said he ordered the relief of Vicente after he personally confirmed “from independent sources in the area” the report of the Task Force Sierra Madre (TFSSM) about the revived activities of illegal loggers in the area.
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