Balita mula sa gmanews.tv:
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is now hunting down a gang behind the slaughtering of dolphins off Baler town in Aurora province, a radio report said Wednesday.
Radio dzRH reported that the remains of the dolphins were found off Reserva village in Baler town in Aurora. Only the heads, bones and tails were found.
Nag hit ang underwater video post ng Provincial Tourism Office kaya ginawan agad nila ng sequel. Ito naman ang Dive Baler. Ang tigakuha nga pala nila video ay si Ernan Dukha sa ilalim at si Mac Ritual sa ibabaw. Si Ryan Ritual ang tiga edit.
Tabsung na!
Tara nang tumabsung sa ilalim ng karagatan ng Aurora. Video mula sa Provincial Tourism Office.
Napa TV na naman ang Baler kagabi. Ito ay dahil ayon sa PAGASA ay sa Baler ang landfall ng bagyo kaya sagsag na naman sila sa ating bagyuhing bayan para maka scoop ng maaring mangyaring sakuna. At kagaya ng madalas na mangyari, wala na namang nangyari. Umulan lang sa Baler at ang bagyong si Lawin ay nagpaleklek lamang sa Pacific Ocean at di bumisita. Narito ang video, baka may kilala kayo sa mga nakunan ng video.
Parehong mula sa inquirer.net:
Quezon bishop to head groups vs Sierra Madre illegal logging
CATHOLIC BISHOP ROLANDO Tria Tirona, head of the Prelature of Infanta, has been deputized by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to oversee two environmental watchdog bodies to fight illegal logging in the Sierra Madre mountain ranges.
In a press release posted at the DENR website Wednesday, Environment Secretary Lito Atienza disclosed the appointment of Tirona as ‘co-chair’ of the two newly created multipartite teams (MPT) to help combat the rampant illegal logging.
In 1971, Oscar Gendrano was a young forester on a mission in Casiguran, Quezon. His mission: Cut down as much timber as he could and bring them home to Manila where the once-towering trees would be trimmed into matchsticks.
Armed with brand-new power saws, he arrived on the dazzling white shores of St. Ildelfonso Point, where he was met by tall, kinky-haired black men in loincloths. They were the Dumagat, a gentle and hardworking people who had lived by the sea long before the Spaniards came to Philippine shores, and certainly long before he got there like a conquering Magellan with not a sword but a power saw.
But that was all it took to convert these gentle natives into power saw-wielding loggers who agreed to cut trees and haul them to shore on their shoulders—all for cigarettes and bottles of Siok Tong.
Basahin ang kumpletong istorya
Ancient ‘balite’ tree battles for life in Aurora
A “balite” tree, carbon-dated to be between 400 and 600 years old and said to be among the oldest and biggest in Asia, has suffered from human abuse, as the Aurora provincial government and a family in Maria Aurora town try to settle a row over management of a park where the tree stands.
“Umaakyat ang mga tao. Inuukit pa nila pangalan nila. Nasasaktan ang puno (People climb it. They also carve their names on it. The tree is hurt),” Onassis Ronquillo, barangay chair of Quirino, said of the tourist-drawing natural wonder in his village at the foothills of the Sierra Madre.
Basahin ang kumpletong balita. Ito ay una kong nabasa sa isang mahusay na blog tungkol sa barangay ng Quirino sa Ma. Aurora - ang Quinoy Ako. Sana ay marami pang sumunod sa halimbawa ng blog na ito.
Showbiz uli tayo. Ito ang latest chikka tungkol sa pelikulang Baler. Mula dito sa pinoyshowbiztalk.com:
Thorough research daw ang ginawa nila, mula sa mga sunud-sunod na events na nangyari noong Spanish-American war, kung saan nagsagupa ang mga Spanish soldiers at ang puwersa ng mga Filipino, hanggang sa pagpapatayo nila ng set sa Tanay, Rizal kung saan gagayahin nila ang look ng Baler, now Aurora, in Quezon Province.
Samakatuwid ay hindi pala sa Baler gagawin ang sine. Dahil siguro sa malayo tayo sa kabihasnan at mahirap ang logistics pag dito ginawa. Pero ayon din sa balita ay pupunta din naman sila sa Baler. Siguro para sa flash-forward kung saan ipapakita ang kasalukuyang simbahan ng Baler. Kaya sa mga nag-aabang kay Anne Curtis at Jericho Rosales, manood na lang muna kayo ng TV.
Mas nainip ako dun sa nakalagay na “Baler, Now Aurora, in Quezon Province”. Parang sablay de baga?
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.
Magandang balita ito. Maganda ang ginagawang aksyon ng Task Force Sierra Madre. Dapat silang tulungan nating mga tiga Aurora na ang mithi ay pagmamalasakit sa ating mahal na probinsiya.
Mula sa inquirer.net:
President Macapagal-Arroyo and forest protection advocates have agreed to form a citizens’ body to fight continued illegal logging in the Sierra Madre mountain ranges, the head of a Church-based forest protection watchdog said Tuesday.
The move, according to Fr. Pete Montallana, came in the wake of the apparent failure of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and other government agencies to stop illegal logging in the area.
Montallana heads the Task Force Sierra Madre (TFSM).
He said Bishop Rolando Tria Tirona and a delegation from northern Quezon met with Ms Arroyo last month in Malacañang and voiced serious concern on continued illegal logging in Sierra Madre.
Mula sa gmanews.tv:
A Catholic bishop and some priests from Infanta in Quezon province have started leading efforts to defend the environment by mobilizing the local communities.
Fr. Boyet Valenzuela of Dinalungan, Quezon said several priests have also been actively involved in the anti-logging campaign in their parishes.
Valenzuela recently received death threats after leading a group composed mostly of Basic Ecclesial Communities (BEC) leaders in investigating logging activities.
Mula naman sa website ng CBCP:
The Task Force Sierra Madre, headed by Fr. Pete Montellana, is coordinating the anti-logging campaign. It has exposed the corruption in Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) that has allowed illegal logging to continue.
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Matagal nang daing ng karamihan sa Aurora na itigil na ang lahat na uri ng logging dito sa Aurora maging ito ay yung tinatawag nilang carabao logging o yung commercial logging. Lahat na kakayahan ng gobyerno ay nakatutok lamang laban sa mga small-time loggers o carabao loggers. Iyan ang tinatawag nilang “illegal loggers”. Pero yung mga commercial loggers ay hindi nila pinapansin kahit alam nating mas malaki ang mas malawak ang nagagawa nilang pagsira sa kalikasan.
Kailangan siguro nating malaman kung ano talaga ang posisyon ng mga lokal na politiko tungkol sa lahat na uri ng logging at kung anu ang mga ginagawa nilang hakbang hinggil dito. Sino ang magtatanung?
Mula sa Philippines Star, ni Manny Galvez :
65 nuns, mountaineers conquer, reforest Aurora’s 7,000-ft. high Mt. Balagbag
Sixty five nuns and mountaineers have successfully scaled – and reforested – the peak of the 7,000-feet high Mt. Balagbag in Barangay Dimanayat in this town last week.
The recent two-day historic climb atop Mt. Balagbag established two mountaineering records – the first documented successful climb and the first documented reforestation of the mountain which has also been christened Mt. England by local mountaineers.
Basahin ang kumpletong balita (Philstar),
Nandito ang cached page ng balita sa Google.
Kulang sa fact-checking ang balitang ito. Kaya sa tingin ko ay press release ito at hindi na-verify ng nagreport. Kung tiga Aurora ang makakabasa nito, may mga mapapansin tayo na mga kakaiba sa balita, pero kung hindi-tiga Aurora ay lalabas na totoo ang mga nakalagay dito. Ito ang mga napansin ko:
Mga dalawang linggo na ang nakalipas ng lumabas ito sa Philippine Star. Sana matuluy.
A Filipino-American energy expert has been tapped to lead the way in the launch of renewable energy projects in the province, including solar and wind farms. Sen. Edgardo Angara told said that engineer Larry Asera will help the provincial government in setting up wind, solar and hydro power projects in the province. Angara said Asera, a graduate of the University of California in Berkeley and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has already done some preliminary studies on the potentials of renewable energy projects in the province.
Long weekend rocks! It gave my fave photographer Jay a chance to revisit Baler after four years and come up with another set of breathtaking pictures of our beloved Province. All taken from our backyards! Amazing. Check out Baler: The Dynamo of Illumination.
A Ballet of Light at Baler is an account of this trip by Jay’s companion Atty. Alman Dave Quiboquibo.
Jay’s photos, including the cover picture, are featured in the latest issue of Digital Photographer Philippines. Go score one.
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