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| Photo posted by DA Sec on his FB Page |
“Roy, ipasara mo yan.
Hindi naman maghihirap yan si Consunji kasi Oligarch na yan,”
This is what President
Rodrigo Duterte told DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu, directing the latter to issue
an order to close the logging operations of SODACO Agricultural Corp in
Zamboanga.
On Monday, an angry Duterte
directed Cimatu to issue order closure over the 60, 000-hectare concession
being blamed for flash floods during typhoon Vinta last year.
More details on
Department of Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol’s Facebook page. Check
out the full post below;
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.
Source: Manny Pinol Facebook Page
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