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INTERCEPTED. Authorities confiscate illegally cut lumber loaded in a closed van during an anti-illegal logging operation in Sitio Canili, Barangay San Juan, Maria Aurora town in Aurora province on Monday (Jan. 24, 2022). Seized were some 53 pieces of illegally cut lumbers with a total volume of 854 board feet and an estimated market value of P102,480. (Photo courtesy of the Army's 91IB) BALER, Aurora - Authorities confiscated illegally cut lumber in Maria Aurora town, this province early Mon...

Supreme Court (File photo) MANILA - The Supreme Court (SC) disposed of a record number of cases this year -- more than the new cases filed -- for a clearance rate of 110 percent, according to data provided by the Office of the Clerk of Court En Banc and the Divisions Clerk on Tuesday. There were 3,603 new cases and one reinstatement filed, but the SC managed to resolve 3,975 cases, including those from the backlog. The SC also resolved 1,176 administrative cases and bar matters cases out of 1,11...

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy A. Cimatu has appealed to the public to be more vigilant and help the government in its effort to curb illegal wildlife trade following the arrest of two suspected wildlife traffickers in Quezon City last week. The suspects, Rowena Pindot and…

SEIZED. Over 3,000 board feet of premium narra flitches worth P290,000 were seized along Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) by authorities on Monday (Oct. 11, 2021). Alfredo Nepacena of the DENR-Community Environment and Natural Resources Office in Capas, Tarlac, said they received a report of an accident at the toll gate in Barangay Tinang, Concepcion town involving a truck loaded with narra flitches, which were abandoned, causing slight traffic congestion. (Photo courtesy of DENR-Region 3) ...

A total of 13 individuals have been arrested last month for the possession of P4.5 million worth of illegally-cut premium wood species during three separate operations conducted in Valenzuela City and Bulacan, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) reported on Wednesday, Oct. 6.

The Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force (AILTF) has successfully confiscated some P4.5 million worth of illegally cut premium wood in three separate operations in Valenzuela City and Bulacan last week, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) reported on Wednesday. The DENR-led AILTF also nabbed 13 individuals and confiscated two…

SEIZED HOT LOGS. A total of 4.85 cubic meters of illegally-gathered Magkono logs worth PHP365,000 are intercepted by personnel of the Surigao del Norte Maritime Police during a seaborne patrol in the waters of Talisay, Surigao City on Friday (Oct. 1, 2021). Four suspects were arrested and will be facing charges for violating the Revised Forestry Code of the Philippines. (Photo courtesy of SDN-MARPSTA) BUTUAN CITY - Four persons were arrested by personnel of the Surigao del Norte Maritime Police ...

Published July 14, 2021, 11:25 AM The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force (AILTF) on Wednesday, July 14, to file criminal and administrative charges against government officials and private entities involved in the continued violation of environmental laws in the protected watershed areas of San Roque in Baras, Rizal. DILG Undersecretary and spokesperson Jonathan Malaya sa...

(Photo from DENR Facebook page) Conducted by members of the newly-formed DENR-Environmental Law Enforcement and Protection Service (ELEPS) and National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), the operation that led to the confiscation of the tree parts took place last June 15. ELEPS Director Reuel Sorilla said 18 kilograms of agarwood, which have a market value of P2.9 million, were seized from suspects Mark Gil Espino and Nathaniel Avelino at a coffee shop parking lot on West Avenue in Quezon City. “...