When Typhoon Karding was announced last weekend to have undergone “explosive intensification,” all of us were also intensely worried, especially after PAGASA raised the alarm to signal number five in some areas of Luzon. Preparations were made. Events were canceled. Prayers resounded inside churches
With Sierra Madre shielding Northern Luzon from the devastation of Super Typhoon Karding, a lawmaker from Rizal province once again called for the protection of the longest mountain range in the country.
Rizal 4th District Rep. Fidel Nograles introduced a bill to Congress to establish the Sierra Madre Development Authority (SMDA) that would protect and conserve the 500-kilometer-long mountain range that protects Luzon from typhoons.
(Forest Foundation Philippines / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
TO help protect its forest cover and prevent flooding in areas in Luzon, a lawmaker is pushing for the passage of a bill creating a government body tasked with the conservation and management of the 500-kilometer-long Sierra Madre Mountain Range. In filing House Bill (HB) 1972, Rizal 4th District Rep.…