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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 Station (SDN-MARPSTA) during a seaborne patrol in the waters of Barangay Talisay, Surigao City on Fr...
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 said that the guilty parties should be held accountable for “the illegal entry, illegal logging and ...
(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. “But the real worth of the contraband is placed at P29 million, or at least 10 times more than its ma...