Drilon: Lessen air pollution? Make roads friendlier for bikers, pedestrians Senate President Franklin M. Drilon encouraged heads of local government units (LGUs) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to move towards making major roads and thoroughfares conducive to bikers and other pedestrians, saying that non-motorized forms of travel can help alleviate the country’s air pollution woes.
The Senate leader expressed interest in promoting biking in the cities after he attended the 1st Iloilo Bike Festival promoted by the “Share the Road” movement in Iloilo City recently, where he was the main guest. Drilon said that the government programs against air pollution in the country’s metropolitan areas must “effectively strike against the
main-contributing factor: motorized vehicles.” He cited a Department of Environment and Natural Resources report that stated 80% of pollution load is contributed by “mobile sources or vehicles,” and stressed that public remedial measures must “primarily address and rectify this factor.” “The best way to promote modes
of transport that do not rely on gasoline or diesel engines is to make our cities safer and more accessible and favorable to these environment-friendly forms of mobility,” Drilon said. “Our very roads must inspire and help commuters shift to biking and walking. Given the heavy traffic in the streets of our cities, there See drilon, page 10 Drilon
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DENR: Gov’t preparing to attract more tree plantation investments
Red tide kills kitong, bangus in fish cages in Region 10
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ork is underway to increasingly attract industrial tree plantation investments in some eight million hectares of open, denuded and degraded forest land nationwide. “We’re reconfiguring make these more investorour guidelines on indus- friendly,” said Department trial forestmanagement of Environment and Natural agreements (IFMAs) to See denr, page 10
By Froilan Gallardo
CAGAYAN de Oro City – Red tide that was first spotted in Iligan City last month has spread throughout the coastal areas in Region 10 and has slaughtered hundreds of kitong fish in cages in Kauswagan town in Lanao del Norte, officials said. The toxins of the red tide algae also killed hundreds of bangus fish in some cages in the Mariculture Park in Balingasag town in Misamis Oriental, according to Angelilah Talle Cabig, spokesperson of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources(BFAR) in Region 10. “The red tide is spreading but the good thing is it See tide, page 10
By Catherine J. Teves
MyPhone offers more exciting, colorful phone lineup Filipino mobile phone brand, MyPhone, lets you live your life with color
Children belonging to Higaonon Tribe in Barangay Pagalungan, Cagayan de Oro City enjoy swimming at the lake of the village to cool off their bodies from the scorching heat of the sun this summer. The lake has abundant supply of water hyacinth which will be used for bags, mats, slippers, and baskets for the livelihood of the community as DSWD, DOT, Villar Foundation, CSWD, Cagayan de Oro Hotel and Restaurants Association, and Pagalungan Barangay Council agreed to establish a water hyacinth processing site in the area. (Photo by Oliver Badel Inodeo, DSWD Northern Mindanao)
Pioneering Filipino mobile phone brand, MyPhone, releases MyPhone Rio, their newest android phone that will surely give more color to your lifestyle. With colors red, blue, orange, and white, MyPhone Rio is sure to excite the young market, as well as the older ones, especially for the upcoming festive summer season. You can express your moods and personality well with different colors every day. See myphone, page 10
Higaonon Tribe to try turning aquatic weeds to revenue resources By Oliver Badel Inodeo, DSWD
A farmer in Claveria, Misamis Oriental, diplays an elongated squash and red radished harvested from his farm. The town of Claveria sits on a high elevation and its fertile soil is good for a variety of vegetables and root crops. These farm produce can only be found in Claveria. PHOTO BY:GERRY LEE GORIT
Cagayan de Oro City - In a serene and interior village of Pagalungan, some 45 minutes ride from downtown here, cradles a Higaonon Tribe community of this city. The tribal community relies on corn, rice, root crops, bananas, among others for their staple food and from a small lake for tilapia and carp fish supply and a
freshwater lobster locally known as ulang. Datu Rosalino Aguio Manlinombay, the tribal leader of the community, disclosed that the small lake is important to their community because it is the breeding place of thousands of tilapia and carp fingerlings he cultured this year. See higaonon, page 10
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