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MUST, DENR conduct site assessment of refo areas Volume II, No. 9
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agayan de Oro City - Thirty-five (35) stu dents and graduates of Mindanao University of Science and Technology (MUST) will jointly undertake site assessment of the 3,000 hectares reforestation project under Republic Act No. 10452.
Republic Act. No. 10452 calls for the reforesting of 3,000 hectare of public land in the city. Authors of the bill, Representatives Rufus B. Rodriguez (2nd district of Cagayan de Oro) and Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr. of Abante Mindanao (ABAMIN) were instrumental in the partnership of Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and MUST of Cagayan de Oro City for the site assessment activities. See must, page 11
DA sets El Niño mitigation measures
CAGAYAN de Oro City “Let us be on the guard to any calamity,” says Regional Director Lealyn A. Ramos of the Department of Agriculture, Regional Field Office 10 as she encouraged the farmers, the public and the agri-stakeholders to be prepared for the onslaught of long dry season. The DA in coordination with the Local Government Units (LGUs) in Northern Mindanao has prepared mitigating measures to abate the effects of the long dry season to agriculture sector. DA has put in place irALMOST DRIED-UP. Sawaga River, Malaybalay City’s main source of potable water, has almost dried up in this photo taken on 10 May 2014. Sawaga is a tributary of Pulangi River, where the water level has also gone down worsening rigation projects like small the periodic power shortage in Mindanao which relies heavily on hydropower sources. MindaNews photo
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H. Marcos C. Mordeno
See da, page 11
Tagoloan sub-port surpasses El Niño weather to spawn customs collection by P500M violent typhoons - PAGASA BY:GERRY LEE GORIT
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The Mindanao Container Terminal in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental, a sub-port of the Bureau of Customs in Northern Mindanao, exceeded its collection target for January-April 2014 by P498,632,401. According to BOC-10 administrative officer Atty. Roswald Joseph Pague, the port registered a total collection for the
period of P2,355,947,790. The total collection for the same period last year wa P1,857,315,389. Pague said the sub-port also exceeded its collection target for the period by P76,045,790. The collection target was set at P2,279,902,000. He added that the efforts of port collector Chona Sarte in enforcing the directives of the customs bureau resulted
See customs, page 11
Typhoons could become violent this year because of the El Niño weather. El Niño doesn’t mean just drought; it could bring strong tropical cyclones, said Dr. Landrico U. Dalida, Deputy Director for Operations of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical
and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). This is because hotter temperatures than normal have been observed over the Pacific, causing more evaporation and thus condensation, bringing more rains in the Central Pacific, a mix that could spawn stronger
typhoons, he explained. “Westerly winds will get stronger because of the effect of El Niño and typhoons normally tend to shift northwards, towards Northern Luzon,” he told Malaya Business Insight. The Sea Surface Tem-
the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. DENR Secretary Ramon J.P. Paje said that the seven-year Integrated Natural Resources and Environmental Management Program (INREMP) aims to redress the severe land and water degradation that has occurred in important watershed areas and by promoting the use of native species.
“INREMP is akin to the National Greening Program because it also targets to rehabilitate some one million hectares using 58 million indigenous tree seedlings that will be raised and grown under the project,” Paje explained. Aside from helping remediate past biodiversity losses, Paje said the project – which runs from 2013
See pagasa, page 11
Restoration of 4 major river basins in full swing - DENR
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is embarking on a project to restore over a million hectares of watershed areas in four of the country’s major upper river basins. The four river basins are Chico in the Cordillera Region, Wahig-Inabanga in Central Visayas, Bukidnon CAGAYAN SUNSET. The setting sun of summer provides a picturesque view of the in Northern Mindanao, and Lake Danao Watershed in Cagayan de Oro River, 12 May 2014. MindaNews photo by Erwin Mascarinas
See river, page 11
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