Aquino to new ARMM chief: Stop illegal logging

President Benigno Aquino III and Mujiv Hataman. Malacañang photo

ILIGAN CITY–President Aquino has ordered newly appointed Autonomous  Region in Muslim Mindanao officer-in-charge Mujiv Hataman to stop illegal logging in the provinces under his jurisdiction.

Mr. Aquino revealed his order on Tuesday before more than a hundred Iligan City residents that gathered in a high school gym to meet him in the aftermath of the devastation brought by Tropical Storm Sendong.

President Aquino said stopping illegal logging would prevent flashfloods that killed hundreds in Mindanao over the past weekend.

In a command conference earlier on Tuesday morning in Cagayan De Oro, President Aquino said he has formed a fact-finding team that would look into ways how to improve the existing systems and prevent a repeat of the huge amount of deaths caused by Sendong.