LUMBER products valued at P10 million were seized by a team of policemen and the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) from a warehouse in barangay Paknaan, Mandaue City, in a raid. The raid on Wednesday was based on a search warrant issued by Mandaue Regional Trial Court Branch 28 Judge Rafael Yrastorza, said [...]
Threats have been hounding at least five journalists here and in Butuan City over their reporting of illegal logging in Caraga and Northern Mindanao areas.
The more than one million board feet of logs seized in the Caraga region in March would be used to make more school chairs and desks under a program funded by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) and other agencies.
Until recently, students of the Agusan National High School (ANHS) here had to share wooden benches.
Close to 4,000 armchairs made from confiscated logs were turned over on Friday to two of the most populated schools in the Caraga region.
Police arrested two persons transporting illegal logs in Agusan del Sur, Superintendent Martin Gamba said Friday.
AN anti-violence advocate yesterday testified in court against cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr., the supreme master of the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association (PBMA).
