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Monday, February 11, 2008

News: ‘Hot’ logs seized in Dinagat Island

Aides of Dinagat Islands Gov. Geraldine Ecleo-Villaroman seized more than 3,600 board feet of illegal lumber in Barangay Boa, Cagdianao, Dinagat Islands Sunday, the Dinagat Provincial Information Office said.

The lumbers were from endangered hardwood species like magkono, yakal, red lawaan and doyok-doyok.

Earlier, the governor and her family claimed they were getting death threats after she launched an intensified anti-log poaching campaign in the island province, which is being groomed as an "eco-tourism center" in Caraga Region.

Villaroman claimed having received text messages from concerned citizens in Ba­rangay Boa after arriving from Manila that illegal lumbers were being shipped out at the shore of the said coastal barangay. More ...

2 comments :

Anonymous said...

sana lang for real ang concern na yan ng gov. nuh? because if its fore real i applaud her for that. dinagat island is such a small island pag the pipol would continue doing illegal logging talagang isang araw were going to see the revenge of nature on our island. at sana yung mga na-seized na hardwood ay mapunta sa mabuting kamay ha? hindi sa pinapgawa nilang mansion, gosh!

Anonymous said...

hahaha! ngano iyang gipadakop? for sure kalaban sa politika na! iyang mga myembro ang sige ug logging, uling ug kaingin. unta tanan iyang ipadakop. kung tininuod iyang pagpanakop, maayo na. kung pinili lang, maut na. salamat

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